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Legal Administrative Worker

Lieschke & Weatherill Lawyers

Core Descriptors

  • Front of House / General Administrative Support / Legal Secretary work
  • Legal Services Award 2020
  • Multiple positions available
  • Flexible arrangements negotiable

About Lieschke & Weatherill Lawyers

Founded in 1995, Lieschke & Weatherill Lawyers is one of South Australia’s leading employment and work injury law firms. When acting in employment related matters, L&W acts exclusively for workers and Unions. L&W has a proud tradition of fighting for the Union Movement and workers’ rights more generally.

Brief work overview

Lieschke & Weatherill Lawyers seeks applicants to join our admin team and do front of house / general administrative support / legal secretary work. Some of the work offered focuses on providing general administrative support/legal secretarial support to our lawyers. Some of the work is in our front of house staff team which focuses on scheduling meetings, liaising with clients and others, electronic and hard copy file management (including data entry), document production, ad hoc assistance to lawyers and other administrative staff and a range of other general administrative tasks. Some of the legal secretarial work includes drafting correspondence to various recipients, drafting basic court documents, arranging and managing appointments and preparing accounts and invoices.

Essential Skills

  • Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite
  • Polite & Professional phone manner
  • Ability to effectively manage competing priorities
  • Capacity to maintain client confidentiality
  • Strong communication skills, particularly in obtaining information from clients and others
  • Ability to work well autonomously in a busy team and use initiative

Desirable skills & experience

  • Experience with LEAP legal software
  • Prior experience in or around the Union Movement and / or legal workplaces
  • Comprehension of legal and medico-legal jargon

Applicants lacking some or all of the ‘desirable skills & experience’ are still encouraged to apply.

The exact configuration of positions, both in terms of roles and whether positions are full time or part time (and if part-time, the fraction of time) is expected to be influenced by the skills, experience and preferences of potentially successful applicants. Remuneration will be based on the configuration of any role that is offered and will meet or exceed Award requirements.

L&W anticipates hiring more than one person.

L&W anticipates that positions will be offered on an ongoing basis with a 3 month probationary period.

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