Legal Assistant

Cooper Grace Ward is seeking an enthusiastic Legal Assistant to join our commercial and private client team. This position is offered on a permanent, full-time basis.

You will need to be highly organised and proactive and maintain excellent working relationships. You will also enjoy working collaboratively with others in a busy team environment and take pride in providing top level support to your team.

The Role

The role is focussed on contributing to the smooth running of the team. Your responsibilities will include:

• Diary and inbox management
• Administrative support to a partner and multiple fee earners
• Liaise with internal and external clients via telephone and email
• Preparation of correspondence and documentation
• General account and monthly billing processes
• File management including opening and closing files and ongoing management of electronic files
• General administrative duties as required

Essential Experience

• 1 to 3 years legal administration experience
• Strong attention to detail, and skills in prioritisation and time management
• Confidence, flexibility and ability to take a proactive approach to work
• A team player mindset, and desire to work collaboratively with the existing team
• Ability to develop and foster excellent professional relationships internally and with clients

Benefits

• Strong team culture and dynamic work environment
• A range of learning and development opportunities
• Various health and wellbeing initiatives
• Salary continuance insurance
• Modern and newly refurbished end of trip facilities

About Cooper Grace Ward

Cooper Grace Ward is a leading independent law firm based in Brisbane. We are a full-service law firm providing a range of legal services to clients nationally and internationally. We are a vibrant, energetic, growing and diverse team committed to supporting and developing our people to meet the changing needs of our clients. We take personal responsibility and pride in our work and have fun while we do it. We strive to be leaders in everything we do, and our impressive achievements can be viewed on our website.

Our workplace policies and strong values foster a safe and inclusive work environment. Cooper Grace Wards hires a diverse workforce, including people of all genders, ages, cultures, ethnicities, those who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, LGBTIQ+ and people with disabilities.

If this sounds like a team you would like to be a part of and you value mutual respect, excellence and curiosity, we encourage you to apply.

Due to the high number of applications expected, this advertisement may close sooner without notice.

Position reference # 10290509