Join Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia's leading independent law firm.
An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic executive assistant to join our Arbitration and Commercial Litigation team in Sydney. This is an exciting role with a diverse range of responsibilities, and the successful candidate will provide executive support to who a partner whose responsibilities straddle managing a dynamic international disputes practice as well as responsibilities associated with being the firm’s Head of Diversity and Inclusion.
The successful candidate will provide executive and legal support to both the partner and a high-performing team of lawyers. We are looking for a dynamic assistant with at least three years’ prior experience and a genuine desire to be involved in both growing a high-performing legal practice and assisting with management responsibilities.
Key responsibilities include:
- Events support, including arranging domestic and international events
- Diary management, including scheduling conferences with multiple internal and external stakeholders
- Managing complex national and international travel arrangements
- Assisting with the coordination and planning of diversity and inclusion events in line with the firm’s diversity and inclusion policies
- Inbox management and support
- Managing billing, time recording, expense management and budget reporting
- Triaging and assisting with client management as well as enquiries from counsel, court staff and other internal and external stakeholders
- Developing relationships internally and externally in order to facilitate the smooth operation of the practice
- Matter management including arranging conflict searches, opening and closing matter files, archiving, and ad hoc filing
Required skills and experience:
- Exceptional organisational and time management skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with a high attention to detail and accuracy
- The ability to manage competing priorities and work to tight deadlines
- A high level of discretion and confidential document management
- Ability to work independently
- Advanced knowledge of Outlook, MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Advanced knowledge of CMS Aderant or other finance related software
- Advanced knowledge of NetDocuments or other document management software
A genuine interest in diversity, equity, and inclusion is important, and any prior involvement in or knowledge of diversity and inclusion initiatives would be particularly welcomed.
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About us:
Corrs Chambers Westgarth is Australia’s leading independent law firm. We provide exceptional legal services across the full spectrum of matters, including major transactions, projects and significant disputes, offering strategic advice on our clients’ most challenging issues.
Corrs’ culture is characterised by our values of excellence, commitment, collaboration and respect. Our policies, practices and behaviours foster a supportive and inclusive workplace, and we are focused on creating opportunities for our people and supporting a diverse workforce.
- Flexible working as standard – we have established flexibility as standard business practice and an option for all our people.
- Bonus leave – we provide an additional week of leave each year (5 weeks annual leave in total)
- Parental leave – we offer 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave and pay superannuation on both paid and unpaid leave (up to 12 months)
- Wellbeing program – we support the wellbeing of our people across areas including resilience, mindfulness, personal development, physical health and self-care.
- Diversity and Inclusion – we set meaningful goals and take action to improve diversity and foster an inclusive culture in which all employees feel supported and valued.
- Responsible business approach – we have an active pro bono and community engagement program and we are a member of the United Nations Global Compact. We are also a member of AusLSA, which works to promote and increase sustainable practices across the legal sector.
- Learning and development opportunities – including our Australian-first international study scholarship, a national training program and mentoring initiative.
To apply click on the "apply" button or contact Shannon Garrett on shannon.garrett@corrs.com.au for a confidential discussion.
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