Legal Executive

Atmos Australia and New Zealand; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal and advisory firm in Auckland is seeking an experienced Legal Executive to join their dynamic team. This role offers the chance to work on diverse legal matters and utilize cutting-edge technology to enhance client service. Ideal candidates will bring a strong legal background and proficiency with AI tools and digital platforms. The position encourages adaptability in a fast-paced environment and provides opportunities for professional development and collaboration across teams.

Benefits

Generous bonus scheme

Career progression based on merit

Flexibility to work around personal commitments

No compulsory shutdown period during holidays

Qualifications

• Experience with legal tech platforms and digital collaboration tools.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Draft and format legal documents with attention to detail.
• Manage multiple projects and client communications simultaneously.
• Leverage AI tools for document review and workflow optimization.

Skills

Strong written communication

Attention to detail

Client service

Microsoft 365 proficiency

Adaptability to emerging tech

Education

Qualified as a Legal Executive

Tools

Microsoft Copilot

Adobe Acrobat

Actionstep or Aderant

Job description

About The Role

The Atmos Solutions team plays a crucial role supporting fee earning teams to provide legal and advisory services to a broad client base across Australia, New Zealand and globally. Become part of a team that makes a meaningful impact, providing our clients with market-leading crisis, reputation and legal risk management support. This role would suit an experienced Legal Executive who is looking to future proof their career by moving into a more dynamic practice area. You will be qualified as a Legal Executive and have a keen interest in this area of law. Our work is fast paced, so you will develop core skills and experience at a much faster rate compared to traditional practice areas. Our Legal Executives have autonomy in a supportive environment and have the opportunity to be directly involved in client work. This empowers our people to make a significant contribution to successful outcomes. You will work within our First Response team, with clients large and small across all sectors, as well as partners, lawyers, consultants, crisis communications professionals and threat intelligence consultants across our network of offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Auckland.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities & Skills

• Drafting & Formatting: Strong written communication; impeccable attention to detail; advanced styles/formatting in Word.
• Organisation & Prioritisation: Managing multiple matters, deadlines, and stakeholders calmly and transparently.
• Client Service: Professional presence, clear communication, and expectation management.
• Technical Proficiency & Digital Agility
• AI & Automation Tools: Interest and developing experience leveraging AI powered tools for document review, drafting assistance, research, and workflow optimisation (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, Lexis+ AI).
• Adaptability to Emerging Tech: Comfortable learning and adopting new legal tech platforms, cloud based systems, and digital collaboration tools quickly.
• Productivity Tools: Microsoft 365 (Word—advanced, Excel—intermediate, Outlook, PowerPoint/Teams), PDF tools (Adobe Acrobat—bookmarks, redactions), and practice management systems (desirable: Actionstep or Aderant).
• An ability to thrive in a fast-paced rapidly changing environment with a critical mind and demonstrated problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent time management skills and an ability to effectively manage competing priorities.
• Teamwork and collaboration skills, as well as the ability to be a self-starter that effectively manages assigned tasks independently. Our team is spread across 5 cities in Australia and New Zealand, so you need to be comfortable working remotely with colleagues in other offices.

About Atmos

• Atmos is one of Australia and New Zealand’s leading legal and advisory firms dedicated to providing cyber, privacy and digital risk services.
• In a world of looming risks and crises, we are the protective sphere around our clients.
• We empower all businesses great and small to move through uncertainty with clarity and confidence, using insight to transform challenges into opportunities.
• As a team, we are united by a culture of deep collaboration, working closely together to do what is needed. We act as trusted partners and advisors, offering a full-service approach that enables our clients to build resilience.
• A collective force of intelligence and legal expertise, we’re reshaping the very fabric of guidance and protection in a digital age.
• Together, we are not only stronger, but also better prepared.

About our brand

In a world of looming risks and crises, we are the protective sphere around our clients. We empower all businesses great and small to move through uncertainty with clarity and confidence, using insight to transform challenges into opportunities. As a team, we are united by a culture of deep collaboration, working closely together to do what is needed. We act as trusted partners and advisors, offering a full-service approach that enables our clients to build resilience. A collective force of intelligence and legal expertise, we’re reshaping the very fabric of guidance and protection in a digital age. Together, we are not only stronger, but also better prepared.

Atmos Benefits Summary

• A remuneration package that meets the market - benchmarked against Australia and New Zealand’s most comprehensive legal salary survey.
• A generous bonus scheme rewarding our people for periods of hard work, including an automatic bonus for achieving budget, early bonus access for team members that meet our continuous service requirements and an innovation bonus to reward hard work on initiatives that improve the Atmos client and/or employee experience.
• Career progression and promotion based on merit not just PQE. Where possible, we promote from within, rather than bringing in senior laterals. Access leading performance coaching, online training and development and one-on-one career development support.
• Competitive parental leave benefits among the best on offer.
• Flexibility to work around personal commitments, that only requires you to work from the office 3 days per week.
• No compulsory shutdown period over Christmas and the New Year, giving our people the opportunity to take annual leave when it suits them.
• AI enabled best in class IT software and hardware taking the friction out of doing your day job. Comprehensive operational support, reducing the administrative burden on our lawyers, allowing them to focus on their day job.

How to Apply

Atmos is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace. At Atmos we encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to work. We encourage all applications from appropriately qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Take a moment to read our candidate privacy policy carefully. This policy describes how we handle and manage personal information we collect about you as a person who applies to us for a job.

Skills

Skills

If you are interested in this position and think you have the right skills and experience for the job, your submitted application must include:

• A cover letter demonstrating your passion for cyber, which illustrates the relevant skills and experience you would bring to the role;
• A copy of your CV/Resume; and
• A copy of your official academic transcript.

Successful applicants will then be invited to a series of interviews designed to help us get to know each other better. You will also have an opportunity to talk to members of our team at different levels, so you can get a feel for ‘a day in the life’ of an AtmosTM cyber advisory consultant. It’s important to us that you have an intimate understanding of the role and what sets Atmos apart from other firms before accepting any job offer.