Junior Receptionist/ Admin Assistant

Chambers Russell Lawyers

Chambers Russell Lawyers is a fast growing firm with its head office located in the Sydney CBD. We practice across commercial, construction, civil litigation, debt-recovery, insurance, personal injury, strata and property law.

About the role

We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic Junior Receptionist/ Administrative assistant to join our growing team. This exciting role will suit a Junior Receptionist/administrative assistant starting out their career. In this role you will be provided with the opportunity to learn from our talented senior support staff members and grow in your role within this supportive team environment.

Reception Duties:

• Greeting clients ;
• Answering and directing incoming reception calls;
• Taking new enquiries;
• Diverting phones to reception when staff are away;
• Maintaining Reception area;
• Maintaining kitchen and general office areas:
• Collecting, processing and distributing mail;
• Outgoing – taking mail to mailbox before 5pm daily;
• Office supply ordering (Coles, Woolworths, Officeworks, etc); and
• Other adhoc reception tasks as required

Administration assistant duties:

• Assisting with filing, printing, scanning and photocopying;
• File management and maintenance;
• Archiving; and
• Other adhoc administrative tasks as requested.

Skills and experience

• One year previous experience as an administrative assistant or receptionist is preferred but not required;
• Excellent attention to detail together with strong verbal and written communication skills;
• Well developed time management skills;
• A willingness to learn, positive approach and strong initiative; and
• Intermediate skills in the MS Office suite.

This role presents an excellent opportunity to join a growing firm with a supportive culture.

Our value proposition

We think that the following features of Chambers Russell Lawyers distinguish us from our peers:

• Chambers Russell Lawyers is a "people first" organisation. This means that we aim to recruit and retain great people. We provide competitive remuneration and real opportunity for organic career growth all the way through to partnership.
• We have a high performance culture but keep things simple. Our mandate is to solve problems and add value.
• We are committed to ensuring that our lawyers are supported to forge the legal careers that they want for themselves. We do this by securing high-quality work across a diversity of clients; we promote lawyer mobility across our practice areas; and we constantly work to ensure the objectives of the firm, our people and our clients are aligned.
• We believe that innovation and technology will continue to transform the way that legal services and solutions are provided. As a result, we are heavily invested in legal-tech development. Wherever possible, we integrate process innovation and technology with our practice of law to improve outcomes for all of our stakeholders.
• We aim to do good in the world. We will not take on work or clients where doing so would compromise our values.

Remuneration

We provide competitive remuneration commensurate with experience. We are also committed to reviewing remuneration annually to ensure that our staff are receiving remuneration commensurate with the value they deliver to our team and clients over time.

Expressions of interest

If you think that you are the right candidate for this position then we want to hear from you. Please apply via Seek including a cover letter and curriculum vitae.