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legal assistant

legal assistant

NCRIMississauga, ON, CA
2 days ago
Salary
CA$28.50 hourly
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Permanent
Job description
  • Work Term : Permanent
  • Work Language : English
  • Hours : 37.5 hours per week
  • Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Experience : 1 to less than 7 months

    • Work setting

    • Financial management / services

      • Tasks

    • Coordinate the flow of information
    • Schedule and confirm appointments
    • Supervise staff
    • Train staff
    • Maintain filing system
    • Record and prepare minutes of court sessions, meetings or conferences
    • Determine and establish office procedures and routines
    • Arrange travel, related itineraries and make reservations
    • Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents
    • Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage
    • Act as executor, trustee or guardian in estate matters

      • Supervision

    • 1 to 2 people

      • Area of work experience

    • Civil litigation

      • Work conditions and physical capabilities

    • Fast-paced environment
    • Work under pressure
    • Tight deadlines
    • Attention to detail

      • Personal suitability

    • Accurate
    • Dependability
    • Efficient interpersonal skills
    • Excellent written communication
    • Organized
    • Reliability
    • Team player
    • Ability to multitask

      • Support for persons with disabilities

    • Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities

      • Support for newcomers and refugees

    • Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and / or refugees with experienced employees

      • Support for youths

    • Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for youth

      • Support for Veterans

    • Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example : gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.)

      • Support for Indigenous people

    • Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers

      • Support for mature workers

    • Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers

      • Supports for visible minorities

    • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example : anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)