Beaumont&Beaumont are assisting a Queanbeyan-based law firm to find an experienced, capable administrative assistant or paralegal to join their team.

Our client is a full-service law firm and has a strong history providing legal services to the Queanbeyan/Canberra region. Being a full-service firm, they provide legal services across a wide range of practice areas including criminal and civil litigation, property and conveyancing, building and construction, wills and estates, and commercial law.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to use your existing legal administrative experience to effectively support, contribute to and enhance the legal team, and to also gain experience across a range of diverse legal areas.

The Role

This role is suited to candidates with existing experience working in a law firm, with levels of experience ranging from Admin Assistants, Legal Secretaries, Law Clerks and Paralegals.

You will be directly supporting lawyers and partners of the firm (who may be both local and remote), and although you will be working under their direction you must be proactive, able to take initiative, and effectively manage and be responsible for your work.

Our ideal candidate:

Strong prior experience working in a law firm

Experience with the range of MS Office products, as well as legal file management systems

Experience working across multiple legal areas, including but not limited to litigation, wills and estates

Experience with conveyancing is not essentially but would be highly regarded

Ability to work effectively in a team, but also independently under limited direction where needed

Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Extremely organised, with the ability to organise others (lawyers)

Keen attention to detail

Have the initiative, experience and capability to proactively anticipate needs

Professional manner and strong work ethic

Relevant qualifications are an advantage (Certificate in Legal Administration, Licensed Conveyancer, etc) but not as essential as demonstrated experience

Duties and Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

Support lawyers and their work by completing the full range of administrative and file progression tasks

Assist with drafting legal documents, templates, letters and other correspondence

Manage emails, inboxes and other correspondence

Manage diaries and calendars, as well as logistics and coordination for appointments

Create and maintain files, ensuring that they are effectively managed, up to date and progressed

Communicate effectively and appropriately with internal staff, clients and stakeholders (courts, government institutions, etc)

Assist with general office tasks and office management

Assist with legal research

Provide other ad-hoc administrative duties in support of the firm, lawyers and their work

Other details

In-office role based in Queanbeyan NSW

Full-time hours

Immediate start

As a range of experience is being considered, the stated salary is indicative only and will be commensurate with experience

Candidates may be asked to provide references, and verification of skills and qualifications

For a discreet conversation about this role, please contact our Labour Hire Team on 02 6126 4500 citing reference number 5875. To apply, please submit your CV in Microsoft Word format via Seek.