Legal Assistant (15 month contract) – Vancouver

About the role

• Manage the filing of legal documents in appropriate subfolders in accordance with required naming and metadata conventions
• Update and maintain tracking of projects, contracts, and approvals on various platforms
• Oversee the North American legal inbox and direct requests appropriately to various legal and other internal staff
• Ensure adequate record keeping of executed documents, approval trails and other legal documentation is maintained in various databases
• Provide support for job opening documentation
• Drafting legal documents and correspondence
• Administer the maintenance of permits, insurance certificates / claims and business licenses in various locations across North America
• Support the administrative function of the legal team, including the tracking and payment of legal invoices from external firms
• Schedule meetings as required by the North American legal department
• Additional administrative tasks as required from time to time by lawyers in the North American team

About you

• 5 years' experience providing legal administrative or paralegal support within a national firm. Experience in an in house role will be considered an asset
• Ability to work independently, as well as in a team
• Ability to meet the challenge of tight deadlines and working under pressure
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work with all levels of management
• Demonstrated ability to maintain discretion and strict confidentiality.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Task oriented and self-starter.
• Possess resilience and have ability to maintain composure while under pressure.

Why Ausenco?

We support individual growth and aim to allow you to work in a way that plays to your strengths. Beyond a competitive remuneration package we offer :

• Career advancement - Embark on a journey of continuous growth through technical training, mentorship initiatives, and networking opportunities.
• Work Life Balance Experience the best of both worlds with our hybrid work model, allowing you to balance office days with working from home;

and progressive parental leave benefits to foster family needs and professional life.

• Holistic approach to wellness Take a proactive approach to your overall wellbeing. Access to confidential counselling, information services and a benefits program that supports your health & wellness.
• Accessible leadership team Work with highly reputable industry leaders who value your contribution.

Our people don’t settle for the status quo. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and want to help set a new standard in sustainability, we’ll help you find your place.

This means working with you to develop a unique career path and skillset to match your ambition.

We’re proud of the work we do, and we do it within a culture that is open, honest, and cooperative. We have a history of attracting visionary people who embrace challenges and deliver creative solutions for every project, and your voice is an important part of the conversation.

As a global company we embrace and encourage diversity in its fullest sense gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, experience, nationality, colour, language, religion, location, disability, education, skills, working styles and time availability.

Our work environments are based on mutual trust and respect for the rights and opportunities of every individual.

Hourly Range : $26.92 - $30.29 ($56,000-$63,000)

Expected Wage : Variation in wage is determined by factors such as qualifications, relevant years of experience, and prevailing market conditions for the specific role.

Join us and work a better way.

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Primary Location

CA-BC-Vancouver

Job Posting

Apr 19, 2024