Practice Executive (Legal Secretary/EA)

About the role

Ashurst Perkins Coie is looking for a Practice Executive (Legal Secretary/Executive Assistant) to join its Melbourne Projects, Energy, Environment & Resources (PEER) team on a full-time, permanent basis. The role provides high-level business support to three Partners and helps build knowledge of clients, markets and work streams.

Key responsibilities

• Practice and client management
• Extensive diary and travel management
• Monitoring and managing Partners' inboxes, including filing emails
• Preparing monthly bills and reconciling expenses
• Business development and marketing support
• Client reporting
• Working closely with the team of Team Assistants on administrative tasks

Required profile

• Demonstrable experience as a Legal Secretary
• High degree of initiative, pro-activity and problem-solving, with ownership of tasks and projects
• Commercial acumen: understanding the commercial drivers of a legal practice, interpreting data and applying client knowledge to support partners
• Client-focused approach and ability to build professional networks internally and with client organisations

Required skills

• Excellent organisational skills
• Strong written communication and keen attention to detail
• Ability to draft correspondence, presentations, pitch documents and slide packs quickly and accurately

What we offer

• Flexible work options
• Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership and discounted corporate health plans
• Career advancement with award-winning learning and development programs

The full job description is available on the firm's careers page. Applications are made directly through the firm; recruitment agencies are not accepted.