Legal Secretary - Family Law

The Firm

Reid Family Lawyers is a boutique family law firm with offices in Brookvale and Surry Hills. We are looking for a full time legal secretary for our Brookvale office. Office hours are 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. Previous legal experience is highly valued but is not compulsory. Salary will be commensurate with experience.

The Role

Duties will include:

• File management 

• Diary management

• Data entry using Smokeball software 

• Answering phones 

• Monitoring & managing solicitors' emails

• Liaising with clients, barristers, Courts, internal and external parties

• Preparing correspondence

• Document production using Smokeball software

• Preparing briefs

• Dictaphone typing

• Sorting & indexing financial disclosure

• Legal searches

• Arranging appointments and conferences  

• Filing

• Various other administrative tasks as required

Skills & Experience

• Reliability and punctuality

• Attention to detail

• Preferably at least 2 years experience in legal/administration/secretarial/reception roles

• Interest and/or experience in Family Law 

• Willingness to learn and ability to work in a team

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Exceptional emotional intelligence

• Ability to work autonomously and show initiative

• Excellent phone manner and an ability to remain polite and professional at all times

• Excellent computer skills and use of Microsoft applications

• Exceptional organisational and prioritisation abilities

• Strict compliance with confidentiality requirements 

• Unrestricted working rights

Benefits 

• Competitive salary

• Fantastic small team environment 

• Ideal Brookvale location, 1 minute walk from Warringah Mall and 5 minutes to public transport 

• Environmentally friendly office building

• Thorough and supportive training process during initial weeks of employment 

• Monthly rostered days off (RDO) available (after probation period) 

• Dog-friendly office

• Parking spaces available

Only candidates with full-time availabilty and considering a career with longevity in administration will be considered.

Please email CVs to ••••@reidfamilylawyers.com.au