Legal Administrator D

Access Talent Today, LLC - Chicago, IL

U.S. Citizenship Required* 

Join our client's Law Department as an Executive Legal Administrative Assistant to support busy attorneys and paralegals in a variety of administrative areas such as: document/presentation generation and proofreading, travel arrangements and expense reporting, schedule management, and phone coverage.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Manage calendars, coordinate meetings, teleconferences, WebEx meetings, and conferences.
  • Coordinate and process domestic and international business travel arrangements.
  • Monitor designated business traveler’s logistics, and generate expense reports.
  • Generate, revise, proofread letters, presentations, and correspondence.
  • Act as liaison and facilitate communications between the law department and clients, assess urgency of situation and determine appropriate action.
  • Review, assess, prioritize, monitor status of pending items, follow up and keep attorney/staff informed.
  • Handle appropriately communications of a sensitive and confidential nature.
  • Triage and organize all forms of communication as desired including incoming calls, messages and correspondence received.
  • Verbally and electronically communicate a wide variety of information to multiple audiences.
  • Plan and implement logistics for executive level internal and external meetings.
  • Process invoices, track department budgets and generate reports using spreadsheets and internal legal matter management system.
  • Coordinate with the appropriate focal(s) to support the acquisition and maintenance of resources.
  • Maintain files and correspondence using accepted legal office practices and company record keeping systems and procedures.
  • Provide back-up assistance to other Legal Administrators, as needed.

 

Qualifications:

  • Required – successfully pass a credit check
  • Experience providing administrative support to multiple customers such as executives, managers and staff members.
  • Experience in schedule management and travel or event planning preferred.
  • Experience making domestic and international travel arrangements and generating expense reports preferred.
  • Extensive work experience using Adobe Professional and Microsoft Office products including
  • Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
  • Demonstrated ability to work under limited supervision in a fast-paced environment, and perform multiple work assignments concurrently, often within a short period of time.
  • A positive, energetic, flexible, and team-oriented attitude.
  • Superior verbal and written communication skills including excellent spelling, grammar, punctuation, form and style, proof reading and editing skills.
  • Meticulous attention to detail with emphasis on accuracy and quality.

*U.S. Citizenship is required by law, regulation, executive order, or government contract.

 

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree or higher and at least 5 –10 years’ experience preferred.




Posted On: Thursday, May 10, 2018



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