We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and qualified full-time legal secretary to join our Perth office within our Corporate team.

Thomsons is a leading national law firm with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra. The firm has approximately 900 partners and staff nationally, and offers a dynamic, friendly and professional work environment. We are passionate about constantly providing value to our clients - their success is our priority. This focus on client value is a key reason for our success. At Thomsons, we are looking for candidates who are client focused, commercially minded, and who work well in a team environment.

The Role

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and professional full-time legal secretary to join our Perth office within our Corporate team. We are looking for someone who is able to use their initiative, who is proactive, and is capable and motivated to work autonomously. This role will involve:

- Liaising with clients and staff
- Preparation of legal documents
- Preparation of correspondence (emails, memos and letters);
- Monthly billing
- Opening, maintaining and closing matter files
- Diary and travel management
- administrative tasks including answering phones and recording messages

Requirements

To be successful in this role you will have:

- excellent verbal and written communication skills;




- a positive attitude and the ability to manage the workflow of multiple fee earners;
- intermediate to advanced computer skills across the Microsoft Office suite, particularly Word and Powerpoint, working knowledge of Excel, and a typing speed of 60+ wpm
- have experience using document management and billing systems (such as FileSite and Aderant Expert, or similar);
- strong organisational and file management skills;
- the ability to work well with others in a team environment;
- initiative and the ability to work unsupervised; and
- a minimum of two years' experience as a Legal Secretary;

Life at Thomsons

As a leading national firm, we offer an opportunity to work with a strong and established client base, genuine growth trajectories, and a variety of benefits including: interesting and challenging pro bono opportunities, flexible working, generous parental leave, flu vaccinations and skin checks annually, study assistance, sophisticated employee assistance program, corporate discounts, variety of social activities including EOFY and end of year functions, sporting teams and much more.

We have a collaborative approach to all we do, based fundamentally on openness, transparency, respect and accountability, so that our team is taken care and we get the best outcomes for our clients.

📌 Legal Secretary - Corporate (Perth)
🏢 Thomson Geer
📍 Perth