Administrative Assistant - Legal

Administrative Assistant – Legal

Toronto, ON

AC-18068

Our client, a prominent Toronto business law firm, is currently seeking an Administrative Assistant with a strong legal background in corporate and litigation. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who enjoys an independent, fast-paced and busy role. The successful candidate will be assisting a busy Partner with all legal administrative tasks. The ideal candidate should have a strong work ethic, detail oriented and some one who is interested in a highly administrative based legal assistant role in corporate and litigation.

Responsibilities:

• Handle the onboarding of clients and conflict checks through in house system
• Independently manage the daily administrative operation of a Partner within the Corporate/Labour and Employment/Litigation
• Communicate professionally with all internal and external clients
• Provide client collections reminders and update reports
• Prepare correspondence and legal documents for review
• Provide daily calendar updates and facilitate communication (via email, telephone) between a busy partner and clients
• Provide full administrative support with respect to correspondence, diarizing events, delivering letters, opening and closing files, docketing, billing, calendar management, filing etc.
• Produce the highest quality of work
• Accountable for all work assigned
• Take initiative
• Confidential

Qualifications:

• Minimum of three years’ experience as a legal administrative assistant
• Successful completion of a community college level Legal Assistant / Law Clerk program
• Handle the time pressure situations and stress of multiple demands
• Flexibility to the changing demands of the job
• Strong technical skills using Microsoft Office suite of applications
• Self-motivated to work quickly and efficiently
• Ability to multitask and manage a high volume of emails and work requests with a strong emphasis on accuracy
• Organized and meticulous with detail
• Strong ability to navigate Nuance PDF
• Strong verbal and written communication
• Good judgement and decision making
• Ability to problem solve
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Organized
• Resourceful
• Detailed

Employment Equity Statement

Our client  is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know.

To express interest in this opportunity, please click on the "Apply Now" button below.

For more information, please contact Devyn Kelly, Recruitment Specialist at dkelly@kbrs.ca or 647 480 1719. If you require accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please let Devyn know.

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