Legal Assistant (Asbestos & Dust Diseases)

Maurice Blackburn; Queensland; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid flex working model

End of Year leave and wellbeing leave

Parental leave (22 weeks)

Salary Continuance & Life Insurance

Wellbeing framework and discounts

Job summary

Maurice Blackburn is seeking a proactive Legal Assistant to provide essential administrative and legal support within our Asbestos and Dust team. You will help guide clients through the compensation journey, handling documentation, scheduling, and correspondence with care and professionalism.

This role offers meaningful, human-centric work at a nationally respected firm, with flexible hybrid arrangements and opportunities for coaching and career development.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A trustworthy, professional approach to handling confidential client information.
• A genuine learning mindset and eagerness to expand knowledge and skillset.
• Comfort with legal technology and AI tools, or enthusiasm to build proficiency quickly.

Responsibilities

• First point of contact for client enquiries, professional, prompt, and helpful.
• Keep clients in the loop with clear, timely updates.
• Support client files from start to finish.
• Prepare correspondence, legal documents and court materials.
• Manage diaries, appointments and meetings.
• Process mail and correspondence.
• Handle client billing and related admin.
• Support the legal team with general administrative tasks.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Time management

Confidentiality

Learning mindset

Comfort with legal tech/AI tools

Tools

Legal technology tools

AI tools

Job description

Job Description

Company Description

We welcome fearless thinkers.

For over 100 years, Maurice Blackburn has stood up for those who need us most. With courage and compassion, we extend access to justice to countless Australians. We look beyond the immediate challenge to support people in moments that matter across their lives, and continually push for better solutions for our clients. We invest in and empower our people to stand up for what we believe in and go fearlessly forward together.

We work on real cases, achieving important and positive results in real people's lives, which is why we are one of Australia's most respected law firms. Maurice Blackburn, experience you can count on.

About the role and team

Our national Asbestos and Dust team is highly experienced in representing people affected by occupational diseases. A team that combines deep technical expertise with genuine compassion, guiding clients through every stage of their compensation journey and delivering exceptional outcomes with care and respect.

This team sits at a rare intersection of urgency and meaning. Our clients are often facing a terminal diagnosis, so we work with real speed and purpose to help them see justice done in their own lifetime. It's some of the most human legal work you'll do, walking alongside people and their families through their hardest chapter, holding negligent employers and manufacturing companies accountable for harm that spanned generations, and helping families find closure and security rather than facing grief and financial hardship alone. Now that is rewarding work.

This is a role with strong purpose where you will see direct, tangible impact of your work on someone's life. The work is technically complex and highly specialised, where you will be mentored by practitioners who are recognised leaders in this field.

As a Legal Assistant, you'll play an important role in ensuring our clients receive a seamless, supportive experience while providing administrative and legal support to the team. You'll thrive in this role if you're organised, proactive and enjoy working in a collaborative environment where your work genuinely makes a difference.

What you will be doing

• First point of contact for client enquiries, professional, prompt, and helpful.
• Keep clients in the loop with clear, timely updates.
• Support client files from start to finish.
• Prepare correspondence, legal documents and court materials.
• Manage diaries, appointments and meetings.
• Process mail and correspondence.
• Handle client billing and related admin.
• Support the legal team with general administrative tasks.

About you

• Previous experience as a Legal Assistant is desirable, but not essential, perhaps you have been in a similar support or administrative role.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Outstanding organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A trustworthy, professional approach to handling confidential client information.
• A genuine learning mindset, you're eager to expand your knowledge and skillset.
• Comfort with legal technology and AI tools, or enthusiasm to build proficiency quickly.
• An interest in commercial awareness, understanding how matters run efficiently for clients.
• A proactive approach to process improvement, you're someone who spots better ways of doing things and isn't afraid to suggest them.

Additional Information

Team MB Benefits:

• Ongoing coaching and career development opportunities
• End of Year leave, 1 day first year, 4 days after 2 years
• Comprehensive mental health framework, including wellbeing leave (up to 4 extra days per year) and $299 reimbursement
• 22 Weeks Parental leave with your superannuation guaranteed and back-to-work transition policy
• Rewards and recognition platform with fitness, retail, and entertainment discounts
• A hybrid flex working model
• Salary Continuance & Life Insurance
• 17.5% Annual Leave Loading

... just to name a few. *T's & C's apply

Our shared values represent what we stand for and guide how we act, with Courage; Compassion; Collaboration; Fairness and Tenacity.

We love that you have a life outside of work and we're happy to support yours. We provide you a safe, supportive and collaborative environment, backed by inclusive leaders and progressive people policies, where you can be your authentic self and thrive. Here we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, enriched by differences in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, age and family arrangements. Applications from First Nations People are encouraged.

Are you ready to join us on a journey to extend access to justice to more Australians, in an organisation and role in which every action you take makes a difference?

Our Circle Back Initiative partnership means we're committed to responding to every applicant.

Please note that all successful candidates will be required to undergo background checks as part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant workplace