The quality of our legal practice is as much due to our excellent business services staff as it is about our first-rate lawyers. There are more than 800 business services staff nationally, working within information technology, human resources, business development, communications, finance, knowledge management, project management, library services, catering and client hospitality, and administrative support services.

The benefits of working in these business services areas of one of Australia's leading law firms includes the opportunity to be part of a fast paced, high achieving environment, which regularly undertakes exciting projects. It is also exciting to be part of a culture that recognises the value of investing in the necessary technology and latest in management thinking in order to meet the demands placed on us as one of Australia's leading law firms.

As with our lawyers, our business services staff also benefit from a range of professional development activities and training programs to enhance skills and confidence.

If you want to work in a stimulating, highly professional environment, you should consider a career with Freehills.

Information logistics career opportunities at Freehills

The Information Logistics team provides a tailored, efficient and reliable service which focuses on capturing, categorising, storing, mining and managing client information allowing our lawyers to focus on providing legal advice. The team uses the latest technology to ensure that clients’ data is managed in accordance to best practice methodologies.

The team consists of 31 people nationally with expertise in legal, technical and project management. Information logistics covers a range of industries and clients on a range of matters including transactions, disputes, regulatory and business needs.

Information technology career opportunities at Freehills

Information technology offers many exciting opportunities for IT professionals who seek to work in a challenging and highly progressive environment. We have around 75 people in our Information Services team nationally. Following are just some of the areas where job opportunities arise.

• training
• network administration
• e-business solutions
• database specialists
• communications specialists
• helpdesk - first to third level support
• data centre management
• project management
• analyst programming
• report writing
• systems engineering, and
• supervision and management.

Human resources career opportunities at Freehills

The Human Resources team at Freehills comprises 35 people nationally. People management is highly valued within the firm and our initiatives in this area have led to our attainment of awards including 'Employer of Choice', and a listing as one of the 'Best companies to work for in Australia'. Human Resources objectives are given high priority at the strategic planning level of the firm.

Our Human Resources team has numerous responsibilities, including recruitment, performance management, learning and development, employee benefits, payroll services, graduate programs, counselling and advice, career pathing, remuneration management, secondments and relocations, role design and re-design, work-life balance initiatives and firm-sponsored staff social activities.

Business development career opportunities at Freehills

Our Business Development team carries out many functions in-house to attract and retain clients, including branding and design, public relations, publications and external communications, advising on pitches, preparing tenders, development and management of firm merchandise, sponsorship and events management.

Finance career opportunities at Freehills

The Finance team is an integral part of the running of our firm. Our department operates on an national basis, liaising closely with the partners and using the latest technology to provide state of the art financial reporting.

Opportunities for finance professionals include business analysts, operations managers, project managers, in addition to the usual operational functions found in a professional services firm such as accounts payable/receivable, billing and credit control, trust account management and financial reporting.

Knowledge management career opportunities at Freehills

Knowledge management is a growing area within the firm. The legal profession benefits from knowledge management more than any other profession. Fundamentally, law is a knowledge business with information as input and decisions or advices as output. Lawyers must contend with a vast repository of laws, collect and manage case-related information, and convince a fact-finder to act on that information. In the process, they must file court-related documents, track multiple cases, and seek out expertise within and outside of their firms. Our knowledge managers work with individual practice groups and our Information Services team to ensure optimum knowledge capture and dissemination.

Library services career opportunities at Freehills

There are opportunities for library professionals in each of the Freehills offices. Our library facilities are staffed by research professionals to help lawyers and support staff with research needs and to train and guide them on the use of electronic resources.

Project management career opportunities at Freehills

Project management skills are used within Freehills in a number of areas. Project managers may assist with major information technology rollouts, new product development and implementation, and with various corporate analysis projects to name a few areas.

Administrative support opportunities at Freehills

Our firm has many opportunities for administrative support resources, such as secretaries, personal assistants, word processors, data entry operators, copy room operators, mail room attendants and in many more specialised roles.

Catering and client service opportunities at Freehills

Given our high level of service to clients, Freehills has attractive opportunities for hospitality professionals, such as catering and client service staff.