Legal Secretary, Competition, Regulation And Trade

Description:

The Opportunity

Due to team growth, we're seeking a highly organised and experienced Legal Assistant (Legal Secretary) to join our industry leading Competition, Regulation and Trade (CRT) practice group in Melbourne on a full-time basis.

As a Legal Assistant in our CRT team, you will play an integral role providing exceptional assistance to three partners and team of senior lawyers.

Your day-to-day will involve:

• Managing billing processes for your direct team including clients with specific and more complex billing and administration requirements
• Assisting with meeting and event preparation
• Managing Partners' internal and external appointments with appropriate meeting lead times including travel and diary management
• Coaching and mentoring team Administrative Assistants
• Assisting with the team's business development needs
• Coordinating and managing a broad variety of responsibilities and deliverables

Skills & experience:

The successful candidate will have a passion for working collaboratively within a team, a proactive approach to delivering your work and strong attention to detail.

You will also have:

• A minimum of 3 years' experience as a Legal Assistant
• Previous billing experience is essential
• Experience supporting 1 or more Partners in a busy practice group
• Ability to anticipate Partner requirements to reduce administrative time
• Previous matter management experience
• Strong time management and organisational skills
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Suite
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• A demonstrated ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders.

What we offer:

We will provide opportunities to learn on the job as well as a mix of learning opportunities tailored to you. Daily experiences, supportive challenges, team collaboration, mentors, and structured learning opportunities help you to expand your knowledge and reach your goals.

We value your wellbeing, both at home and work and we place a strong emphasis on mental health. If you need support, you'll have it and we'll empower you to harness your personal strengths, navigate uncertainty, embrace opportunities, and effectively manage things within your control.

For more benefits on offer such as our 26 weeks paid parental leave, holistic wellbeing fund or home office allowance please copy this link into your browser - https://marketing.hsf.com/20/29354/landing-pages/hsf-benefits.pdf

Applications:

We encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to First Nations, LGBTIQA+ and neurodivergent individuals, as well as individuals of all ages, cultures, genders, and abilities. We're a safe, inclusive, and equitable workplace and celebrate the diversity of our people.

For a confidential conversation please contact Kara Powell, Recruitment Adviser on kara.powell@hsf.com. For all applications, please apply via this advertisement.

We are not open to considering law students for this opportunity.

This vacancy is being managed directly by the Herbert Smith Freehills Recruitment team. Should we need assistance we will contact our preferred agencies.

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Diversity & Inclusion

At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.
We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining sustainable balance across your life.