Essential Functions
- Provide full scope legal administrative support such as document preparation, drafting letters, and client correspondence
- Manage billing for a variety of clients
- Manage expense submission and reconciliation process
- Calendar management and meeting organization
- Schedule travel arrangements
- Document management duties, including filing (electronic and physical)
- Building a positive rapport with staff, lawyers and clients
- Provide additional administrative assistance and general office duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Post-secondary education from an accredited Legal Assistant program and/or equivalent experience
- Minimum 1 years’ experience in a legal support position; experience in Litigation an asset
- Proficient with computers, particularly Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
- Demonstrates a high level of professionalism, confidentiality and discretion
- Highly organized and able to prioritize workload
- Excellent attention to detail
- Self-motivated
- Responds to everyday tasks with little supervision and take ownership of the role
- A strong team player; demonstration of a positive work ethic
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
All offers of employment are conditional upon the satisfactory verification of a Canadian criminal record check. Determination of the factors that constitute satisfactory verification is within the sole discretion of Bennett Jones.
This position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.