Legal Assistant

Join the Equifax ANZ Legal, Risk and Compliance team as a Legal Assistant, providing critical operational and practice support to our General Counsel and her teams. You will facilitate a centralised coordination model for a leadership group managing five distinct non-financial risk classes. This position balances executive assistance with practice administration to ensure the legal department remains organised and supported.

This role offers a unique opportunity to gain exposure to regulatory practices and non-financial risk management, serving as a foundational career step for a professional looking to build a career in a corporate legal environment, or for a legal assistant who has strong experience with the some of the below. 

We are open to suggestions of part time - we could potentially make 3 or 4 days per week work for this role. 

What you’ll do

• Executive Support: Coordinate the General Counsel’s schedule, travel logistics, and monthly expense reconciliations.

• Intake Management: Manage the centralised intake process for the Regulatory and Contracts teams to ensure all matters are accurately tracked and triaged.

• Regulatory Compliance: Support the legal team’s professional standing by managing lawyer registrations and tracking mandatory CPD requirements for the Legal Practitioners Board.

• Information Security: Handle documentation within the framework of legal professional privilege, maintaining the highest standards of data sensitivity and confidentiality.

• Team Engagement: Manage the team environment by coordinating internal initiatives and sourcing external subject matter experts for guest speaking engagements.

• Administrative Operations: Execute high-volume administrative tasks, including document filing, large-scale copying, and the organisation of legal briefs.

• Workflow Optimisation: Evaluate existing intake workflows to identify and implement more efficient methods for capturing and organising information.

• Professional Liaison: Act as a primary point of contact for external legal counsel and internal business units.

What experience you need 

• Technical Proficiency OR Academic Background: Demonstrated experience supporting a legal team or practice previously or academic grounding (we could consider a current final year student or recent law graduate). 

• Office Operations: Previous experience in a professional office environment performing core administrative or financial tasks, such as expense reporting or document control.

• Instructional Accuracy: A proven track record of following complex, multi-step instructions with a high degree of precision.

• Confidentiality Standards: A verified understanding of legal professional privilege and the requirements for handling sensitive corporate information.

What could set you apart 

• Career Focus: A documented interest in pursuing a professional path within corporate law, regulatory affairs, or risk management.

• Professional Resilience: A strong work ethic and the willingness to master foundational administrative workflows to better understand business operations.

• Proactive Coordination: The ability to move from task-based execution to independent problem-solving when identifying team requirements.

• Operational Interest: An interest in complex organisational structures and the management of diverse risk categories in a corporate setting.

• Education: Currently in the final year of a Law degree or a recent graduate of a Law or Business program if you don’t have corporate experience above. 

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