Records Assistant

Records | Sydney Metropolitan
Closing date: 30/05/2025

DISCOVER more opportunities to DEVELOP your talents and THRIVE in a dynamic legal landscape.

About the role

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic individual to join our Sydney office as a Records Assistant/Clerk to work on a full-time basis in our Records team. Reporting to the Records Manager, this is a unique opportunity to gain experience in records management in a global law firm.

You will be responsible for assisting the firm's lawyers, paralegals and support staff to manage files; including processing, storage and retrieval.

Ideally you will have experience in an office role; however, it's more important that you bring the right skills and a positive can-do attitude. The role requires a detail orientated individual who can communicate with internal staff while working in a close knit team with the ability to work autonomously at times.

What does the role involve?

Performing essential daily Records functions, including label production and preparing files for offsite storage
Working on new and interesting projects
Assisting with quality control to ensure compliance with firm standards
About you

We value our culture at K&L Gates and are proud of our friendly and respectful reputation. We are looking for a likeminded individual who in addition to possessing technical excellence is able to work collaboratively in a team to get things done.

You should be practical and proactive in your approach in addition to demonstrating strong problem solving skills and work well in a team.

To be successful you need to be highly organised, have the ability to prioritise and multi-task, as well as being proactive in your approach to tasks and showing exemplary attention to detail.

Strong Microsoft Office skills are essential, as are excellent communication skills.

You will ideally have experience working in an administration or similar role in a professional, corporate environment.

The extras

K&L Gates promotes equal opportunities for all employees to progress in their careers.

Initiatives include:

26 weeks paid parental leave
Salary continuance insurance
Volunteering opportunities
Health and wellbeing programs - including gym subsidies
Social events - social club and sporting teams
About Us

The firm’s Australian operations provide vast knowledge of the Australian legal marketplace across a wide spectrum of industries. With lawyers located in four established offices in Australia’s leading financial and commercial centres and possessing substantial experience.

At K&L Gates, we foster an inclusive and collaborative environment across our fully integrated global platform that enables us to diligently combine the knowledge and expertise of our people to create teams that provide exceptional client solutions. We marry process with vision, success with dedication, method with passion, and innovation with creativity. The outcome: The K&L Gates Experience.

Located across five continents, we represent a broad array of leading global corporations in every major industry, capital markets participants, and ambitious middle-market and emerging growth companies. We also serve public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organisations, and individuals. Our lawyers counsel clients on their most sophisticated legal challenges in all areas of corporate and regulatory law as well as litigation.

We are leaders in legal issues relating to industries critical to the economies of both the developed and developing worlds—technology, manufacturing, energy, transportation, telecommunications, financial services, and life sciences, among others.

Do you like what you see?

Please apply via our Careers page at www.klgates.com

For more information, please contact Tania Brierley, Recruitment Consultant at tania.brierley@klgates.com

For more information about K&L Gates please see our website www.klgates.com

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K&L Gates reserve the right to close advertising earlier at our discretion.

K&L Gates is an equal opportunity employer and promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of those with a disability. We welcome applications from people who have an indigenous and/or culturally and linguistically diverse background.

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