This is a fantastic opportunity to align your career with a specialist corporate litigation firm based in the heart of the CBD. This firm has a collaborative and cohesive working culture where everyone feels valued and recognised. They are seeking a Legal Secretary that thrives on being the backbone of the team.
  
About the Role:
Supporting the firms Partner's and a team of solicitors, you will be based in a team that runs at a fast pace, doing deadline driven work. You will be liaising with clients and assisting with their queries as well as helping with prepare documents for business proposals and tendering for work. You will thrive in an environment that is agile and dynamic, where no two days are the same.
  
The work will involve:

• Word processing, drafting letters and documents as well as transcribing digital dictation
• Diary and email management for the dedicated Partners of the team
• Administration, filing and database management as well as assisting with documentation for court litigation
• Assist authors with end of month accounts and billing, as well as any other ad hoc office duties and administration

About You:

• Previous experience as a litigation legal secretary is essential for your ongoing success in this role
• Advanced typing skills, this role includes dictation and therefore a typing speed of 40wpm minimum is required
• Organised, methodical and systematic in your approach to your work as you will be managing the partners diary as well as managing multiple conflicting deadlines at any one time
• Good IT skills
• Team and client focused, willing to exceed expectations and be proactive 

This role requires someone who is able to adapt to change, think fast and able to deliver on deadline, so a background in multiple litigation practice areas would be ideal as this team work across a large remit of litigative matters. 

What's on Offer:
Not only will you be working with some of the top lawyers in their field but also a firm that boasts long tenure ship in their team with an engaged and fun working environment.

• $75,000 - $85,000 per annum plus Kiwisaver
• Monday to Friday onsite

For further information, contact Simone Macdonald on 027 224 5228 or email your CV to simone@colegal.co.nz or by clicking APPLY now.