About the role
Our Newcastle office is looking for a Legal Office Junior or Junior Legal Secretary to join our team on a casual or permanent full-time basis. This office-based role will see you providing support to a busy team of solicitors.
Some of the day-to-day responsibilities of a Legal Office Junior or Junior Legal Secretary will include:
- Opening new matters, and closing/archiving completed matters
- Conducting conflict searches
- Electronic and hard copy filing
- Solicitor diary management
- Telephone calls with clients, Courts/Tribunals, other law firms and third parties
- Drafting and amending simple correspondence
General administrative support
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About you
You will have excellent communication skills and a positive 'can do' attitude, with the ability to manage multiple tasks. You will have good computer skills and the willingness to work on your own and with our team.
To be considered as a Junior Legal Secretary, you must have a minimum of 6 months' experience in an administration/office assistant role.
We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate:
- Exceptional customer service skills for our clients
- Initiative and good judgement
- Excellent organisation skills and proven attention to detail
- Outstanding written and verbal communication
A genuine enthusiasm for the law, and a commitment to ongoing learning and development
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Our office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm with 1 hour for lunch.
About us
We’re passionate about what we do and want you to be too.
Moray & Agnew is one of Australia’s leading law firms with an unrivalled reputation in our markets. We’re proud that our partners and our legal expertise is consistently recognised by Chambers Asia-Pacific, Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Best Lawyers and Doyle’s Guide.
With over 110 partners, our teams are organised into three strategic pillars so that we can play to our strengths:
- Insurance – including commercial classes such as financial lines, professional indemnity, public & product liability, life insurance and through to statutory classes such as workers compensation and compulsory third party.
- Commercial & Workplace – spanning corporate and commercial, construction and projects, property and environment, commercial dispute resolution, insolvency, owners’ corporation and workplace law
- Government – spanning local, state and federal government
Our clients include Australian and international insurers and reinsurers, corporates of all sizes, and federal, state and local government.
Nationally, over 750 talented people deliver top-quality legal advice and representation, coupled with exceptional client service and support, across our offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Newcastle, Perth and Cairns.
Our partners are committed to fostering flexible, inclusive and diverse environments for our employees. We have the fourth highest percentage of female partners according to the AFR Law Partnership Survey, July 2024.
We value technical excellence and collegiality, offer a great workplace culture and excellent opportunities to further your career, whether you are just starting out, are an experienced lawyer or a business services professional.
Culture & benefits of working with us
We work for great clients and advise them on interesting issues and matters so every day is different. We celebrate diverse thinking and experiences so you can bring your authentic self to the workplace. To support you, we offer a wide range of wellbeing and financial benefits, including:
- Flexible working arrangements to help you balance your work and personal commitments
- Health and wellness initiatives , including an Employee Assistance Program for yourself and your family, corporate discounts at 400+ leading fitness and wellbeing brands and mental health first aiders
- Paid parental leave and accreditations as a Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace and Family Inclusive Workplace
- Continuous learning and development programs so that you are always being challenged, engaged and encouraged to grow
- Mentoring opportunities and on the job learning to support your professional and personal development
- Diversity, inclusion and equality policy and employee reference groups (LGBTQIA+, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Gender, Parents & Caregivers, Mature Workers and Health & Wellbeing) to ensure that we continue to live our values
- Dress for your day because we trust our people to make choices which appropriately represent our firm .
How to apply
If this opportunity is attractive to you, please submit your cover letter and CV. If you are applying for a Paralegal, Law Graduate or Lawyer role, please also provide your academic transcript with your application.
We welcome people of all backgrounds and identities to apply for this position, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, neurodiverse people and people with disability. If you have questions about the recruitment process or require any adjustments to participate, please let us know in your application.
We prefer to connect with people directly and do not require recruitment agency assistance with this vacancy. Any applications submitted by recruitment agencies without having been briefed will not be considered a valid introduction.
