Legal Assistant - Personal Injury
An exciting new opportunity has arisen to join a well respected law firm with a great team culture. Make this role your own and challenge your skills!
Summary about this job
Legal Secretaries
Company: Carroll and O`Dea
Location: Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter
Work type: Full Time
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Phone: +61-3-6290-8597
Fax: +61-8-5286-4783
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Detail information about job Legal Assistant - Personal Injury. Terms and conditions vacancy
Carroll & O'Dea Lawyers is a mid-tier law firm with offices in Sydney, Parramatta, Wollongong, Newcastle and Melbourne. We offer specialist legal services in property, commercial, litigation and dispute resolution, employment & industrial relations and plaintiff personal injury law. Our clients include a broad cross-section of corporate, government, not for profit, SME and personal clients.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced Legal Assistant to join our Personal Injury team based in our Newcastle office. Supporting a Solicitor, you will have experience in Personal Injury claims, and be able to thrive working in a team environment.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Providing a high level of secretarial and administrative support
- Opening and closing files
- Client liaison
- Diary and calendar management
- Organising meetings and travel arrangements
- Drafting correspondence and court documents
- Preparing briefs to Counsel
- File and document management
- General adhoc office administration duties
Successful candidates will have:
- Minimum of 2 years Personal Injury experience
- Confidence to liaise with clients and professionals at all levels
- Strong and clear communication skills
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- High level attention to detail
- Excellent file managements skills
- Excellent document management and preparation skills together with strong MS Office skills
In this role you will work in a close knit team and will be well supported in assisting to develop the practice. This dynamic role will keep you busy and you will enjoy being one step ahead. We have a friendly and supportive work environment and a fantastic team culture. We take pride in providing our clients with traditional personal service.
If you meet the above criteria, we would love to hear from you! Please send your resume and cover letter to Trisha Scott, HR Manager at [email protected]