Job Title: Float Legal Administrative AssistantJob ID: AT3323830729Location: Vancouver, BCOverview:The Float Legal Administrative Assistant is responsible for providing legal and administrative support to teams in all practice areas, covering desks during short- and longer-term absences, and for overflow work when other LAAs are busy. Duties include managing client and file information, maintaining organization systems to manage document flow; client contact; drafting and filing documents; billing, and administrative tasks.
What you will be doing:

• Understand individual requirements of a desk and expectations of teamed lawyers in order to provide quality coverage in the absence of the teamed assistant.
• Meet with and follow instructions of the assistant with respect to specific requirements of the desk.
• Produce documents including typing, revising, creating blacklines and/or multiple versions of daily correspondence, and/or practice specific documents (such as court documents or agreements).
• Maintain established filing and bring forward systems which may be in either manual or electronic form.
• Interact professionally with clients, opposing counsel, experts, and other relevant stakeholders via telephone and written communications.
• Coordinate parties, and schedule and organize various meetings.
• Enter timesheets and coordinate the billing cycle.
• Complete electronic and/or manual filing.
• Perform various administrative tasks including conflict checks and opening and closing of files.
• Other duties as required.

What you must have:

• Three to five years' corporate and/or litigation experience.
• Advanced level of proficiency in MS Office.
• Strong organizational skills, the ability to effectively manage a high volume of work, multi-task, and meet deadlines.
• Meticulously detail-oriented — excellent spelling, grammar, and proofreading skills.
• Solid dictation skills.
• Strong service orientation.
• Ability to take initiative and think ahead.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• High energy team player, positive and willing attitude.
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction.
• Ability to comfortably adapt to changing environments.
• Flexibility to work occasional overtime.
• Keyboarding of at least 60 w.p.m.
• Willingness to learn other areas of law.
• Preference will be given to candidates who have completed an accredited Legal Administrative Assistant program.

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