Legal Secretary | Legal Administrator

Your new company

We are recruiting a temp Legal Administrator, suitable for a corporate client in need of a candidate with a proactive mindset that has experience with legal procedures and can juggle various administrative tasks in a timely manner.
Ultimately, you should be able to support the legal department and team.

Your new role

Legal administrative duties will include, but will not be limited to:
Responsibilities

• Day-to-day administrative operations: ensuring that all legal work is completed efficiently, and deadlines are adhered to.
• Document analysis: transcribing and proofreading legal documents.
• Scheduling and revising, arranging court depositions, hearings and client meetings.
• Supervising invoices, budgets, and resources: managing the financial resources of the legal department, including creating and monitoring budgets, processing invoices, forecasting expenses, and identifying cost-saving measures.
• Document submission: filing documents with the court ahead of deadlines.
• General administration: filing, organising, scanning, copying and faxing legal reports and documentation.
• Staff Collaboration.
• Client and team relations: coordinating with clients and lawyers to ensure that legal services are delivered effectively.

Requirements and Skills

• Experience as a Legal Administrator, Legal Assistant, or relevant role.
• Experience with or ability to use legal software.
• Computer literacy (MS Office applications, in particular).
• Excellent organisational skills, with an ability to prioritise important projects.
• Strong phone, email and in-person communication skills.

As a bonus, you should have the ability to encourage a positive team culture and provide excellent customer support.

What you'll need to succeed

To succeed in this role, you will require experience as a general administrator and experience as a Legal Administrator. You will require adaptability and flexibility to manage situations as they come up and be able to multitask at a fast pace.

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong verbal, numerical and abstract cognitive skills.
• Being highly organised and efficient.
• The ability to be professional and courteous.
• The ability to work in a team.
• Strong sense of discretion.
• Ability to prioritise.
• Qualification in Law would be desired.
• Proficiency with MS Office.
• Experience with Filepro or Leap is desired.

A confidential and effective work ethic is a must with attention to detail to all tasks.

What you'll get in return

The opportunity to grow your skills and experience and provide quality support to industry leaders.

What you need to do now

If you are confident in your experience, please click on the 'APPLY NOW' link to send your updated resume to Talitha Raath at Hays. Any queries email *************@hays.com.au

Please note, only successful candidates will be contacted.

At Hays, we value diversity and are passionate about placing people in a role where they can flourish and succeed. We actively encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply.