Administrative Assistant: III

Job Title: Administrative Assistant: III
Job Location: Los Angeles, CA
Job Duration: 6 month contract with intent on converting FTE
Shift: 4 days a week, 8/8:30 AM - 5/5:30 PM PST

Job Description:
Level III: 5-8 Years of Experience. Provides administrative support to a department or individual. Duties may include word processing, filing, faxing, answering phones, receiving and directing visitors, scheduling, financial record keeping, coordinating meetings and conferences, obtaining supplies and sorting/distributing mail. May work on special projects. Strong communication skills and organizational skills are essential. Familiarity with MS Office required.

Preference:
The preference would be a Paralegal with a background in a regulatory environment- however 2nd best would be someone with HEAVY litigation experience in any type of law (ex: personal injury).

Roles and responsibilities:
-Looking for a candidate who has been a previous Legal Assistant or Legal Admin before, supporting litigation. Regulatory experience preferred- if someone worked in the legal department of a utility company. Looking for someone who understands formatting of legal documents, someone who has experience with SharePoint and possibly iManage Repository.
-This person will be supporting litigation paralegals helping with scheduling meetings, helping paralegals write interrogatories and boiler plate templates, helping with legal documents.
-Looking for someone with a background in litigation specifically- if they don't have regulatory experience then personal injury litigation would be okay. She is not looking for an Executive Admin.
-Highschool Diploma required
-Equipment will be provided by the manager