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Job Title:
Legal Office Services Assistant
Location: Austin, TX (Onsite)
Duration: 3 Months (Temp to Hire)
Mon-Fri, 8am - 5pm
Overview
Provides office services in a legal office environment, including high-volume copying, printing, scanning, mail processing, shipping and receiving, document management, and customer support. Handles sensitive and confidential legal documents, supports executive-level clients, and assists with daily office operations and meeting room setups.
Responsibilities
- Operate high-volume copiers and perform copying, printing, binding, finishing, and document scanning.
- Perform daily quality inspections of convenience copiers, clear paper jams, troubleshoot equipment issues, and perform copier repairs.
- Handle sensitive, confidential, and time-sensitive legal documents with accuracy and attention to detail.
- Sort, distribute, and process incoming and outgoing mail, faxes, and office supplies; apply postage as required.
- Prepare and ship materials, receive incoming deliveries, check packing slips, and coordinate overnight packages.
- Perform document scanning, file conversion, file naming, OCR, electronic file formatting, FTP transfers, and table of contents management.
- Perform filing, document purging, archiving, and file management duties.
- Maintain supply inventories, daily meter readings, service logs, billing records, and management reports.
- Calculate charges for completed jobs and maintain billing logs as required.
- Respond to customer questions, coordinate service calls, and communicate job status and feasibility.
- Deliver completed jobs to designated locations within and outside the site.
- Maintain clean, organized, and well-stocked copier areas.
- Provide professional support to legal secretaries, project managers, paralegals, associates, partners, and other executive-level customers.
- Assist with conference room and meeting setups, including food and beverages, and coordinate incoming requests with onsite staff.
- Coordinate off-site printing and production projects as required.
- Assist with building support duties, including occupant moves, light maintenance, re-lamping, and occasional cleaning, as assigned.
- Travel between customer buildings when required.
- Use equipment such as paper cutters, shrink-wrap machines, hole drills, bindery equipment, joggers, tape machines, stackers, electric staplers, scales, fax machines, postage meters, calculators, and computers.
- Complete projects accurately under tight deadlines and high-pressure conditions.
- Work occasional overtime, including nights and weekends, and respond to off-hour emergencies when required.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED and 1–2 years of related work experience.
- Minimum of 2 years of legal industry experience highly preferred.
- Excellent customer service, interpersonal, and verbal communication skills.
- Previous copy job or office services experience preferred.
- Working knowledge of copiers and related equipment; repair and troubleshooting experience preferred.
- Ability to use hardware and software for cost recovery, document management, and advanced workflows.
- Knowledge of shipping and receiving procedures, including selecting appropriate packing materials and verifying packing slips.
- Basic electronics knowledge preferred.
- Ability to comprehend mail delivery instructions and written technical information, including manuals and parts books.
- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and flexibly while managing multiple requests and deadlines.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and provide accurate, high-quality work in a legal environment.
- Business casual dress code.
- No driving required for this position.
- No COVID-related requirements.
- No extensive lifting, standing, or walking required.
- Occasional overtime or weekend availability may be required.
Metasys Technologies/NVISH is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, veteran or disability status.