Legal Administrative Assistant

4 months ago

Vancouver, Canada TEEMA Full time

**LEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - FLOATER RESOURCE TEAM**

**WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING**
- Providing assistance to lawyers during periods of vacation and other absences of legal assistants
- Liaising with other legal assistants, paralegals, lawyers and clients regarding file progress
- Drafting and transcribing legal documents, basic pleadings and correspondence
- Fielding client inquiries
- Managing bring-forward system for tasks and appointments
- Organizing meetings and scheduling discoveries, trials, and other court dates
- Keeping paper and electronic files up-to-date
- Preparing monthly accounts
- Conducting searches
- Providing overflow assistance and other various general administrative duties

**WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR**
- Completion of an accredited Legal Administrative Assistant program (or willingness to complete in near future)
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a Legal Administrative Assistant
- Excellent technical skills including Outlook, MS Word and MS Excel
- Strong spelling, grammar and proofreading skills
- Keyboarding at a minimum or 60wpm
- A good understanding of civil litigation rules and procedures
- Experience with maintaining an effective file management and bring forward system
- Ability, flexibility and openness to providing interim coverage in all practice areas of the Firm

**WHAT YOU BRING**
- Commitment to providing first-rate level of knowledge and prompt quality service to clients and

internal stakeholders
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to listen effectively and respond

appropriately
- Excellent organizational skills with a strong attention to detail to produce high quality and

accurate work
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as a contributing member in a team

environment
- Solid decision making and problem-solving skills coupled with a willingness to learn and to adapt

to changing demands
- A high level of initiative and resourcefulness
- Ability to prioritize tasks by deadline, work calmly under pressure and manage high volume of

work in a fast-paced environment
- Professional, positive and can-do attitude

**WHAT WE OFFER**

Our people are the heart of our firm - we say it often and with good reason. It is only through our people’s

skills, ambition, dedication and hard work that we can deliver the excellent level of client service our

reputation is built upon. While our expectations are high - so are our rewards. Our generous competitive

compensation package is just one component of our total rewards package.

The salary range for this role is **$58,000 - $64,000** annually.

**Compensation + Benefits**
- Competitive salary with structured annual reviews
- Extended health and dental coverage
- Group RRSP plan with matched contributions
- Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Short
- and long-term disability insurance
- Employee and family assistance program
- Maternity/Parental leave top up plan
- Paid or banked overtime
- Vacation time, sick time and personal time allotment

**Work Perks**
- Firm social events
- Casual day every Friday and Dress for Your Day dress code
- Continuing education/tuition allowance
- Group RRSP plan with matched contributions
- Dog friendly office

**Work / Life Integration**
- Robust health and wellness program annual subsidy
- Sports teams
- Recognition of service milestones
- Personal days to help balance outside commitments

**WHO WE ARE + HOW WE WORK**

We are a dynamic and diverse group of highly skilled people working together to deliver excellent service to our clients. When you join our firm, you join a culture of excellence, collaboration, camaraderie and respect. We’re a great place to grow your career. Our core values focus on developing a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace that encourages and supports differences and promotes innovative perspectives. We are committed to maintaining and expanding the diversity of our firm’s lawyers and staff and creating an inclusive environment in which everyone can flourish.

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