legal assistant

YWI Alliance
Winnipeg, MB, CA
$25 an hour
Permanent
Full-time
  • Work Term : Permanent
  • Work Language : English
  • Hours : 30 hours per week
  • Education : College / CEGEP
  • Experience : 2 years to less than 3 years

Tasks

  • Schedule and confirm appointments
  • 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

Supervision

1 to 2 people

Computer and technology knowledge

  • MS Word
  • MS Excel
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Windows

Area of work experience

  • Contracts
  • Correspondence
  • Invoices
  • Reports and records

Security and safety

Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and / or refugees (for example : housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
  • Supports newcomers and / or refugees with foreign credential recognition

Support for Indigenous people

Provides cultural competency training and / or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Supports for visible minorities

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example : anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities
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