Legal Secretary | Family Law

At McInnes Wilson Lawyers (MCW), we’re proud of our collaborative, people‑first culture and our commitment to excellence.

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.

• File opening and management
• Assisting with debtor management
• Credit card reconciliation
• Managing end‑of‑month billing
• 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

• 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

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.

• 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

Applicants will undergo background screening including reference checks and police checks.