Location: Level 6, 352 Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW, 2300, Australia Job Category: Legal, Admin Employee Type: Full Time Contact Information: Contact Phone: 0292935*** Contact Email: ****** Description: HICKSONS Hicksons is a commercial law firm that assists government, companies, organisations, and individuals throughout Australia and Asia to create sustainable value by delivering legal and commercial advice, services, and solutions.
Our breadth of expertise is reflected in our diverse practice groups and complemented by our industry and sector focus.
With offices in Sydney and Newcastle, we work across geographies with smart technology to keep connected to our clients.
With over 70 years in practice, we consider ourselves to be visionary thought leaders who have harnessed our history and experience, emerging as a market-leading legal and advisory business.
THE ROLE & THE TEAM: We're recruiting for a Legal Secretary to join our Workers Compensation team in Newcastle.
Our Workers Compensation team covers the full spectrum of workplace injuries including major and minor orthopaedic, neurological and strain injuries, brain damage, catastrophic multi-injuries, exposure to hazardous substances, psychological injury, and stress claims.
Our supportive and inclusive work culture, excellent professional development opportunities, and commitment to client satisfaction make Hicksons an ideal environment to advance your legal career.
WHAT YOU BRING: The ideal candidate will have experience in: Drafting legal documents, court documents, and correspondence Filing court documents online in various jurisdictions Organising and maintaining digital files, data entry, and maintenance of the Affinity database Preparing briefs for Counsel and Medical Experts, including indexing, collating and tabulating documents, and updating briefs during the course of matters Effectively managing and maintaining multiple calendars, monitoring court and client timeframes and providing reminders as necessary Arranging meetings, appointments, and coordinating travel arrangements Monitoring due dates for reports from experts and following up on outstanding reports/documents Monitoring return dates for subpoenas and arranging for produced documents to be copied and following up on outstanding subpoenas Billing including preparation and review of draft bills WHY CHOOSE HICKSONS? Hicksons fosters a diverse and inclusive environment, capturing innovative ideas from our people to build on our business; we welcome your creative ideas to optimize the way we work.
We offer a range of benefits and social opportunities to support growth, development, and internal networking and collaboration within the firm, collectively celebrating our success through recognition and reward programs.
Supporting you: Potential unearthed: We pride ourselves on enabling you to achieve your career aspirations.
Offering tailored 1:1 mentoring, access to our E-learning platform with role-based training, internal and external workshops, and complete transparency around our promotional pathways program.
The right resources: Our workplace is supported by smart technology, paper-light processes, collaborative teams, and a healthy values-based culture that will see you perform at your best.
Flexi-work options: We understand life is not one size fits all.
Explore options for hybrid work, part-time hours, compressed working weeks, and more.
Performance-based rewards and incentive bonuses: Our incentive program is designed to reward our employees and support our high-performance culture.
Hicksons + Benefits: 16 weeks paid gender-neutral parental leave, education assistance, Employee Assistance Program, Birthday leave, and #4 U leave, plus access to everyday discounts through our corporate discount schemes and novated leasing.
Life at Hicksons: Contributing to our community is part of our Vision; the firm provides you with the opportunity to contribute to the firm's corporate social responsibility activities through our pro-bono program.
Awards: The 2024 AFR Partnership Survey named Hicksons as the industry leader with the highest proportion of Female Partners for the second year running.
In addition, Hicksons has been recognized as ABA employer of choice winners (2020, 2023, & 2024).
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