Legal Project Consultant

Legal Project Consultant – 15mnth FTC – Legal Project Management – Top tier law firm

• Join a market-leading Legal Project Management team supporting complex, high-profile legal matters and strategic client projects.
• Partner with lawyers and stakeholders across the business to drive exceptional matter delivery, innovation and client outcomes.
• Bring your Legal Project Management experience to a role offering genuine variety, professional growth and the opportunity to influence how legal services are delivered.
• 15-month fixed-term contract opportunity to cover parental leave.

Who are we?

We are Mallesons. The top-tier independent firm from Australia, a full-service firm trusted on the most complex and consequential matters across our region and around the world. We’ve been part of Australia’s story for almost 200 years and acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of these lands and waters.

Our independence gives us the flexibility to combine our extensive top tier full-service capability with the best advisers in every market. With deep expertise, collective judgment and genuine collaboration, we cut through complexity so our clients can move forward with confidence and make more happen.

About the role

We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Legal Project Consultant to join our Legal Project Management (LPM) team. This is an exciting opportunity for a project coordination professional to play a key role in supporting complex legal matters, driving process improvements and enhancing the client experience within a leading professional services environment.

As a Legal Project Consultant, you will partner with Legal Project Managers to support the planning, coordination and delivery of major legal matters. You will be responsible for preparing project documentation, coordinating stakeholder communications, tracking progress, reporting on financial performance and helping legal teams adopt project management tools and methodologies.

This is a fast-paced and varied role that offers exposure to multiple stakeholders, projects and strategic initiatives across the business.

This position is being offered on a full-time, 15-month contract basis to cover parental leave.

Key responsibilities

• Support the delivery of large, complex and extra-demand legal matters alongside Legal Project Managers
• Coordinate project plans, timelines, action trackers and communication plans
• Facilitate project meetings, capture detailed minutes and monitor agreed actions
• Prepare project reporting, client updates and matter documentation
• Assist with financial reporting, budgeting and matter performance tracking
• Partner with lawyers and business services teams to improve matter management processes
• Promote and embed best-practice project management principles and tools across legal teams
• Provide support and guidance on project management technology platforms and templates
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, innovation and enhanced client service
• Contribute to training initiatives and the ongoing evolution of project management capabilities across the firm

About You

• Previous experience in a Legal Project Management (LPM) function, Project Coordinator or similar role within a legal or professional services environment
• Strong project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple matters, competing priorities and deadlines simultaneously
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and influence at all levels
• Commercially minded, with experience supporting budgeting, financial reporting and matter performance tracking
• Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail and strong written and verbal communication skills
• Solutions-focused, proactive and confident taking ownership of initiatives and driving outcomes
• Technologically savvy, with strong Microsoft Office skills and the ability to quickly learn and leverage new systems and tools
• Resilient, adaptable and calm under pressure, with a positive, client-focused approach
• Passionate about continuous improvement, with a track record of identifying opportunities to enhance processes, efficiency and the overall client experience

Why work with us?

We build careers that go everywhere. Mallesons is a special place to work where anything is possible, ambitions are limitless and diversity and inclusion play an important role. It’s a place where you will collaborate with exceptional colleagues and clients, where you will sharpen your edge and support others to do the same, where you will make a difference you can be proud of. You will have access to a suite of wellbeing initiatives, benefits, policies and processes that will support you to achieve your career goals.

Together we learn. Together we master. Together we lead.

Next Steps

Please click ‘Apply Now’ to apply online with your cover letter summarising why you’re applying and your resume to support your experience.

If you have any questions or need any further information, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Sophie Larrett at sophie.larrett@mallesons.com

If you are not an Australian citizen or permanent resident, you must hold all visas and other approvals necessary for you to work for the firm in Australia.

Diversity and Inclusion

Mallesons is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from diverse backgrounds. We welcome, value, support and harness the positive benefits that people’s different life experiences bring, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. 

If you are unsure if you meet all criteria for this role, but have a passion for delivering high quality work, developing your skills and realising your full potential, then we encourage you to apply and have a further conversation about how you could fit at Mallesons.

We have a range of inclusive hiring practices – if you would like to seek workplace adjustments to complete your application please contact the Recruitment contact for this role or email careers@mallesons.com