What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Support Assistant position at Citi?
The Legal Support Assistant performs moderately complex and varied assignments. Most of the impact is related to quality of execution. Works with limited supervision. May service an expansive array of products/services. Demonstrates technical/administrative expertise. Applies specialized functional area skills and basic knowledge including underlying professional/technical principles or standards. The technical procedures for this level are well defined. Understands how duties relate with others in the team/unit and how the unit integrates with others in accomplishing the work of the function. Exchanges moderately complex information with others. There may be occasional handling of awkward contacts. Basic knowledge of the organization and its policies required. Applies research, information gathering and analysis skills to factual information. Applies judgment based on practice and precedence. Selects the best course of action from a broad array of defined options, understanding the consequences of each.
Specifically, a visually impaired Assistant General Counsel is seeking an assistant/paralegal to join the Citi Legal Department. This position is ideal for candidates who have interest in learning and working within a financial firm's Legal and Compliance group. This role will provide the right candidate the experience in a corporate, legal setting.
This position will require heavy reading assistance consisting of reading documents aloud, editing agreements and other memoranda, typing and creating documents, legal research, and work organization and management. Responsibilities will also include traditional administrative tasks such as calendar management, phones, and data base maintenance.
The ideal candidate will have an interest in pursuing a legal career and whose educational background was focused on writing and research. The candidate must have an exceptional attention to detail and precision in writing and document creation. The candidate must have an excellent command of Microsoft Office and the ability to create and manage red-line documents. A successful candidate will have the temperament to work well under pressure in a demanding business environment.
This position provides the unique opportunity to be exposed to sales, trading, capital markets, operations, and asset management, in a fast-paced environment of a worldwide company.
Responsibilities:
· Heavy reading assistance
· Assisting with editing and creating documents
· Tracking status of matters and metrics
· Maintaining relevant databases
· Basic administrative support tasks
· Ad hoc projects as needed
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Qualifications:
Strong Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) experience
- Experience working in corporate legal department, law firm, financial services, consulting, technology firm or related industry
- Must have excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, exceptional verbal communication and listening skills
- Knowledge of legal customs and practices
- Project administration skills
- Knowledge and understanding of the financial services industry
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree with a strong GPA
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
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Job Family Group:
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Job Family:
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Time Type:
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