Legal Secretary

Job Description

We are currently inviting experienced Legal Secretaries to join our talent network for upcoming temporary and contract opportunities across a range of respected law firms in Sydney.

You will support partners and legal teams by managing diaries, preparing documents, liaising with clients, and providing general administrative support. Opportunities may arise across diverse practice areas, including Litigation, Property, Corporate, Insurance, and Family Law.

Key responsibilities

- Manage diaries and schedule meetings
- Prepare, format, and amend legal documents and correspondence
- Draft court documents in compliance with relevant rules and deadlines
- Conduct document formatting, proofreading, and version control
- Manage electronic and hard copy document filing
- Assist with onboarding new clients, including file openings and conflict checks
- Support the drafting of bills and processing of invoices
- Monitor outstanding fees and process expenses

Skills & experience

- Proven experience as a Legal Secretary or Legal Assistant within a law firm
- Robust document formatting skills, particularly in Word and legal templates
- Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and work to deadlines
- Professional communication skills, both written and verbal
- Robust client service focus
- Familiarity with practice management and document management systems

What’s in it for you

- Opportunity to work with respected law firms
- Gain exposure to various practice areas
- Develop your skills in a supportive environment
- Build a professional network in the legal industry
- Potential for future career advancement

Please note: this is a general registration advertisement designed to register candidates people2people for upcoming opportunities

If you’re a Legal Secretary who enjoys litigation, complex matters and working closely with senior lawyers,



this could be a great next move!

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The Firm

A well-established commercial law firm in Sydney CBD with a strong reputation for its work and a genuinely down to earth culture. Professional, collaborative and people focused, with a great team environment.

The Role

You’ll support a small team across complex Wills & Estates litigation, working closely with two Partners and several solicitors. The role will involve:

- Managing diaries, correspondence and day to day legal support
- Preparing and formatting legal documents and correspondence
- File and matter management
- Court and litigation administration
- Liaising with clients and other parties
- Supporting the team across a varied and interesting caseload

The Benefits

- Up to $120,000 package, depending on experience
- CBD location
- Supportive, professional and informal environment
- Direct exposure to Partners and senior lawyers
- A firm that genuinely invests in and develops its people

If you're an experienced Legal Secretary with litigation experience and looking for a role where you can get stuck into interesting work without the big-firm attitude, we would love to hear from you.

Applicants must have full Australian working rights (Australian Citizenship or Permanent Residency). Unfortunately, student visas will not be considered.

LHD Lawyers are a national leading law firm specialising in personal injury claims and matters that affect every day Australians.



We are passionate about driving consistency and operational efficiencies throughout the firm to support our team to provide a leading client service experience. With every action and process we are conscious of our client’s experience and are always addressing opportunities for improving client services and experience.

We pride ourselves on ensuring a positive and successful partnership for both clients and employees and we focus on developing our employees. We nurture and develop our people to help them realise their full potential and aim to craft an employee experience that is unique and meaningful to each employee. Established for 30 years, LHD Lawyers has offices across Australia and continues to grow rapidly

Legal Secretary works within a team, liaises with internal and external stakeholders. They support the team members with a wide variety of administrative functions including but not limited to:

- Drafting correspondences, generating precedent letters
- Scheduling appointments and diary management
- Liaising with internal and external stakeholders
- General administrative duties, copying, scanning, sending and saving incoming correspondences and maintaining paper and electronic files
- Identifying legal matters and recognising legal documents
- Responsible for responding to calls and emails (inbound and outbound)
- Working with the team to action daily operational tasks
- Actively assisting the team to ensure efficient work practices are maintained

Core Competencies:

- Highly organised and able to maintain high quality work with a strong attention to detail.
- Sound typing and document drafting skills
- Word processing and data entry skills
- Comfortable using Microsoft Office suite
- Diary management and ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to work autonomously while also collaborating in a team environment
- Ability to priorit

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