Practice Co-ordinator

Location: Sydney 

Contract Type: Permanent 
 

MinterEllison is one of Australia’s largest law firms, with nearly 200 years of business history.  We're known for our legal and consulting expertise - and for our inclusive and authentic character.

Our purpose is to create sustainable value with our clients, people and communities.  That means we have a proud history of providing excellence to clients, nurturing our people and giving back to the communities in which we live and work.

We value excellence, curiosity and collaboration.  Clients rely on us for our responsive, commercial approach.  Our clients include government departments and agencies, private and publicly listed companies, and small and large businesses in Australia and overseas.  

MinterEllison's Consulting Services are leading strategic advisors ready to design, develop and operationalise with clients.  Businesses need integrated capabilities to solve complex organisational problems.  At MinterEllison, we've brought together an unmatched team of experts under one roof with deep industry knowledge and commercial experience who are focused on designing, developing and operationalising solutions in the service areas of Technology, Cyber Security, Risk & Regulatory, Legal Optimisation, Education and ESG.  

As a highly valued employee we will also provide you with a wide range of benefits. To view our benefits, please copy this link into your browser www.minterellison.com/-/media//Minter-Ellison/Files/Careers/MinterEllison-Employee-Benefits-2024.ashx

The Team

Our national Consulting team is enjoying an exciting period of growth. MinterEllison Consulting brings a fresh perspective and independent thinking to solving our clients most complex problems. Our collective capability provides market leading advisory in technology, risk and regulatory, ESG and legal optimisation, all backed with the power of one of Australia's largest law firms. We are Fiercely independent and Collectively unmatched.

Your role

We are currently recruiting for an Executive Assistant | Practice Co-ordinator to support our MinterEllison Risk & Regulatory Consulting team based in Sydney. 

Within this role you will be providing a broad level of support including the following activities:

• 2+ years previous EA or legal secretarial experience
• Excellent prioritisation and organisational skills
• Proven ability to multi-task
• Strong understanding of MS Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other software
• Ability to prioritise multiple tasks and manage deadlines
• Client and project administration including engagement status report collation, invoicing, timekeeping, and internal collaboration tool administration;
• Scheduling and general time management of executive and non-executive resources;
• General practice management, reporting, and administration;
• Management of client billing, expenses, timesheets and assisting with key business initiatives;
• Onboarding, offboarding, and management of consultants and contractors
• Contractor administration support, including production and management of contracts;
• General administrative support and other ad hoc duties as required.

More About You

To be successful in this role you will be a strong communicator with high attention to detail. The successful candidate will also be a highly organised individual with a proactive and collaborative attitude. We welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate:

• Executive Assistant, Project Coordinator or Office Manager experience, preferably within the professional services industry;
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills;
• Advanced Word and PowerPoint skills including document creation and presentation;
• Strong understanding of collaboration tools including Dropbox, and MS Teams;
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and manage deadlines;
• Demonstrated commitment to high service standards;
• Self-motivated with the ability to prioritise and work autonomously;
• Discrete and respectful of confidentiality;
• Long term interest in the role as well as an interest in developing improved analytical and management skills, skills associated with professional services sales processes, and knowledge associated with the technology consulting and legal services industries generally.

 Why MinterEllison

We offer flexible working options to encourage balance, wellbeing and support for sustainable ways of working and a range of social, financial and health benefits, including free gym membership - all with no minimum tenure.

We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, cultural backgrounds, genders (including trans or gender diverse), LGBTQ+ people and those with carer responsibilities. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

How to apply

We prefer to connect with people directly, so please submit your CV by clicking on the 'Apply' button. We encourage all applications, including if you do not meet the criteria listed for the role. Your application will also enable us to consider you for other opportunities that may be available at MinterEllison.

If you are currently a MinterEllison employee, please apply through the internal careers page.

If you would like further information, require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process or for a confidential discussion, please contact  [email protected].