Job Description
Work insurance files that vary, finish early every second Friday, and continue building a long-term career as a legal secretary.
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An experienced legal secretary role supporting a partner's team within a leading national insurance firm, working across personal injury, public liability, qualified indemnity and health matters in Brisbane. This is a genuine long-term career path, not a stepping stone to fee-earning work.
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What you'll be doing:
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File management, opening new matters, archiving closed ones, and making sure records are always accurate.
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Running monthly billing, chasing outstanding debtors and pulling together reporting.
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Drafting and sending correspondence, and getting court documents filed on time.
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Putting together briefs for counsel, medical experts and other specialists ahead of key dates.
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Coordinating diaries and travel, booking appointments and keeping the team's schedule on track.
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Providing broader admin support to keep the team running smoothly day to day.
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What you get:




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You'll manage files across multiple practice areas, ensuring there is variety in the work you are doing.
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The firm runs a 9.5-day fortnight, so you leave at lunchtime every second Friday without touching annual leave.
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You're briefing counsel and experts regularly, not just filing and invoicing.
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You'll be joining a firm that's been recognised year after year as employer of choice.
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Parental leave doesn't split into "primary" and "secondary" carer, both parents get the same support.
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What you need:
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Minimum two years' experience as a legal secretary in defendant or plaintiff personal injury.
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Experience with file management, billing, brief preparation and court document filing.
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Not currently studying law or planning to move into a fee-earning role.
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Applications reviewed within two business days.

📌 Legal Secretary (Queensland)
🏢 Harwell Consulting
📍 Queensland