Float Legal Assistant

Holding Redlich is seeking a Float Legal Assistant in Brisbane, QLD. This on-site role involves providing administrative support to partners and lawyers across various legal practice areas. Responsibilities include file maintenance, document preparation, diary management, and client contact. Ideal candidates should have legal support experience, excellent typing skills, and the ability to adapt to changing priorities. The firm offers a supportive environment with flexible hours and various employee benefits.
About The Role

Based on site, as part of the national float team, you will provide administrative support to a team of partners, lawyers and professional staff, both in person and remotely across all of our practice groups nationally.

As a float legal assistant, you will undertake varied and interesting work within our diverse practice groups – Corporate & Commercial, Dispute Resolution & Litigation, Property Planning & Development, Construction Infrastructure & Projects and Workplace Relations & Safety.

Our core office hours are 8.30 am - 5.00 pm and on a day-to-day basis you can expect your duties to include:
• File maintenance - electronic and paper (Work10)
• Dictation
• Preparation of correspondence and legal documents
• Diary management
• Billing (Aderant)
• Editing documents
• Opening and closing client files
• Client contact
• Photocopying
• Archiving
• Coverage of Legal Assistants’ planned and unplanned leave
• Reception cover and break relief support

About you

The successful candidate will be a self-starter, with a team-based, client-first approach. You will have excellent typing skills, be proficient with Microsoft Office and have excellent attention to detail. You will enjoy working in a busy practice with proven capability in managing multiple and changing priorities.

Ideally, you will have legal support experience, or at least some exposure to a legal practice environment, with a broad interest in various legal practice areas. You will be versatile, genuinely adaptable to frequent change, comfortable working across the differing practice groups and skilled at building rapport quickly.

Who We Are

Holding Redlich is a large national commercial law firm with offices across Australia. We provide the full range of legal services to many of Australia’s largest public and private companies across a wide range of sectors and all levels of government. We are client focused with, expert industry knowledge and strong local and international connections. We strive for excellence in everything we do, and we take pride in the quality of our work.

Employee Benefits

At Holding Redlich, we strongly believe that providing employee benefits is a fundamental investment in the success and well-being of our workforce.

Our benefits include:
• A firm where partners and employees enjoy professional success within a supportive environment from modern offices.
• Family-friendly, dress for your day, flexible hours and flexible leave, including purchased leave, career breaks and study leave.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), flu vaccinations and social activities both inside and outside of the office.
• Employee recruitment referral bonus to recognise and reward individuals who contribute to our growth and success.

Firm awards and citations

We are proud to share that our dedication, expertise, exceptional service to our clients and commitment to the gender diversity of our employees have been recognised with prestigious legal industry awards and citations.
• Employer of Choice – Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA)
• Employer of Choice - Australasian Lawyer
• Multiple partners ranked by Best Lawyers - 30 The Best Lawyers in Australia™ awards/3 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Australia™ awards
• Doyle’s Guide – inclusion for Rising Stars, Best Lawyers, Best Firms
• Signatories to the Charter for Advancement for Women in Legal Profession

Community & impact

We recognise the importance of contributing to our community by supporting various initiatives, providing legal aid through pro bono work, and promoting diversity and inclusion within the firm.

This includes:
• Pro Bono Practice and Social Justice Fund
• Diversity, gender equality and wellbeing committees
• International connections through our membership of Law Exchange International
• Red Cross Life Blood group donations

What’s next?

For further information, please visit our Careers website.

To discuss further on a confidential basis, please contact Zoe Discombe, Talent Acquisition Manager on 03 9321 9802 or zoe.discombe@holdingredlich.com.

To apply, please click on the “Apply” button and submit an up to date resume and cover letter outlining why you are interested and suited to the role.

This role is being managed directly by our in-house talent team. At this stage we are not accepting agency candidates, we will contact our preferred agency partners should we require any assistance.