Legal Assistant - Wills and Estates
Legal Assistant - Wills and Estates
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Job Description
Friendly and supportive team
Multifaceted role in a thriving team
200m from Hawthorn station
Moores is a valuesdriven law firm that is committed to making a difference for our clients our people and the communities in which we operate. We pride ourselves on delivering quality work and excellent client service and we value the integral role our legal assistants play in helping to make a difference.
Description
The role
We are seeking an energetic and clientfocused Legal Assistant to join our friendly Wills and Estates team. This is an exciting role working in a collegiate dynamic and fast paced team supporting lawyers.
Our team includes lawyers who specialise in all aspects of estate planning (including Will and powers of attorney) so knowledge or experience in these areas and/or in broader client services roles will be valued.
The role requires a mix of legal administration skills and PA capability. Key responsibilities will include:
Support our clients with your strong customer service and communication skills.
Responding to client enquiries via email and phone Assisting with drafting and preparing correspondence documents presentations and bills
Arranging and manage calendar appointments with our people and clients
Assisting with managing work allocation helping the team track and achieve their goals
Supporting our team with other admin tasks that come across your desk
File correspondence and documents
Skills And Experiences
What were looking for in you
Our ideal candidate is an excellent organiser and communicator with at least one year experience as an Administration/Personal Assistant or Legal Assistant in a professional service or legal environment. You have already proven yourself to be a strong team player confident to embrace technology proactive and client focused. You work well under pressure to meet tight deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
You will have strong client service skills and be able to build and maintain effective relationships by developing an understanding of our clients and their business. You will genuinely care about and want to help people.
A thorough understanding of the Microsoft Office 365 suite is essential and knowledge of iManage and legal practice management systems is welcomed.
What we Offer
Were offering you the opportunity to become a valued member of a dynamic firm with fantastic mentoring and learning opportunities. We have leave options including a wellbeing leave day volunteer leave purchase leave and an annual Moores Day (a day off on the Monday before Cup Day every year). We offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience and a wellbeing program in addition to a supportive and friendly culture. While the role is predominantly office based there is some potential for some WFH.
About us
Moores is not a traditional law firm. We are unique because:
We actually innovate we were one of the first law firms to ditch time sheets in favour of value pricing and were not looking back! We price value not time.
Our staff love working here Moores recently ranked in the top 25% of Australian organisations surveyed by InSync in relation to employee engagement.
We are truly flexible majority of our staff and practice leaders work flexibly or part time in a hybrid work environment.
We are proudly inclusive diverse and committed to gender equality our CEO and more than 50 percent of our practice leaders are female.
We have a strong commitment to pro bono and social impact our pro bono resources supported thousands of NFPs.
We focus on working with purposealigned clients to deliver great outcomes that benefit the community.
We keep it real were a down to earth bunch who like to work hard but have fun along the way and dont take ourselves too seriously.
We do it with heart people are the heart of Moores. We like and care about each other.
How do I apply
This is a full time role however as we value flexibility we are happy to accept applications for flexibility with close to full time hours.
We do prefer to deal with you directly so please submit your application by clicking on the link below to apply. We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes.
note we will only contact you if your application is successful for interview.
Any questions
Contact:
Natalie Rule People and Culture Advisor
(03)
Belinda Balmer Head of People & Culture
(03)
Employment Type
Full-Time
