Legal Assistant - Medical Negligence / Health

Join Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia's leading independent law firm.
An exciting opportunity now exists for a Legal Assistant to join our Health & Policy practice in Brisbane, supporting a highly regarded partner and a team of lawyers.
This role will be well suited to an organised and proactive administrative assistant who is capable of working within and supporting a practice that manages a high volume of matters. Experience with monthly billing is required.
Key Responsibilities:

• Liaising with clients, health practitioners and other stakeholders
• Preparation of correspondence, briefs to counsel and other legal documents
• Court filing
• File management and matter opening
• Diary and calendar management, including scheduling meetings
• Billing, time coding and reporting
• Assisting with travel and accommodation bookings

Required skills and personal attributes:

• Demonstrated administrative support experience within a legal environment
• Outstanding organisational and time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise tasks and commitments to meet deadlines
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office (including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel)
• Advanced understanding of billing processes, using CMS/Aderant or other finance related software
• Ability to develop and foster excellent professional relationships internally and with clients

At Corrs, we help you achieve your ambition - at every stage of your career.
About us:
Corrs Chambers Westgarth is Australia's leading independent law firm. We provide exceptional legal services across the full spectrum of matters, including major transactions, projects and significant disputes, offering strategic advice on our clients' most challenging issues.
Why Corrs?
We pride ourselves on meeting our clients needs in a culture characterised by excellence, commitment, collaboration and respect. Our policies, practices and behaviours foster a safe and inclusive workplace, and we focus on creating opportunities and supporting a diverse workforce.

• Flexible working as standard - we've established flexibility as standard business practice and an option for all our people.
• Bonus leave - an additional week of leave each year (5 weeks annual leave in total).
• Generous parental leave entitlements - we offer up to 26 weeks paid leave and pay superannuation on both paid and unpaid leave (up to 12 months).
• Wellbeing program - we support the wellbeing of our people across areas including resilience, mental health, mindfulness, personal development, physical health and self-care.
• Diversity and Inclusion - this is a key area of focus for the firm. We set meaningful goals to improve diversity and an inclusive culture in which all employees feel supported and valued.
• Responsible business approach - we are a member of the United Nations Global Compact, and are committed to promoting and respecting human rights, supporting the Compact's Ten Principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. We are also a member of AusLSA, which works to promote and increase sustainable practices across the legal sector.
• Learning and development opportunities - including our Australian-first international study scholarship, our national training program and our mentoring program.

To apply click on the "apply" button or contact Nicole St John on +61 2 9210 6564 for a confidential discussion.
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