Legal Assistant
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Job Summary
- Permanent full-time position
- Hybrid and flexible working; WFH and from modern open plan offices. We will provide you with WFH IT equipment plus reimbursement of up to $500 for additional equipment
- Reward and recognition including competitive remuneration and career progression
- Learning and career development programs for all roles and levels
- Flexible leave options and up to 26 weeks paid parental leave
- Free daily breakfast office drinks and social events
- Genuine commitment to health and wellbeing pro bono and community and diversity and inclusion across our firm
Learn moreabout what Hall & Wilcox can offer you: roleand team
We currentlyhave an opportunity for an experienced Legal Assistant to join ourInsurance team based in our Darwin office.
The mainfocus for this role will be to provide admin support to ourlawyers. Our growing Insurance practice has approximately 90 peoplelocated across Adelaide Perth and Darwin. We are a defendantInsurance legal team working across both General Insurance andStatutory Insurance matters with our Darwin practice having a focuson workers compensation.
You will beresponsible for:
- drafting of documentation as required;
- performing conflict searches and file opening;
- maintaining of extensive electronic filing for all incoming and outgoing correspondence (including splitting & saving documents in PDF format);
- preparation of all monthly billing;
- arranging court documents to be ready for e-filing / clerk run with the courts;
- managing all client file maintenance for the team;
- general file maintenance including closing and archiving;
- diary management including listing of key dates (court hearings and due dates); and
- other ad hoc tasks.
Aboutyou
You willideally have the following skills and experience:
- minimum of two years experience in an administration environment (professional services preferable);
- experience working a document management system (eg iManage10 would be highly desirable);
- experience with large MS Word and PDF documents;
- previous experience with billing. (eg use of Aderant highly desirable);
- strong attention to detail;
- proactive and willing to learn new things; and
- excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Aboutus
Hall &Wilcox is a leading independent Australian law firm. We deliveroutstanding legal services to corporate public sector and privateclients both Australian-based and those offshore doing business inAustralia. Our purpose is to enable our clients our people and ourcommunities to thrive.
Hear from ourpeople about what its like to work at HW: of ourrecent awards and citations include:
- Best Australian Law Firm (>$200m revenue) at the 2025 Client Choice Awards
- Ranked 7th in the Lawyers Weekly Top 25 Attraction Firms for 2024 and 2025
- Law Firm of the Year at the 2023 Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (EOCGE) citation holder since 2018
We are knownfor having a great culture that is warm and welcoming progressiveinclusive and supportive and that is underpinned by our enduringvalues - known asHallmarks.
We are alsorenowned for our Smarter Law we look beyond the status quo to thinkdifferently and find solutions. Smarter Law includes enablingtechnology challenging business models innovative pricing andcreative resourcing.
We are a firmof the future. We offer our people interesting and challengingwork and access to great clients. To learn more about HW visitourwebsite.
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At Hall &Wilcox we are committed to creating and maintaining a workplacethat actively seeks to include welcome and value uniquecontributions of all people. We encourage applications fromcandidates of all cultural backgrounds (including First Nations)age abilities sexual orientation and genderidentities.
We are alsocommitted to supporting candidates with disability so that everycandidate is offered a fair equitable and supportive recruitmentexperience. If you require any adjustments or support to completeyour application or if you have any questions please contact KimChalmers Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor for a confidential discussion.
This vacancyis being managed directly by the HW Talent Acquisition / People& Culture team. We will contact our preferred agency partnersshould we require any assistance.
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