Practice Manager - Class Actions

Practice Manager Class Actions

City of Melbourne | Shine Lawyers – Salary AUD 70,000 – 90,000

A place for you. It means more here. We bring true purpose, authentic people and a proven path. You bring you.

The Team

We are proud to have a strong Class Actions presence nationally, working to secure justice for our clients in some of the nation's most prominent class actions, including the Worley Ltd and Blue Sky shareholder class actions, the Stolen Wages and Stolen Generations class actions, and the Ruby Princess class action. The team is led by an experienced and highly regarded Head of Class Actions, and assisted by a dedicated team of Practice Leaders, Special Counsels, Senior Associates and other legal professionals.

The Opportunity

At Shine, we champion better justice for our clients. We are seeking an experienced legal administration professional, with senior practice and project management skills, to support the Sydney CBD‑based head of class actions in our new legal liaison assistant role. Reporting to the head of class actions, you will support and work closely with them, providing support and liaising with the broader class actions legal team and Shine’s business services teams (e.g. finance, people & performance, IT, marketing, etc.). You will facilitate information flow across the teams that support class actions at Shine, and across our class actions teams based in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. You will assist the head of class actions to directly manage and report on team member performance across the class actions practice, and identify areas for improvement to assist with growing the diverse class actions practice. This is a permanent, full‑time opportunity, and we are open to discussions of flexibility for the right candidate with relevant skills and experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating and contributing to a variety of projects
• Assisting with identifying and managing any team member performance, including reviewing internal performance reporting and time sheets
• Assisting with preparing reports, business papers, presentations, autonomously identifying priorities, ensuring the high quality completion of tasks
• Maintaining key class actions reports such as case plans, including minute‑taking in internal class actions meetings, circulating completed minutes and following up on action items
• Coordinating administration teams in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne
• Assisting with the preparation of agendas and diarising team meetings
• Assisting with organising training sessions and other work‑related events, including travel and accommodation bookings for attendees as required
• Advising the head of class actions of matters requiring immediate personal attention, preparing relevant documentation as required
• Handling confidential information, and supporting change management activities with discretion and professionalism

What you’ll bring

• Previous experience in similar senior legal administration or operations management roles is essential
• Previous experience in professional services industry essential (e.g. Law, Finance, Accounting, Insurance, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience supporting a busy professional in a fast‑paced corporate environment
• Strong analytical skills to review and interpret financial, legal and performance reporting
• Proven project management skills is essential
• Accurate typing skills with intermediate Word & Excel skills
• A keen eye for detail in your document management and collation skills, including minute‑taking experience
• You’ll be a great communicator both verbally and in writing

Benefits

• Connect and be you: Get the benefits you need, and work with truly authentic people. And you can enjoy the security of a large, well‑established firm that treats you as a person, not a number.
• Challenge and be challenged: We’re not here for “easy”. We want you to take your place at Shine and make a real impact. Question and challenge – that’s how we grow.
• Achieve and grow: Start your Shine journey with our in‑house learning programs, where you’ll find immediate connection and be set up for success. You will be provided real opportunities to step up and grow – within your role and beyond.

We are committed to making Shine Lawyers a place for you by encouraging and supporting our people to bring their authentic selves to the workplace, and as a result, we know you’ll put your best self forward while righting wrong for our clients. We’re passionate about maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment here at Shine that celebrates all of our differences with age, disability, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, to name a few, and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates. You bring you.

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