Legal Secretary

Bourke Legal; Kingscliff; Hybrid; AUD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

RDOs

Reduced office hours on Fridays

Job summary

Bourke Legal, a boutique personal injury firm in Kingscliff, seeks a full-time Legal Secretary to support a remote solicitor and a Kingscliff-based law clerk in workers compensation cases.

The role covers office administration, phone handling, correspondence, medico-legal appointments, and briefing preparation. Leap experience and paperless office familiarity are preferred; current law students may apply. Salary commensurate with experience.

Qualifications

• Must have 1+ years of secretarial experience
• Experience in a paperless legal office
• Familiar with Leap software
• Australian citizen or permanent resident preferred
• Hybrid working arrangements knowledge a plus

Responsibilities

• Provide support to a remote solicitor and a Kingscliff-based law clerk
• Handle day-to-day office functions and maintain the solicitor's practice
• Answer phone calls and manage correspondence
• Arrange medico-legal appointments and prepare briefs

Skills

computer literate

reliable

confident

verbal & written communication

drivers licence

work ethic

team player

well presented

learn willingness

highly organized

career focus as legal secretary

1+ years secretarial experience

Australian citizen or PR

Education

Law student

Tools

LEAP

Job description

We are looking for a full-time Legal Secretary for our Kingscliff office with an immediate start.

The position involves providing support to a solicitor who works remotely and a law clerk who works in Kingscliff, practicing solely in workers compensation cases. The role involves assisting the team with the day-to-day functions of the office, maintaining the solicitor's practice, dealing with phone calls, correspondence, arranging medico-legal appointments, and preparing briefs.

The position would be most suited to a person who has legal secretarial experience. We ideally want someone who is familiar with working in a paperless legal office and who has experience with Leap. Current law students will be considered for this role.

Salary will be commensurate with experience.

The successful applicant must:

• be computer literate
• be reliable
• be confident
• have great verbal and written communication skills
• have a current drivers licence without restrictions
• have a good work ethic
• be a team player
• be well presented
• have a willingness to learn
• be highly organised
• be focussed upon a legal secretary position as a career (this role will not suit a law student or graduate).
• have a minimum of 1+ years of secretarial experience
• be an Australian citizen or permanent resident

Bourke Legal is a boutique personal injury law firm. Our culture and benefits (which include hybrid working arrangements, RDO's and reduced office hours on Fridays) are something we're proud of. As a firm we have invested heavily in technology that helps our staff to do their jobs more efficiently, and to work from anywhere, and we continue to explore new ways to improve those systems even further.

Applications will close on Friday 30 October 2026.

Applicants should forward their cover letter, resume and references to: *********@bourkelegal.com