Legal Secretary

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Legal Secretary. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Probate, Conveyancing and general support to the practice partners
• Bayside community focused practice & culture
• Flexible working environment with real care for staff and clients

Multi Task Law Clerk -

Senior Secretary

$65K plus super

Get out of the rat race and join a growing Community Legal Practice, where you can make a real impact for clients, whilst balancing your work life needs

(Full-Time – Mentone Based)

• Providing Probate and Conveyancing together with general support to the practice partners
• Bayside community focused practice & culture
• Flexible working environment with real care for staff and clients

OUR CLIENT

Our client is a community-focused law practice based in Mentone in Bayside Melbourne. With over 60 years of support to the surrounding community, it offers a broad range of services from family law, wills and probate, property and conveyancing, commercial law and litigation to local residents and businesses.

The practice has commenced its next stage of growth, opening up an opportunity for a multi skilled Law Clerk/Senior Secretary to join this passionate and committed team. The role, providing all facets of legal and administrative support to the practice partners, will suit a highly organised, approachable and flexible person with strong experience in Probate, Conveyancing & Estate Management. The culture in the business supports development, growth and work/life balance, so if you’re looking for a role to help take your legal career to the next step without the pain of commuting to the city, this could be for you.

 YOUR ROLE

Reporting directly to the Practice Partners, you’ll be responsible for:

• Preparation and amendment of correspondence and legal documents in Probate and Conveyancing files
• Maintenance of online systems and client files (including LEAP and PEXA)
• Client Relations
• File management – both electronic and paper
• Preparation of Briefs
• Management of Estates
• Diary management
• A range of administrative tasks associated with effective file management protocols

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Strong previous experience in Wills, Probate and Conveyancing
• Systems savvy with experience in using on line platforms including PEXA and LEAP (or similar practice management software) and Microsoft Office applications
• A deep commitment to quality, attention to detail and excellent client service
• Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships, affliative and happy to assist where required, multi task as needed
• Strong attention to detail & process to drive timely file management, settlements and lodgement of documents
• Experience with digital dictation
• A ‘can-do’ attitude with a willingness to adapt your work practices to meet the needs of the team
• Ability to work in a busy environment
• Strong organisational capability, process and detail orientation

If this role sounds like you then we look forward to receiving your application.