ESG Legal Assistant | Flexible Work & Growth

Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Bonus leave

Parental leave

Wellbeing program

Diversity & Inclusion

Responsible business

Job summary

Corrs Chambers Westgarth, a leading independent Australian law firm in Melbourne, seeks an experienced Legal Assistant to support a team of lawyers in the Responsible Business and ESG group. The role involves busy diary management, email drafting, and coordinating meetings and client engagement while handling matter files and billing.

You will work autonomously with strong organisational skills and attention to detail, developing key internal and external relationships, and using CMS Aderant and

Qualifications

• Experience supporting a legal team and managing multiple priorities.
• High attention to detail and accuracy in administrative tasks.
• Ability to work independently and develop relationships within the firm and with clients.
• Proficient with document management systems and matter/file management processes.

Responsibilities

• Extensive diary and inbox management including prioritising emails and drafting responses
• Coordinating meetings across the organisation
• Keeping track of master clients lists for business development, coordinating regular client engagement and emails
• Event management, coordinating activities including managing invitation lists and hosting arrangements and travel bookings
• Monitoring ESG updates for newsletters
• Assisting with ad hoc enquiries
• Matter management including opening and closing files, billing, archiving and electronic filing
• Infotrack searches (property searches; ASIC searches, etc)

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Independent worker

Relationship building

Problem solving

Tools

Outlook

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

CMS Aderant

NetDocuments

InfoTrack

Job description

Corrs Chambers Westgarth, a leading independent Australian law firm in Melbourne, seeks an experienced Legal Assistant to support a team of lawyers in the Responsible Business and ESG group. The role involves busy diary management, email drafting, and coordinating meetings and client engagement while handling matter files and billing.

You will work autonomously with strong organisational skills and attention to detail, developing key internal and external relationships, and using CMS Aderant and