Administrative

Profession: Administrative

Contract:13 Weeks

Shift: Day shift (08 Hours)

Days: Mon to Fri

Essential Job Functions:

• Intake of requests for legal services and guidance; facilitating prompt response to such requests; opening matter files and maintaining document {including e-document) and scheduling management of opened matters
• Coordination with IT and other operations personnel, VP & General Counsel and outside counsel to better assure that software and other vendor contracts proferred by vendors properly address negotiated business terms and other BHS/BHCS requirement
• Coordination with internal personal, VP & General Counsel, and outside counsel to provide litigation support in employment law matters and, in conjunction with other General Counsel office staff, general litigation matter
• Assistance with management of BHS/BHCS compliance programs as determined by VP & General Counsel, BHS Compliance Officer and BHCS Compliance Office
• Assistance in management of other legal, risk management, compliance and other matters for BHS/BHCS as assigned by VP & General Counsel
• Maintenance of strict confidentiality of all matters managed through the office of the General Counsel

REQUIREMENTS

• 5-8 years in law firm as a paralegal in a law office or commercial business
• Knowledge of legal principles and practices, in both litigation and transactional matters, at a level normally acquired through formal paralegal training or its equivalent in experience.
• Highest degree of discretion and ability to maintain strict confidence as to all matters.
• Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under frequently severe time constraints.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to pay close attention to detail when evaluating legal matters (constituting approximately 80% of work time).
• Interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate in person, by telephone and electronically with a diverse (and occasionally divergent) range of audiences with discretion, ordinary courtesy and tact.
• Ability to maintain office files, Including timely retrieval

Job Type: Contract

Benefits:

• Referral program

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Pittsfield, MA: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Paralegal: 5 years (Required)
• commercial business: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

Salary : $68,700 - $87,000