Job Description

At McInnes Wilson Lawyers (MCW), we’re proud of our collaborative, people-first culture and our commitment to excellence. We’re seeking an organised, proactive Legal Secretary to support our Family Law team across a broad range of sensitive and rewarding matters.

The Opportunity

You’ll play a key role in the smooth running of the practice—supporting lawyers with high-quality administrative and file management support. Accuracy, discretion and a client-first mindset are essential as you’ll liaise with clients, barristers, and courts, and help keep matters moving efficiently.

Assisting with general administrative tasks including but not limited to:

• File opening and management;
• Assisting with debtor management;
• Credit card reconciliation;
• Managing end of month billing; and
• Payment of invoices and financial auditing reports.
• Drafting cost agreements and preparing and issuing tax invoices to clients.
• Scheduling meetings and organising calendars.
• File management, saving emails and correspondence to files.
• Answering and making phone calls.
• Liaising with stakeholders, including clients, Lawyers, Barristers and Principals.
• Other general administrative tasks as required.

What you’ll bring

• Experience as a Legal Secretary (family law experience highly regarded) or administration experience within professional services.
• Outstanding attention to detail, accuracy and consistency.
• Strong time management with the ability to handle competing priorities.
• Clear written and verbal communication and a professional, warm manner with clients.
• A proactive mindset—comfortable taking initiative and working both independently and as part of a team.
• Familiarity with legal practice systems

About McInnes Wilson Lawyers

We are a full-service firm with 61 principals providing high quality legal advisory services across Australia. We are proud of the values we uphold and the culture of our firm and know there is more to life than work, billables or awards. We believe in our people and trust them with our brand.

When joining McInnes Wilson Lawyers, you will be joining a firm that values people. Our progressive and inclusive policies have also earned us recognition as an Employer of Choice by the Australian Business Awards, Lawyers Weekly, Queensland Law Society and HRD to name a few.

Our range of employee benefits are designed to be inclusive of all employees and currently include:

• Progressive paid parental leave policy.
• Mentoring Programming to offer continuous support and guidance at all levels of your MCW career.
• Access to our firmwide, personalised Salary Continuance Insurance Policy
• Reward and recognition program, including tenure awards, annual staff awards, and promotion ceremonies.
• Further education support and professional development program, including a formal mentoring program.
• Health and wellbeing initiatives, birthday leave for full-time employees, firm social club, and regular team functions.

Please submit your application along with your resume and a cover letter explaining your interest in the position. All applicants should note that the successful candidate will be required to undergo background screening including reference checks and police checks.