Legal Administrative Assistant
Job Description
Legal Administrative Assistant
Become the best version of yourself and pave the way to a bright future by working with one of the finest organizations that will celebrate your success and guide you throughout your professional endeavour.
Our client, one of the leading and most reputed international law firms in Canada, is seeking a senior legal assistant for their business law department. The role focuses on wills/estates and tax and requires an individual with great organization skills, and the ability to manage a busy practice.
What you will enjoy:
- Working with partners who are industry experts
- A salary of up to 75k!
- The opportunity to be part of a supportive and positive work milieu.
- 4 weeks’ vacation.
- Incredible benefits including RRSP matching, wellness/fitness reimbursement.
Location: Toronto
Start Date: January 2022
As a legal assistant, your responsibilities include:
- Prepares, drafts and revises correspondence, agreements and tax-related documents.
- Prepares expense reports, accounts and manages pre-bills, with a strong working proficiency with all accounting and billing procedures
- Implements and maintains practice management systems on behalf of busy professionals.
- Takes instructions, prioritizes incoming work, follows through on assignments and manages ongoing tasks
- Assists with collation and preparation of files and binders.
- Opening and closing files.
- Possesses the ability to handle more than one professional and to undertake additional responsibilities as required within the share and team.
What you’ll bring
- Must possess a Legal Administrative Assistant Diploma from a recognized college.
- At least 5-8+ years of experience as a Legal Administrative Assistant.
- Familiarity with Wills/Estates and Tax law would be an asset.
- Proactive and self-motivated with a “can do” attitude.
- Ability to communicate in a professional, efficient manner with clients and external contacts as well as internally throughout the firm.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including strong knowledge of grammar and exceptional spelling and proofreading abilities.
- Exceptional organizational skills, a team player with the ability to work under pressure and deal with changing priorities.
- Strong technical skills, with proficiency with MS Word, Outlook, I Manage, PowerPoint, Excel, Interaction and Expert Time.
To apply, please forward your resume to:
Sabrina UngarManager – Legal Support
sabrina@cartelinc.com
