- Learning & Wellbeing programs
- Friendly, collaborative & supportive team culture
- Immediate start
The Opportunity:
We are looking for a full-time Legal Assistant to support our busy and friendly CBD office. We are looking for a self-starter who is mature, pro-active, attentive to detail and well organised. In this varied role, you will provide a range of paralegal, office and administrative services and support the broader teams.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Providing a high level of secretarial and administrative assistance: producing standard correspondence, photocopying, data entry, filing and collating
- Direct liaison with clients
- Extensive diary and calendar management
- Organising meetings and travel arrangements
- Assisting with preparation of high-volume correspondence and court documents
- File and document management; assistance with opening and closing files
- General legal administrative support for the team as required
About you:
This is a great opportunity for a candidate with relevant prior experience who is willing to learn and is interested in a long-term role with the firm.
You will possess:
- Previous experience in Employment/WHS law (essential) and Migration Law (preferred)
- The ability to prioritise work and manage competing deadlines
- The ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Excellent written and verbal interpersonal communication skills
- Attention to detail
- A confident, professional and empathetic phone manner
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 including Word, Outlook and Excel
- Exposure to iManage and Aderant (preferred)
About Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers
Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers is a mid-tier law firm with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Parramatta, Campbelltown, Wollongong, and Newcastle. We offer specialist legal services in property, commercial, litigation and dispute resolution, employment & industrial relations, migration, and plaintiff personal injury law. Our clients include a broad cross-section of corporate, government, not for profit, SME, and personal clients.
We actively provide our staff with encouragement, opportunities, and the resources they require to continuously challenge and improve their skills, and ultimately work towards achieving their career objectives.
We have a great reputation, a friendly and supportive work environment, and a team of talented staff. We take pride in our Firm values and culture of providing clients with traditional personal service.
What’s on offer:
- In house Learning & Development program
- Wellness and Wellbeing Program created around the four pillars of wellbeing: Physical, Financial, Social and Mental
- COD Health Dollars
- Salary continuance policy
- Social events
- EAP Program
If you have any questions, please contact Nicole on 0410 646 458.
Apply via Seek.
We require successful applicants to provide a satisfactory police clearance prior to commencing employment.
We actively encourage and welcome candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, candidates with a disability, members of the LGBTIQA+ community and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.