Administration Assistant Family Law Brisbane

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity in our Family Law team for an Administration Assistant to join on a fulltime basis. In this role you will be supporting our team with a range of administrative tasks whilst also gaining onthejob mentoring training and support.

If you are interested in getting your foot in the legal industry and possess exceptional time management and administrative skills wed love to hear from you.

Your New Role

Our ideal candidate will be looking to kickstart their career or is a few years out of school and is looking for their next professional opportunity. You will have an interest in the legal profession and be willing to learn

Prior experience in a general administration role would be advantageous but is not required.

Accuracy attention to detail and professionalism will be essential in this role as you will be responsible for supporting our legal team and ensuring that documents are prepared in a timely manner.

Your responsibilities in this role will include:

• Drafting various legal documents such as briefs affidavits and general correspondence.
• Drafting cost agreements and preparing and issuing tax invoices to clients.
• Scheduling meetings and organising calendars.
• File management saving emails and correspondence to files.
• Answering and making phone calls.
• Liaising with stakeholders including clients Lawyers Barristers and Principals.
• Opening new files and undertaking conflict searches.
• Other general administrative tasks as required.

Role requirements

As this is a junior role we recognise you may not have prior experience. What is more important to us is your high level of attention to detail motivation and commitment to learn.

In addition you will have:

• Outstanding time management and a strong commitment to consistency.
• A natural inclination for taking initiative.
• A selfstarter but also thrives in a collaborative work environment.
• Confidence in building lasting relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Indepth knowledge and understanding of the Microsoft 365 suite as well as a natural flair for technology.

About McInnes Wilson Lawyers

We are a fullservice firm with 55 principals providing high quality legal advisory services across Australia. We are proud of the values we uphold and the culture of our firm and know there is more to life than work billables or awards. We believe in our people and trust them with our brand.

When joining McInnes Wilson Lawyers you will be joining a firm that takes gender equality seriously. Our progressive and inclusive policies have also earned us recognition as an Employer of Choice by the Australian Business Awards Lawyers Weekly Queensland Law Society and HRD to name a few.

Our range of employee benefits are designed to be inclusive of all employees and currently include:

• Progressive paid parental leave policy with no qualifying period prenatal leave parent & care givers platform partner leave and return to work bonuses.
• Access to our firmwide personalised Salary Continuance Insurance Policy
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Reward and recognition program including tenure awards annual staff awards and promotion ceremonies.
• Further education support and professional development program including a formal mentoring program.
• Health and wellbeing initiatives birthday leave for fulltime employees firm social club and regular team functions.

Please submit your application along with your resume and a cover letter explaining your interest in the position. All applicants should note that the successful candidate will be required to undergo background screening including reference checks and police checks.

Any questions regarding this role should be directed to our Talent team

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our firm. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals including those from underrepresented groups. If you require any changes or amendments to our recruitment process please dont hesitate to let us know.