Legal Secretary

• Collaborate daily with experienced solicitors and support staff and play a key role in delivering exceptional legal support

• Enjoy working from a prime location in Sydney CBD

• Enhance your career with on-the-job training and opportunities to diversify your experience.

Classification Grade: Clerk Grade 1/2, Full time
Salary: $75,728 - $82,329 pa (excluding superannuation and annual leave loading)
Work type: Full-Time – 35 hours per week, 12 months with a possibility of extension

* Please note we will be relocating to a new premises located at Parkline Place, 252 Pitt Street, Sydney in July 2026. This will serve as our primary office location.

We are looking for Legal Secretaries to join us in filling our current vacancies and to help build a talent pool for future roles. We warmly welcome applications from those interested in building a meaningful and rewarding career with the NSW Crown Solicitor’s Office (CSO). Whether you are an experienced Legal Secretary or aspiring to step into this pathway with relevant transferrable skills, we encourage you to apply. This is a great opportunity to express your interest, showcase your skills, and be considered for existing and upcoming vacancies across diverse legal teams.

This is an excellent opportunity to express your interest, showcase your capabilities, and be considered for upcoming vacancies across a range of legal teams. Candidates available for full-time work will be highly considered.

About the role

As a Legal Secretary, you’ll support three or more solicitors in a specialised legal practice group, handling various administrative tasks to ensure efficient legal service delivery. You will receive on-the-job training and gain experience in all aspects of legal practice administration, working in a friendly, supportive team environment with mentorship from a Senior Legal Secretary and Legal Support Manager.

This role provides legal secretarial and administrative support to solicitors in the NSW Crown Solicitor’s Office, helping ensure legal work is delivered efficiently, accurately, and on time. It involves preparing and updating matter documents, maintaining filing and practice management systems, supporting billing processes, and liaising professionally with internal and external stakeholders.

From time to time, legal secretaries may be required to support different legal practice groups or divisions in response to organisational priorities. By applying to this role, you’ll acknowledge that you may be reassigned to any practice group within the Crown Solicitor’s Office.

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Prefers to work full-time and is available to commit to the role on a full-time basis.

• Exhibits adaptability and openness to being assigned across different roles to meet organisational needs and enhance capability development.

• Willing to undergo any security clearance process at any time, as directed by the organisation in connection with specific practice groups or broader business requirements.

• Demonstrated experience in legal secretarial or high-level administrative support professional environment.

• Excellent communication skills, exceptional client service focus, and proficiency in core office technology and software applications.

• Strong skills in document preparation, filing, matter management, and billing support and proactively tracking and driving operations to enable solicitors to focus on their legal work.

• Ability to prioritise work, meet deadlines, and respond calmly under pressure.

• High level of integrity, discretion, and attention to detail.

• Confidence using Microsoft Office and legal/admin systems effectively.

To learn more about the role, please review the role description here.


How to apply: For your application to be considered, you must submit your application online and include an updated resume (max up to 3 pages) and a cover letter (1 page) outlining your interest and suitability for the role.

Recruitment enquiries: Margaret Ters, Talent Acquisition Partner, margaret.ters@cso.nsw.gov.au
Closing date: Thursday,11 June 2026 (7:59PM)

Note: This recruitment will be used to create a talent pool to fill ongoing and temporary full-time vacancies as they arise over the next 18 months at the CSO. 

The selection process may include a range of assessment techniques to assist hiring managers in determining your suitability for the role. 

You can request adjustments throughout each step of the recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or alternative formats to participate in the process, please contact Margaret ters, Talent Acquisition Partner on 0427 413 924 or email csorecruitment@cso.nsw.gov.au to further discuss.  

Why work for CSO?  

The NSW Crown Solicitors Office (CSO) provides high-quality and cost-effective legal services to the NSW Government and its agencies. As a trusted legal advisor to the NSW Government, our principal role is to advise and represent agencies so that they can deliver policies, programs and projects in a lawful, effective, and efficient manner.  

We act with integrity and professional independence, guided by the government sector's core values. We are focused on providing excellent client service and promoting a culture of continuous improvement. We also provide our people with opportunities to learn, develop and adapt within an inclusive and supportive environment.

For more information about the CSO, click  here

How we support health & wellbeing:

• We offer an employee assistance program to support the wellbeing of employees in the workplace and in their personal lives, which also extends to family members

• Coaching services are available for people leaders and executives to learn and implement best practices to manage their team’s wellbeing

• We offer an annual Flu Vaccination program

CSO's commitment to diversity

At CSO, we believe a diverse and inclusive workforce contributes to the success of our organisation and we are committed to ensuring that our workforce reflects our diverse community.

We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, including people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the LGBTQIA+ community, culturally and linguistically diverse people, veterans and other diverse communities.