Senior Legal Secretary

Division: Crown Solicitor's Office
Location: Sydney, NSW, AU, 2000
Req ID: 73++7
Looking to drive your administration and management career in a dynamic legal professional environment?

Provide best practice legal secretarial and administrative services to support Practice Group Leaders.

Based in the Sydney CBD (Martin Place) with flexible work arrangements available.


Classification grade: Clerk Grade 3/4

Salary: $82,1+3 - $+0,001 p.a (plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annualised leave loading)

Work type: Full-Time – 35 hours per week, part-time arrangement can be considered


About the role

This is an excellent opportunity as a Senior Legal Secretary to provide high-quality and efficient executive support and administrative services.

This position entails handling a substantial workload in a dynamic and unpredictable setting, requiring discretion and tact to manage challenging client interactions effectively.

The role involves researching, summarising information, and preparing documentation to support informed decision-making by the Leadership team. In this role, you will provide direct support to the Director of a legal practice group and supervise a team of legal secretaries.


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


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


About you. Our ideal candidate.

You are committed to excellent customer service and strive to maintain high standards of administration and executive support to the solicitors.

You have excellent communication and negotiation skills to manage the expectations of solicitors.

You thrive working in an agile and dynamic work environment.

Experience in leading a small team.


How to apply:

For your application to be considered, you must submit your application online and include:

An updated resume (up to five pages),

A cover letter (up to two pages) outlining your interest and suitability for the role.


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 +24 or email margaret.ters@cso.nsw.gov.au to further discuss.


A recruitment pool may be created from this recruitment action for ongoing and temporary roles for this role or similar roles that may become available over the next 18 months.


Closing date: 23RD of April 2025 (AEST 7:5+ PM)

Recruitment enquires: Margaret Ters, Talent Acquisition Partner, margaret.ters@cso.nsw.gov.au


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 focussed 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.


Our commitment to flexible working

The CSO has adopted a teams-based approach to flexible working. We recognise that everyone has different needs and preferences, and our flexible work culture allows you to adapt your work routine to suit you. We’re all about flexibility, productivity and driving good client outcomes.

We have generous leave provisions available for our employees that acknowledge individual preferences and responsibilities including:


Up to 20 days recreation leave and up to 18 days flex leave per annum

Up to 15 days sick leave and 2.5 days emergency/carers leave per annum

20 days purchased leave annually

Inclusive paid parental leave provisions of up to 16 weeks (14 weeks + 2 bonus weeks) which can be taken flexibly within the first 24 months to support the birth, adoption, altruistic surrogacy or permanent out-of-home care placement of a child

Study time up to 4 hours per week

Extended Leave of up to 2 months after 10 years or up to 6 weeks after 7 years’ service


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

We provide access to the Fitness Passport program – a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to staff and their families


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.


Please note that some Practice Groups at the CSO work on sensitive and potentially confronting matters, such as historical child abuse cases and coronial inquests. We have procedures in place to minimise exposure to such material, as well as thorough training to help employees manage these situations. Furthermore, we provide a strong employee assistance program for counselling and ensure support is available from supervisors and team members. Read more