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Legal Assistant

2 weeks ago

Edmonton, Canada Government of Alberta Full time

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 58791
Ministry: Justice
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Temporary
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: October 4, 2024
Classification: Legal Administration 2

**Salary**: $2,073.50 to $2,549.41 bi-weekly ($54,118.00 - $66,540.00/year)

One of Alberta Justice’s core businesses is to provide Legal and Strategic services to government; this is accomplished through our Legal Services Division. The Legal Services Division is proud to be a learning organization and offers employees opportunities to learn and grow in their careers. With its inclusive workforce, employees are engaged and supported at all career stages.

**Role Responsibilities**:
Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity to utilize your legal administration skills? If so, take the next step and develop a career with us in an atmosphere that fosters learning and growth in a supportive, respectful, and healthy work environment.

We are looking for motivated Legal Assistant’s to provide legal support to lawyers within Legal Services Division on the Litigation and FASCL (Family and Surrogate Court Litigation) Teams in Edmonton.

The Legal Assistants within our division play an integral part in all of our teams. In these challenging legal assistant roles, you will assist the legal team by:

- Preparing and processing a variety of documents from lawyer’s written or verbal instructions
- Preparing letters, memos, agreements, and reports
- Preparing and filing pleadings and other court documents such as briefs, orders, books of authorities, factums, affidavits, affidavit of records, responses to undertakings and trial binders
- Prepare and edit all electronic court documents, often from numerous lawyers’ input, and file/e-file those documents according to the Rules of Court
- Continue to stay up to date and follow all procedural changes from the Court.
- Maintaining and organizing electronic and paper filing system, calendars, and diary system
- Manage files by liaising with a variety of clients, counsel, and the courts.
- Working in a team environment, assisting several lawyers, and working closely with other legal assistants on the team.
- Arranging appointments, scheduling meetings, making travel arrangements
- Utilize research tools such as e-Carswell, CanLii, Westlaw to pull and cite various cases and statutes.
- Conducting regular case law searches for legal officers
- Effectively manage and organize legal files and documents in preparation for court proceedings.
- Reception covers-off.
- Other duties as required.

Please

**APS Competencies**:
Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:

- **Systems Thinking** - Seeks Clarity - Identifies several analytical techniques and sources of knowledge to break apart complex problems.
- **Agility **- Seeks out new opportunities - Identifies alternative approaches or courses of action in unclear and complex situations. Supports others to identify, assess, and use alternative approaches.
- **Drive for Results **- Plan for results - Sets goals and prioritizes work to accomplish them. Follows through on duties and tasks and reports on progress.
- **Build Collaborative Environments **- Encourages diversity - Promotes collaboration and positive relationships (even in challenging circumstances) within and across groups and builds commitment to reach desired results.

**Qualifications**:
**Requirements**:

- Two-year diploma in a related field such a Legal Assistant or Paralegal Diploma
- Plus one year of related experience

Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of:

- 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
- 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.
- Proficiency in Adobe / Microsoft Office
- High attention to detail
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Creativity and personal accountability
- Ability to work in a team environment.

**Assets include**:

- Experience in Litigation, Child Welfare matters and Family Law
- Legal research experience
- Experience in Alberta Civil Law practices
- Experience in Alberta Litigation documents and processes

**In your cover letter, please briefly summarize**:

- Relevant experience and expertise,
- Pertinent strengths and skills,
- Reasons for interest in the position.

**Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.**

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.

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**Notes**:
**Hours of Work**: Monday to Friday, 7.25 hours per day (36.25 hours per week)

**Location**: This opportunity is located at the Oxford Tow