Legal Assistant

Location: Abbotsford, Canada

Job Type: Full time

Responsibilities:

• Drafting Wills, Powers of Attorney and Representation Agreements
• Work closely with team of Notaries
• File management
• Client communication
• Report to clients
• Take care of the day-to-day administrative duties of a busy practice (tasks lists, file organization, appointment bookings, diarizations, preparing accounts, filing)

• Estate Planning, legal, and finance experience is considered an asset
• Working in a fast-paced environment
• Handling a high-volume workload
• Working with tight timelines and deadlines
• Customer service

• Demonstrate excellence in customer service
• Detail oriented
• Excellent oral and written communications, organization, and planning skills
• Communicate effectively and professionally
• Excellent computer skills including Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, and working knowledge of Prosuite would be beneficial - work proficiently with technology using multiple platforms
• Work effectively and efficiently with strict deadlines
• Organize, prioritize a high-volume workload while dealing with changing and conflicting priorities and deadlines
• Ability to multitask, work well with others, and work independently
• Work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Search and gather critical information required to complete your workload
• Ability to follow and keep the format of established systems
• Strong organizational skills

An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

Schedule:
Monday to Friday 7.5 hours/day