Junior Legal Assistant
What are we looking for?
**Permanent Full-Time opportunity | Medical Law team | Melbourne office**
We have an exciting opportunity for a positive, energetic and highly motivated Junior Legal Assistant to join the medical law team in Melbourne. This is a Permanent Full-Time position.
The Lawyers in our Medical Law team assist clients who are impacted by medical negligence (also known as medical malpractice). This is the failure from a health-care provider, including GPs, dentists and specialists, to treat clients with reasonable skill and care, causing an injury as a result.
You will be reporting to a busy Lawyer, and as one of the support team members, you will help maintain and drive the success of the department. Your energy and drive will be integral in achieving successful outcomes along with your positive approach to your work.
This is a not-to-miss opportunity for those who like to take ownership of their work and work hands on with matters.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Liaising with clients, lawyers and other professionals
- Arranging appointments
- Producing and filing court documents
- Preparing briefs
- Managing a database
- Diary management
- Generating and editing correspondence
What will you bring?
The following experience and skills will ensure your success in this position:
- A Certificate in Business Administration, Diploma and/or experience in the legal field will be highly regarded.
- Superior customer service skills
- Outstanding communication skills
- Organised and proactive approach
- Ability to confidently multi-task
- Ability to show initiative
- A willingness to learn
- A team player
- An ability to deal sensitively with clients
Why work for us?
Slater and Gordon is a leading Australian Personal Injury law firm. Our people are passionate advocates for clients, providing a personal and caring service. For their part, our clients value an expert, tailored service from people they can depend on.
We pride ourselves on offering accessible, world class legal services to people from all backgrounds and socio-economic circumstances. We work hard to simplify the legal process for them and provide support and guidance along the way.
At Slater and Gordon you're exposed to varied and interesting work and the constant opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of everyday people.
Slater and Gordon employees enjoy a genuine opportunity for professional development in an environment that values and recognises high performance.
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