At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide top-notch legal secretarial support and manage correspondence for a dynamic legal team.
- Company: Join a Queensland Government organisation committed to quality service and inclusivity.
- Benefits: Competitive hourly rate, superannuation, and flexible work hours with public transport access.
- Other info: Initial contract until March 2027 with potential for extension and weekly pay cycles.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the legal field while developing your skills in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in administrative support, excellent communication, and attention to detail required.
The predicted salary is between 59.41 - 59.41 $ per hour.
Your New Role
Kingston Human Capital are currently supporting a Queensland Government organisation to appoint a Senior Legal Secretary (AO3 level) on a contract basis. This role will see you provide high quality and timely legal secretarial and administrative support within the legal team, whilst assisting the Executive Legal Secretary to ensure that quality services are provided.
In this role, you will:
- Undertake high level, accurate word-processing and typing
- Format complex documents (MS Word, PowerPoint and PDF)
- Prepare briefs and documents and attend to routine correspondence
- Monitor and manage the flow of incoming and outgoing correspondence
- Coordinate travel and accommodation
- Manage information in Excel as well as practice management system, case management system (VisualFiles) databases
- Manage diaries, organise meetings and conferences including preparing and distributing agendas, minutes and other material
- Maintain filing, records bring-up and retrieval systems
- Assist legal professionals to meet financial deadlines and/or commitments such as billing and time recording
- Ensure compliance with procedures for payment of legal expenses and counsel fees
- Support the Executive Legal Secretary to identify opportunities to adapt and change work processes
- Assist with the induction of new staff within the legal team
About You
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- Previous experience providing high level administrative and secretarial support, ideally within a legal setting
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- High level attention to detail
- Excellent time management
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to successfully pass a Criminal History Check prior to commencement
- Previous experience in a similar role within the QLD Government would be very highly regarded.
Benefits for You
- Initial contract to 31 March 2027, with potential extension
- $53.55 - $59.41 per Hour + 12% Superannuation
- 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday
- Office easily accessible via public transport, and onsite parking available
- Weekly pay cycles through Kingston, with no payroll fees
- Expert public sector consultants to support you throughout your assignment
We actively encourage the use of a Cover Letter to highlight your relevant skills and experience aligning to the role. We encourage and welcome applications from people with disability, First Nations peoples, those from the LGBTIQA+ community, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those in the veteran community and mature age people.
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