Legal Assistant - Property - Full Time or Part Time

Legal Assistant - Property - Full Time or Part Time Saunders & Co – Christchurch, South Island Saunders & Co is an established mid-sized Canterbury law firm with a focus on quality and excellence, serving our loyal clients for over 100 years. Our people are our priority and we pride ourselves on being a family-friendly, progressive workplace. The Saunders & Co leadership team actively strive to prioritise and maintain a strong culture, provide enriching opportunities for learning and development, career advancement, and are tuned into the needs of our people through regular feedback and building meaningful relationships with all of our staff. We offer a range of benefits including an attractive parental leave benefits package fully subsidised counselling support health and wellbeing initiatives including weekly bootcamp sessions and subsidised monthly neck/shoulder massages competitive remuneration a high-trust and autonomous working environment a packed social calendar to ensure there is plenty of fun (for all interests) in between the rewarding work we do. At Saunders & Co, you can expect to find a range of interesting and challenging work, where everyone's contributions are valued. We are fortunate to have teams of highly experienced professionals who enjoy sharing their knowledge and building upon the capabilities of others. An opportunity has now become available for an experienced Legal Assistant in our Papanui office, and we are exciting to welcome someone to this dynamic team. About the role As a Legal PA/Legal Assistant, an overview of duties are as follows: Document creation Precedent management CRM maintenance Email, mail & document management Billing attendances Diary management Telephone support Meeting support To be considered for this role, we are ideally looking for candidates with the following: Previous experience (approx. 2+ years) in a similar role - property experience is essential Strong computer skills and experience with CRM databases (e.g Onelaw, Infinity, LAWbase) Microsoft Suite - intermediate to advanced user abilities Strong written and verbal communication, and a very high level of attention to detail Highly professional manner when engaging with clients Ability to follow instructions and manage time and tasks exceptionally well Strong work ethic and willingness to complete all tasks assigned to a high quality #J-18808-Ljbffr