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About the Role
This role offers an exciting opportunity for a motivated Legal Assistant to join the dedicated Abuse Law team on a full-time, permanent basis. Located in the Sydney CBD office, you will play a key role in supporting a diverse and meaningful caseload of Abuse Law matters. This is a unique opportunity to establish credentials and expertise in a developing area of law within a fast-paced and supportive work environment.
Responsibilities
- Answer all incoming client enquiries and assist or transfer calls where appropriate
- Provide accurate updates and information to clients within a timely manner and manage expectations
- Manage the administration of all client files from open to close
- Produce client correspondence
- Liaise with Courts, barristers, defendant solicitors and doctors
- Arrange and manage diaries, appointments and meetings
- Action all incoming mail
- Prepare bills for clients
- Perform any other generalist administrative tasks as requested
Requirements
- Experience as a Legal Assistant or Paralegal in a similar role, ideally within a Personal Injuries environment
- Compassionate, resilient and possess maturity to handle the nature of the work
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Ability to multi-task, prioritise and work under pressure
- Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team
- Enthusiasm and initiative
- Confidence in fast-paced environments with tenacity to meet deadlines
- High attention to detail
- Excellent and tactful communication skills (verbal, written and interpersonal)
- Proven ability to build strong relationships
- Able to use judgement about escalation of issues / information to Supervisor
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite
- Successful candidates will be required to undergo background checks
Skills
- Organisational skills
- Time management skills
- Multi-tasking
- Prioritisation
- Working under pressure
- Autonomy
- Teamwork
- Initiative
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Relationship building
- Judgement
- Microsoft Office suite proficiency
Location
- Sydney CBD
Work Type
- Full-time
- Permanent
- Hybrid flex working model
Benefits
- Ongoing coaching and career development opportunities
- End of Year leave (1 day first year, 4 days after 2 years)
- Comprehensive mental health framework, including wellbeing leave (up to 4 extra days per year) and $299 reimbursement
- 22 Weeks Parental leave with superannuation guaranteed and back-to-work transition policy
- Rewards and recognition platform with fitness, retail, and entertainment discounts
- Salary Continuance & Life Insurance
- 17.5% Annual Leave Loading
About the Company
- For over 100 years, Maurice Blackburn has stood up for those who need us most, extending access to justice to countless Australians.
- We look beyond the immediate challenge to support people in moments that matter across their lives, and continually push for better solutions for our clients.
- We invest in and empower our people to stand up for what we believe in and go fearlessly forward together.
- We work on real cases, achieving important and positive results in real people’s lives, which is why we are one of Australia’s most respected law firms.
- Maurice Blackburn, experience you can count on.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, enriched by differences in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, age and family arrangements.
- Applications from First Nations People are encouraged.
- Our Circle Back Initiative partnership means we’re committed to responding to every applicant.