Senior Legal Assistant

Slater and Gordon Lawyers; City of Wyndham; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Shutdown leave

Paid parental leave

Long service leave

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

Slater and Gordon Lawyers, a leading Victoria-based law firm, seeks an experienced Senior Legal Assistant to join the Motor Vehicle Accident Compensation team in Werribee. This permanent, full-time role offers flexible working arrangements and a chance to support high-impact cases.

You will provide high-quality legal and administrative support across a varied caseload, building trusted relationships with clients, lawyers, and external stakeholders while contributing to a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Experience in legal support roles, preferably as a Legal Assistant or Senior Legal Assistant.
• Strong written communication, drafting and proofreading skills.
• Excellent organisation with attention to detail and time management.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• Professional, empathetic and client-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Support lawyers across statutory benefits, impairment benefit and common law matters.
• Manage general file administration and assist with progressing matters.
• Provide professional, empathetic, and responsive support to clients.
• Communicate with clients, insurers, barristers’ clerks and medico-legal providers.
• Coordinate client, medico-legal, settlement conference and mediation appointments.
• Prepare legal correspondence and compile court documents for the County Court and Supreme Court of Victoria.
• Prepare matters for settlement conferences and hearings, particularly Serious Injury Applications.
• Manage lawyers’ diaries and competing deadlines.
• Mentor and train legal support staff.
• Contribute to the efficient and positive operation of the wider Victorian Work & Road team.

Skills

Legal support

Client communication

Drafting & proofreading

Time management

Multitasking

Stakeholder liaison

Autonomous work

Job description

Slater andGordon Lawyers are a leading personal injury and class actions law firmwhere every member of our team has a shared passion for our clients: we arepeople caring for people.

Ourcommitment to our people includes offering genuine work-life balance, with ahybrid work environment allowing them to split their time between home and theoffice. We recognise and reward high performance and have outstanding employeebenefits including a week of shutdown leave, paid parental leave, extra-longservice leave, together with various ongoing learning and professionaldevelopment opportunities.

What are we looking for?

We are seeking an experienced Senior LegalAssistant to join our Motor Vehicle Accident Compensation team in Werribee.This is a permanent, full-time role withflexible working arrangementsavailable.

You will provide high-quality legal andadministrative support across a varied caseload, while building trustedrelationships with clients, lawyers, and external stakeholders.

What you will do

• Support lawyers acrossstatutory benefits, impairment benefit and common law matters.
• Manage general fileadministration and assist with progressing matters.
• Provide professional,empathetic, and responsive support to clients.
• Communicate with clients,insurers, barristers’ clerks and medico-legal providers.
• Coordinate client,medico-legal, settlement conference and mediation appointments.
• Prepare legal correspondenceand compile court documents for the County Court and Supreme Court ofVictoria.
• Prepare matters forsettlement conferences and hearings, particularly Serious InjuryApplications.
• Manage lawyers’ diaries andcompeting deadlines.
• Mentor and train legalsupport staff.
• Contribute to the efficientand positive operation of the wider Victorian Work & Road team.

What will you bring?

• Previous experience in legalsupport, preferably as a Legal Assistant or Senior Legal Assistant.
• Strong writtencommunication, drafting and proofreading skills.
• Excellent organisation,attention to detail and time management.
• The ability to managecompeting priorities and work to deadlines.
• A professional, empatheticand client-focused approach.
• Confidence communicatingwith clients and a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• The ability to workautonomously while contributing positively to a team.
• Initiative, reliability, anda willingness to learn.
• A genuine commitment tohelping injured people and supporting access to justice.

You must be available to work 38 hours per week,Monday to Friday, between 8.30 am and 5.00 pm. Flexible working arrangementsare available.

Why consider this role?

This role offers the opportunity to:

• Work across a varied andmeaningful motor vehicle accident compensation practice.
• Make a direct difference toclients during a challenging period in their lives.
• Support lawyers on complexmatters, including Serious Injury Applications.
• Mentor and develop legalsupport staff.
• Work with flexibility whileremaining connected to the Werribee team.

To beeligible for this position, you must be an Australian citizen, a permanentresident, or hold a valid visa with full and unrestricted working rights inAustralia. Proof of work rights will be required as part of the Slater andGordon application process.

Acknowledgement of Country Slater and Gordonacknowledges the TraditionalCustodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, seaand community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extendthat respect to all First Nations peoples today.

Diversity + Inclusion Slaterand Gordonis committed to creating an inclusive workplace that valuesdiversity and ensures equal opportunities for all. Slater and Gordon is anequal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race,national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age,or other legally protected attributes.We understandthat everyonehas different needs. If you require reasonable adjustments throughout therecruitment process, please let us know in your application.