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As a Legal Assistant 3, you will work collaboratively to provide legal administrative support to the lawyers practicing in Legal Services. You will be responsible for a variety of legal clerical and administrative tasks requiring you to exercise independent judgment. Primary duties may include:

• Compose correspondence.
• Prepare, type, review and arrange for filing and service of documents, including court forms and legal briefs.
• Manage paper and electronic files.
• Coordinate electronic exchange of documents.
• Assist lawyers in all areas of their practice.
• Liaise with client departments involved to coordinate service and determine or develop procedures to improve communications, reporting, and turn-around times.
• Receive and respond to inquiries from the general public, other law firms, and professional groups with respect to general or procedural questions and status of documents.

Qualifications

• One of the following combinations of education and experience is required:
  • A completed 1 year certificate/diploma in legal studies and a minimum of 1 year of relevant legal experience; OR
  • A High School diploma or equivalency (e.g. GED) plus job related course work in legal support services and a minimum of 3 years of relevant legal experience; OR
  • A High School diploma or equivalency (e.g. GED) and a minimum of 5 years of relevant legal experience.
• Applicants must have legal experience working in a litigation practice.
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Adobe Pro, and advanced proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word, with the ability to format large Word documents is required.
• Legal experience working in planning, real estate, corporate, commercial, finance, procurement, environmental law will be considered an asset.
• Previous experience working with Prolaw software system, Eclipse SE and Microsoft Teams will be considered an asset.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate with various levels of interested parties, both internal and external to The City.
• Strong attention to detail and proofreading skills along with demonstrated organizational skills and the ability to adapt to constantly changing priorities in a limited timeframe.

Pre-employment Requirements

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  Successful applicants must provide proof of qualifications.
  

Union: CUPE Local 38

Business Unit: Law




Position Type: 1 Permanent

Location: 800 Macleod Trail SE




Compensation: Pay Grade 7 $33.33 - 44.60 per hour

Days of Work: This position typically works a 5 day
work week, with 1 day off in each 3 week cycle.




Hours of work: Standard 35 hour work week




Audience: Internal/External

Apply By: March 13, 2023





Job ID #: 307252