Administrator Team Leader

At Anthony Harper, we thrive on delivering innovative and creative legal solutions that challenge conventional thinking. With offices in Tāmaki Makaurau and Ōtautahi, we're known for partnering with clients to drive meaningful business outcomes while also ensuring that every person at our firm feels valued and supported to reach their potential.

About the opportunity

This is a key leadership role within our Tāmaki Makaurau Business Services team, responsible for ensuring our administration function continues to deliver high quality support to our partners, people, and clients.

You will lead a team of legal administrators, as well as oversee our front office team, helping to ensure the smooth day to day running of the Tāmaki Makaurau office.

You will play an important part in maintaining strong processes, supporting workflow management through our ticketing system, and ensuring work is allocated effectively across the team. You’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, help shape training and development across the group, and provide hands on support where needed on complex matters.

To support the team effectively, you will develop a strong understanding of the day to day work undertaken by our legal administrators and be comfortable stepping in to assist when required. 

About you

You will be an experienced administrator with proven capability leading people and managing competing priorities in a fast paced professional services or similar environment.

You will bring strong organisational skills, a calm and confident leadership style, and the ability to manage workload allocation while supporting your team to perform at their best.

You are tech savvy, comfortable working with systems and tools such as Word, Outlook and Excel, and you take pride in producing accurate, high quality work. You will have excellent communication skills, sound judgement, and a proactive approach to problem-solving, along with a strong commitment to integrity and professionalism.

You’ll also enjoy building strong relationships across the business, supporting learning and development, and ensuring key processes such as client onboarding, conflict checking and AML requirements are followed consistently.

Shape your career at Anthony Harper

At Anthony Harper, you’ll be part of a team that values collaboration and innovation, where our open-door policy means your ideas and feedback matter. You'll engage in diverse, challenging work with hands-on training and learning to drive your career forward. With a strong focus on wellbeing and opportunities to have a positive impact on our communities, we foster an environment where you can thrive. This is more than just a job – it’s your opportunity to grow, contribute and make a difference.

Join us to build your career and carve your path forward.