Senior Legal Assistant
Core
Provide high-quality legal and administrative support for motor vehicle accident compensation matters, including statutory benefits, impairment benefits, and common law claims.
Role type
Senior Legal Assistant (Motor Vehicle Accident Compensation)
Builds
Court documents, legal correspondence, and case files for the County Court and Supreme Court of Victoria.
Domain
Legal / Personal Injury / Motor Vehicle Accident Compensation
Required skills
Legal file administration, drafting and proofreading, client communication, stakeholder coordination, diary management, mentoring junior staff
Preferred skills
Experience in legal support, ability to work autonomously, initiative, empathy
Technologies
County Court and Supreme Court of Victoria systems
Responsibilities
Support lawyers across statutory benefits, impairment benefit and common law matters; Manage general file administration and assist with progressing matters; Provide professional, empathetic, and responsive support to clients; Communicate with clients, insurers, barristers' clerks and medico-legal providers; Coordinate client, medico-legal, settlement conference and mediation appointments; Prepare legal correspondence and compile court documents; Prepare matters for settlement conferences and hearings; Manage lawyers' diaries and competing deadlines; Mentor and train legal support staff
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC