Senior Legal Secretary (Secretarial Coordinator)

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Senior Legal Secretary (Secretarial Coordinator). Terms and conditions vacancy

Permanent, full-time position suited to a Legal Secretary / Legal EA or Legal Assistant who is ready to take the next step into people, process and workflow coordination. 

The Employer

This international practice has over 70 offices worldwide and a high-quality reputation to match its significant presence.

The Sydney office is based in the heart of the CBD in beautifully appointed, newly refurbished offices. 

As a global player the firm is also able to offer you the quality support that will help you thrive as a legal support professional - impressive systems, strong WP back-up and a committed businesses services team, along with a generous benefits package

The Role

As Senior Legal Assistant (Coordinator), you'll be an integral part of the Sydney IP and Telecoms team of a major global law firm and work directly with the team's Partners and Lawyers to ensure their support needs are met. 

On a day to day basis you will manage workflow amongst a small team of secretaries - using your people and admin management skills to make sure work is allocated fairly, completed efficiently - all to deadline. You'll liaise with Partners and Fee Earners to stay ahead of the team's resourcing needs and be the lynch-pin between your team and business services areas such as HR and IT. You'll also attend national meetings to ensure your team get the information they need from the firm's management and take an active role in nurturing of legal support staff. 

This position can, therefore, offer you great career growth and provide a very rare chance for you to take that next into in to management. 

About you
 
You will: 

• offer at least five years working as a Legal Secretary / Legal PA;
• have recent legal support experience in a commercial area of law;
• be familiar with track changes, electronic billing; and 
• offer the level of maturity and highly-tuned time management skills to help lead other support staff
• be an excellent communicator, able to work well with people at all levels. 

What's in it for you?

This is a really rare opportunity - a chance to use your senior level legal support skills and develop further as a manager.

You'll join a global brand, the firm has an excellent reputation and it's name will look great on your CV!

Furthermore, you'll have the opportunity to develop your own people management skills, as you take a leadership role on this busy and successful practice floor. 

On top of all the above, this firm can offer you access to excellent support systems, top-tier benefits and generous salary structures.

Next steps....

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit a full, current CV via the APPLY button below, or on email to Sarah Hall, Director at Knight Fowler Jenkins at [email protected]. Sarah can also be contacted on + 61 (0)415 491 047.

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