What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Administrator position at Onni Group?
Do you have some legal experience, and are tired of working in a law firm?
Do you enjoy keeping everything organized, filing, and making people’s lives easier?
Do you have high attention to detail, and can always maximize the time you have?
Are you ready to do more complex tasks and advance your career?
If you answered yes to all of these, this role is for you!
About the Company:
For over half a century, Onni has been building communities for people to live, work, and play. Our success reflects our commitment to our employees and partners, and our dedication to quality construction, innovation, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. Our expertise expands across North America, with offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Los Angeles, Seattle, Phoenix, and Chicago.
About You:
This is an exciting opportunity for a talented professional to join the Legal Team in Los Angeles as a Legal Administrator. The successful candidate will have an eye for detail, is a self-starter, has excellent time management skill, is personable, and always gets the job done!
Core Duties and Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will have an interesting role of assisting the Legal Department with contracts and disputes related to construction, leasing, property management, development, and other real estate and corporate matters. Tasks include:
- Providing administrative support to lawyers, paralegals and personnel in other departments.
- Assisting with document drafting, reviewing, proofreading, editing, filing, recording and retrieving.
- Working with documents templates such as construction contracts, leases, notices and forms.
- Corresponding with governmental entities and other external organizations.
- Communicating with internal and external stakeholders and responding to inquiries.
- Responding to internal and external requests for information, and performing investigation and research to locate information.
- Evidence gathering, reviewing, sorting, indexing and summarizing.
- Review correspondence and documents received and notify applicable personnel regarding significance.
- Assisting with or setting up service of documents.
- Preparing external legal budgets and communicating with external counsel.
- Maintaining databases and Legal Department filing system including updates to information regarding liens and litigation.
- Performing general office duties including typing, filing and scanning.
- Scheduling, managing, tracking and coordinating calendar appointments and deadlines.
- Discreet handling of all company business
This position will allow you to grow your skill set and engage in increasingly challenging tasks as you become a key member of the Legal team.
Summary of Qualifications and Requirements:
- Legal training and experience will be an asset.
- This position requires a highly motivated self-starter.
- Excellent skills in communication (both written and oral), time management, and organizational.
- The ability to anticipate needs and adapt to changing priorities and daily demands.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Proficiency in office technology (including Microsoft Office applications).
- Ability to type at least 45 wpm.
- Excellent planning, follow-through, and follow-up skills.
Perks and Benefits:
- Competitive pay and comprehensive benefit package
- Paid time off
- Programs to continuously develop and recognize employees
- Wellness: lifeworks wellness platform
- To top it all off - a great company culture with lots of exciting projects and career growth opportunities!
We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please.
