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Legal secretary | family law

Brisbane
McInnes Wilson
Secretary
Posted: 23 April
Offer description

At McInnes Wilson Lawyers (MCW), we're proud of our collaborative, people‐first culture and our commitment to excellence.

The Opportunity

You'll play a key role in the smooth running of the practice—supporting lawyers with high‐quality administrative and file management support. Accuracy, discretion and a client‐first mindset are essential as you'll liaise with clients, barristers, and courts, and help keep matters moving efficiently.

Responsibilities

* File opening and management
* Assisting with debtor management
* Credit card reconciliation
* Managing end‐of‐month billing
* Payment of invoices and financial auditing reports
* Drafting cost agreements and preparing and issuing tax invoices to clients
* Scheduling meetings and organising calendars
* File management, saving emails and correspondence to files
* Answering and making phone calls
* Liaising with stakeholders, including clients, lawyers, barristers and principals
* Other general administrative tasks as required

What You'll Bring

* Experience as a Legal Secretary (family law experience highly regarded) or administration experience within professional services
* Outstanding attention to detail, accuracy and consistency
* Strong time management with the ability to handle competing priorities
* Clear written and verbal communication and a professional, warm manner with clients
* A proactive mindset—comfortable taking initiative and working both independently and as part of a team
* Familiarity with legal practice systems

About McInnes Wilson Lawyers

We are a full‐service firm with 61 principals providing high‐quality legal advisory services across Australia. We are proud of the values we uphold and the culture of our firm.

Benefits

* Progressive paid parental leave policy
* Mentoring programming to offer continuous support and guidance at all levels of your MCW career
* Access to our firmwide, personalised Salary Continuance Insurance Policy
* Reward and recognition program, including tenure awards, annual staff awards, and promotion ceremonies
* Further education support and professional development program, including a formal mentoring program
* Health and wellbeing initiatives, birthday leave for full‐time employees, firm social club, and regular team functions

Requirements

Applicants will undergo background screening including reference checks and police checks.

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