Administration Assistant - Commercial Litigation / Insurance / Shared Services

About Hunt & Hunt

Hunt & Hunt is a mid-tier law firm passionate about providing clients with practical and quality solutions. We pride ourselves on our culture of genuine people who value respect, training and development, and a balanced approach to work and life.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced, proactive, and detail-oriented Legal Administration Assistant to support our Principal, Litigation Practice Group Leader in Melbourne. This position plays a vital role in assisting our clients and legal professionals with timely and accurate service delivery. The role also offers potential for progression into a paralegal position.

If you are looking for an opportunity to work within a supportive team, we would like to hear from you. The successful candidate will have the following experience:

• File management: opening, drafting, editing, collating, filing, and archiving

• Supporting legal teams

• Managing diaries and schedules

• Liaising with clients and third parties (e.g. solicitors, banks, agents, courts)

• Billing preparation, edits, and final invoice production

• Organising documents for court filing

• Preparing briefs, court books, Affidavits

• General administration duties (e.g. relief reception)

Qualifications & Experience

• A minimum of 2-3 years’ prior experience working in a law firm environment, specifically within litigation or insurance

• Proficient to advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel)

• Experience with legal document management systems (e.g. iManage)

• Familiarity with the use of precedent template documents

• Experience using billing and time recording systems (e.g. Aderant)

Why Join Hunt & Hunt?

We genuinely value our people. We offer flexible work practices, a market-competitive remuneration package, and a focus on true work-life balance. We invest in our people through hands-on training and internal development opportunities.

At Hunt & Hunt, we are proud of the diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences that shape our culture. We value and support inclusion across gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, cultural heritage, First Nations identity, and family or caring responsibilities.

If you require adjustments to participate fully in our recruitment process, please let us know by contacting Kiki Pelsoczy: *********@huntvic.com.au. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

We welcome interest from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences. Even if your professional path doesn’t exactly match the criteria, we encourage you to get in touch — the right opportunity at Hunt & Hunt may be just around the corner.

How to Apply
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