Stewart McKelvey proudly celebrates over fifteen years of innovative leadership as Atlantic Canada's first and largest regional law firm. With a distinguished heritage reaching back to Canada's Confederation, our firm has established an international reputation for generating results. With more than 210 lawyers and 290 staff in our six locations we have a single objective: excellence for our clients. As in any industry, our firm requires the skills and talents of a broad range of support staff to meet this objective.

Legal Secretary

Location: Halifax  
Start Date: Immediately
Closing Date: August 29, 2008
Type of Position: Full-time

Job Description:

To provide secretarial support to lawyers in multiple areas of law, and to assist with overflow assignments.

Required Skills and Knowledge:

• Handling and prioritizing workload independently;
• Flexibility to work with changing priorities;
• Processing large volume of documents;
• Meeting strict deadlines;
• Excellent multi-tasking skills;
• Problem solving with minimal supervision;
• Communicating in a professional manner with lawyers and other staff members;
• Other duties as assigned.

Other Requirements:

• Minimum of 2 to 3 years of secretarial experience in a legal environment;
• Solid understanding of current legal terminology;
• Fast, accurate keyboarding skills; minimum 60 wpm;
• Strong dicta transcription skills and ability to transcribe from various practice groups;
• Strong organizational and time management skills;
• Excellent proofreading skills (ability to check typed material for grammatical, typographical, spelling, word usage and format errors);
• Ability to work independently, follow instructions with minimal supervision and take initiative.

Reporting Relationship:

This position will be responsible to report to the Manager, Secretarial Services.

Interested Candidates:

If you would like to be considered for this position, please submit resume, stating salary expectations by to:

Human Resources
Stewart McKelvey
PO Box 997
Halifax NS B3J 2X2
Fax: 902.420.1417
Email: hr@smss.com

All interviewed candidates will be asked to complete a Predictive Index form.

No telephone inquiries please. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.