Legal and Administrative Assistant

We are seeking an experienced Legal Admin Assistant with strong document drafting, IT and organisational skills to help us with a broad range of administrative and reporting tasks.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:
The role would be reporting into the Senior Lawyer and performing a range of tasks including, in accordance with on the job training and instruction, assisting with:
• drafting letters
• communicating with clients over the phone and by email about their legal service and billing
• invoicing, receipting and other client billing tasks
• filing client documents in legal software
• word processing in Microsoft Office
• scheduling appointments and managing status of client matters
• ad hoc research tasks


Expectations of a successful candidate:
To succeed in this role, you’ll need:
• Proven experience within administrative roles
• Strong ability in IT administration including setting up logins, and either experience in, or the ability to learn how to use accounting programs
• Data administration and analysis in Excel
• Microsoft Office capability to write and amend documents
• Experience in trust accounting would be helpful but is not required provided there is a strong ability to learn how to use new software
• The ability to effectively prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
• An autonomous and proactive work ethic, with great attention to detail

Who we are:
At Essia Law, we are on a mission to change the way Australians get legal advice. Being client friendly is at the heart of all we do and our goal is to provide fixed fee legal advice that’s cheaper, faster and more approachable than traditional law firms. We operate entirely online because the last few years have shown us the convenience that comes, not only with shopping online, but also working from home.

For more information:
Apply now or email your CV (plus a few words to explain why you would be amazing in the role) to Krizia on Upgrade to see actual info