Johnson Winter Slattery (JWS) is known throughout the market as a leading full-service commercial law firm. We work on high-profile and complex transactions and disputes, always with a focus on commercial outcomes. We are a firm of more than 400 people, including 85+ partners with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Brisbane and Perth.

About the Team

Our Legal Assistant team is critical to the success of our Partners and Practitioners. Our LA's bring with them a diverse range of experience across all areas of commercial law, and are committed to providing high level, efficient, and effective legal administrative support.

About the Role

An opportunity exists for an experienced Legal Assistant to join our Sydney office on a 14 month parental leave contract. Supporting the CIPT (Competition, IP and Technology) team, you will provide high-level administrative support including diary management, travel arrangements, document drafting and amending, billing, PowerPoint presentations and other ad-hoc tasks as required.

Our Sydney office is a welcoming and collaborative office that fosters a supportive and high-performing workplace. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a close-knit and collaborative Legal Assistant team where professional support and genuine camaraderie go hand in hand. From coffee catch-ups and team lunches to Friday drinks, you'll have plenty of opportunities to build lasting relationships with your colleagues.

About You

You obviously have plenty of technical aptitude and previous relevant experience, but there is much more to you. You:

- have a minimum of two years' experience delivering high-level legal administrative support with a client focused outlook, always;
- work well under pressure, meet deadlines and excel working autonomously;
- have strong communication and stakeholder management skills and you aren't afraid to use them,



internally and externally;
- take a collaborative, positive and energetic approach to everything you do; and
- have great attention to detail.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace, where our differences are also our strength.

Working at JWS

We are not like the other corporate law firms.

When you ask our people why they choose to work for us, the most common response is “because of the people.”

We value collaboration over everything else. We care about the wellbeing of our people and will invest time in understanding your objectives so that we can support you throughout your career.

We believe it’s this focus on people that has seen our firm grow rapidly to become one of Australia’s leading independent law firms.

Why?

Thrive with us

With us, you will not be held back. Our people take on the work that reflects their ability, not their job title. You will have more opportunity to make an impact, have your ideas heard and step up in your career.

In it together

We pride ourselves on being down to earth, approachable, but always high performing. We have worked hard to create a culture where people look out for each other. Our ethos is: “we’re in it together” and it’s what we live by.

We are committed to promoting a workplace that is diverse and inclusive. We encourage the best people - regardless of race, religion, or belief if any, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, or age - to fulfil their professional aspirations with us. In particular we would welcome applications from First Nations candidates.

Johnson Winter Slattery pays respect to Elders past and present of our nation’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We honour the deep spiritual, cultural and customary connections of Traditional Owners to the Australian landscape, including Australia’s waterways, land, and sea country.

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📌 Legal Secretary - 14 month contract (City of Sydney)
🏢 Johnson Winter Slattery
📍 City of Sydney