Legal Assistant

Legal Assistant

Law Ville Professional Corporation is growing, We are seeking a Legal Assistant for one full-time position. We specialize in immigration and refugee law. Therefore, we are seeking a passionate, energetic, dedicated, team-oriented person especially to serve our rising number of African clients.

Job Discriptions:

• Candidate will communicate and conduct client intake with clients especially from African country particularly from Ghana. Candidate will come with excellent language communication skills, work ethics & dedication.
• The candidate would provide administrative support and assistance to the lawyer.
• Prepare correspondence such as letters; completing application through online portal or paper applications.
• Schedule daily appointments, meetings and conferences for lawyer
• Organize and maintain filing systems, online and manually by utilizing knowledge of legal records and procedures and frequently controlling confidential materials and documents
• Open and distribute regular mails, couriers, emails and incoming faxes and coordinate the flow of information internally and with other third parties.
• May train other new staff to assist clients especially from African community.
• May perform other general office work as required including simple book-keeping for office files.

Qualifications

• Candidate must have completion of secondary school with one- or two-year college diploma or other post secondary education in legal field.
• Minimum 1 year of legal assistant experience
• Passionate to work in legal field and willing to thrive
• MS Word/ Office/ Electronic mail/ MS Excel/ MS Outlook/ MS Windows/ Adobe Acrobat Reader and etc.

Language(es) Requirements:

• Candidate must be proficient in English and other languages from Africa such as Twi, Fanti, Ga and/ or Akuapim and Sefwi.

Job Type and Wage:

Full Time, $26.00 hourly/ 40 hours per week

Work Location, time and condition:

• In person/ Monday to Friday (10:00 am – 6:00 pm)
• Fast-paced environment, work under pressure and attention to detail

Transportation/ travel information : Public transportation is available.

Benefits: Bonus, Mileage paid& (RRSP) and free parking

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $26.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Additional pay:

• Bonus pay

Benefits:

• On-site parking
• RRSP match

Flexible language requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime

Experience:

• legal assistant: 1 year (preferred)

Language:

• Fanti, Twi, Ga and/ or Akuapim and Sefwi (required) (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2024-12-19
Expected start date: 2025-02-03