Job Title Practice Executive (14 month FTC) Location Melbourne Description
The Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity available for a Practice Executive (Legal Secretary / Executive Assistant) to join our team in Melbourne on a full time, 14 month Fixed Term Contract basis.
As a Practice Executive you will provide high level business support to Partners within your designated division. You will assist with the development of comprehensive knowledge of clients, markets and work streams. Some key areas of responsibility will be :
- Practice & Client Management
- Preparing monthly bills and reconciling expenses
- Extensive Diary & Travel Management
- Monitoring and managing inboxes for Partners including filing emails
- Business Development / Marketing
Our Practice Executives play a pivotal role within the firm, ensuring that support services to legal staff are delivered appropriately and within a timely manner. You will work closely with our dedicated hub of Team Assistants to complete any administrative based tasks.
A full job description, including a breakdown of responsibilities, can either be found below or attached to the role on our Ashurst careers page : / / / en / careers
Qualifications
We are interested in hearing from people who have :
- Demonstrable experience as a Legal Secretary.
- High degree of initiative, pro-activity and problem solving skills, with a willingness to take ownership for the completion of tasks / projects and deliver innovative solutions to improve systems or work practices.
- Commercial acumen, with the ability to understand the commercial drivers of a legal practice, interpret data and apply client knowledge when supporting partners with practice management.
- A client focused approach including the ability to grow a network of skilled relationships with counterparts in client organisations as well as with internal stakeholders and colleagues around the firm.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Strong written communication skills and keen attention to detail, with the ability to draft correspondence, presentations, pitch documents and slide packs quickly and accurately.
- Strong understanding of billing procedures, and working knowledge of Elite 3e / a similar billing system.
- Advanced level skills in MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel.
If you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, please contact : for a confidential conversation.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly to Ashurst. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.
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