Trainee junior legal assistant (sunshine)

Trainee Junior Legal Assistant

Slater and Gordon Lawyers are a leading personal injury and class actions law firm where every member of our team has a shared passion for our clients: we are people caring for people.

Our commitment to our people includes offering genuine work‐life balance, with a hybrid work environment allowing them to split their time between home and the office. We recognise and reward high performance and have outstanding employee benefits including a week of shutdown leave, paid parental leave, extra‐long service leave, together with various ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.

Employees covered by our Enterprise Agreement, will also enjoy access to additional paid service leave, a confirmed 1 July salary increase, an annual wellness reimbursement, career development opportunities, and much more.

What are we looking for?

We have a fantastic prospect in our Sunshine office for a motivated Trainee Junior Legal Assistant to join our National Work & Road team. This is a full time role. You will be required to work in the office Monday - Friday.

This role will have you responsible for providing administrative support to our busy team, with ongoing training and development. Your daily duties will include:

• Providing a great level of care and support to our clients in a professional manner
• Supporting the lawyer and team with general file management and administration
• Coordinating appointments for our lawyers and medico‐legal appointments for our clients
• Communicating with clients, insurers and other professionals both in writing and verbally
• General reception duties

What will you bring?

The following experience and skills will ensure your success in this position:

• Exceptional communication and customer service skills
• A willingness to learn
• Excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrated organisation skills and the ability to multi‐task
• Ability to work autonomously as well as in a team environment
• Available to work 38 hours per week, between the hours of 8:30am - 5pm Monday to Friday

What next?

Acknowledgement of Country: Slater and Gordon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations peoples today.