Operations Lead

Operations Lead

CIE Legal

Melbourne

Based at our Southbank office with some home working
Salary range: $90-$105K (including super)

Seeking an Operations Lead to join our dynamic Southbank commercial law firm, known for its friendly culture. The successful applicant will play a key role in enabling a well-run, compliant and scalable legal practice. You’ll take ownership of operational processes that support our whole firm, from onboarding clients and maintaining data integrity, to ensuring our office runs smoothly and that we meet our risk and compliance obligations. You’ll bring clarity and structure to our systems and help streamline how we work.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, takes initiative, and balances day-to-day responsiveness with long-term thinking. You’ll work closely with partners, paralegals and business operations colleagues, supporting everyone from new starters to the Managing Partner.

While it includes administrative and office management elements, this is not a traditional administration role. It’s an opportunity to work with senior colleagues to build operational capability and good governance across our firm by improving processes, driving use of our systems, and supporting our lawyers to do their best work. It’s perfect for someone with experience in process improvement, or with a more traditional administration background who finds themselves itching to streamline the way things are done. A hands-on, tech-savvy, unflappable person who is excited by variety would be ideal for this position.

Take a look at the SEEK posting for more detail on the role.