Senior Legal Secretary

Job Title: Senior Legal Secretary

Location: Remote (Australia)

Salary: $69,000-$78,000 per annum

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Contract: Contract

Paralegals here draft pleadings, manage the calendar and talk to clients every day. Most files are referrals from other lawyers, accountants and former clients. Billable target for associates is 1,800 hours.

Job summary:

The Senior Legal Secretary supports two attorneys with scheduling, document formatting, filing, billing and client calls. Good fit for an experienced legal secretary or someone moving up from a law firm receptionist role. Contract role, full-time hours, paid in USD at the end of each month. Core hours are 10:00 to 15:00 CET. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Main duties:

• Answer client calls and take detailed messages.
• Process payments to trust accounts per firm procedures.
• Prepare and send monthly invoices and enter attorney time.
• Keep client contact information and matter lists up to date.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience as a legal assistant, legal secretary or law firm receptionist.
• Experience with Clio, PracticePanther, Smokeball or a similar system.
• Familiar with court e-filing in Victoria.
• Organised and calm with competing deadlines.
• High school diploma required; legal secretary certificate or associate degree preferred.
• Professional with clients who may be upset.

What you get:

• Company laptop.
• Monthly internet allowance.
• Flexible hours.
• Annual rate review.

Applications close when we find the right person, so get in early.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Ben Ami Law Offices.