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At Cooney Lees Morgan, we're all about having the best and brightest legal professionals on our team.
As a mid-sized law firm based in Tauranga, we're proud to provide quality and pragmatic solutions to a range of corporate, commercial, local authority, and private clients both locally and across the country. Our teams tackle challenging and rewarding work that's both sophisticated and wide-ranging.
We've fostered an encouraging and supportive environment in our modern CBD offices. We're continuously striving to make our workplace more inclusive and we believe that different experiences, perspectives, and values working together lead to better outcomes. If you have the right skill set, we'd love to have you on board!
Our people choose Cooney Lees Morgan not only for the professional challenge but also for the quality of life that living in the beautiful Bay of Plenty brings. So, if you're thinking of taking your career to the next level, come join us and experience the difference for yourself!
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Cooney Lees Morgan is a leading regional law firm based in the beautiful Bay of Plenty. We pride ourselves on delivering the perfect mix of high quality, and pragmatic solutions to suit our wide range of corporate, commercial, local authority and private clients, both locally and nationally.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and agile Legal Assistant to join our team, working alongside various practice areas and front of house.
The role
This is a varied role with a unique opportunity to make it you own. You will be supporting all four of our practice groups depending on where the workload is. The role will be centered around providing administrative support such as drafting letters, emails, opening client files, saving and organising client communication and information, and supporting our authors with billing .
The role will also provide cover for our front of house team, answering and forwarding call, emails and ensuring the first point of contact with Cooney Lees Morgan aligns with the top-level, customer centric experience our clients have come to associate with our firm.
The candidate
To be successful in this role we believe you are a flexible multitasker with a “let's get it done” attitude and ability think on your feet. We expect you have had previous experience in the legal industry and feel comfortable in a business services environment. You are …
- An experienced administrator
- Highly computer literate and comfortable navigating the MS package, accounting software and practice management software.
- Customer centric and take pride in providing top level service
- a strong communicator and can express yourself well both verbally and in writing
- A natural multitasker and able to stay calm and organised in a high pressure environment
- Mature and comfortable building rapport with a variety of people
The offer
We offer a welcoming and friendly work environment, where you work alongside passionate and skilled colleagues tackling exciting a varied work. We also offer:
- A competitive salary
- Free onsite parking
- Birthday and long-service leave
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Professional as well as personal development
If this sounds like you, please send us you CV and a cover letter to careers@clmlaw.co.nz outlining your experience and why you think you would be a good fit for us.
Want to know more about the role? reach out to Emelie at 021 494 092 for a confidential chat.
