Legal Office Junior - traineeship

• Complete a business traineeship at a law firm
• Chatswood location, close to public transport
• Gain a nationally-recognised qualification at no cost.

Our client is a successful law firm specialising in immigration, located in Chatswood. This company is seeking a legal office junior (trainee) to join their firm. This would be the ideal opportunity for a recent school leaver with an interest in administration and law. Ideally the successful candidate should have their Higher School Certificate, excellent communication skills, and be bright and eager to learn. A Certificate II in Business would be highly regarded. Previous office experience would be considered advantageous, but not essential.

Duties include:

• Managing appointments, meeting schedules and calendars for individuals/teams
• Preparing for and organising meetings
• Answering phones
• Greeting and attending to clients and visitors
• Ordering supplies
• Collecting and distributing post
• Sending Statements of Account
• Receipting and drawing client cheques
• Creating client invoices
• Providing administration support to solicitors
• Ad-hoc administration tasks.

Selection criteria:

• Attention to detail
• Professional presentation
• Polite, friendly and courteous manner
• Higher School Certificate
• Certificate II in Business would be advantageous
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient keyboard skills
• Intermediate ability with Microsoft Work and Excel
• Familiarity with Microsoft Outlook
• Experience using MYOB would be preferred
• Previous experience would be highly regarded.

Eligibility criteria:

• Must not have attained a qualification over a Cert II
• Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident, or a New Zealand Citizen that has resided in Australia for more than 6 months.

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