Job Details
Job Location
Administration – Seattle, WA
Remote Type
Hybrid
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
2 Year Degree
Salary Range
$18.95 – $26.53 Hourly
Travel Percentage
None
Job Shift
Day
Job Category
Legal Admin
Description
Are you looking for a way to use your gift to help others? Do you have a heart to come alongside others who are trying to improve their lives? Do you want to work for a company that’s made it on the Best Christian Workplace 2 years in a row? If so, we want to talk with you.
As an Administrative Assistant, you will be responsible for assisting clients in all of the various legal issues handled by the office, assisting the Senior Legal Assistant and attorneys with administrative duties, operations, and coordination of the Legal Services department, and maintaining caseload records for the office.
Responsibilities
- Meet with clients over the phone and in person, answer the telephone, respond to texts, WhatsApp and email contact with the public, clients and volunteers.
- Write detailed file notes, emails for attorney review, maintain, and order office supplies and scan/photo copy documents as requested.
- Coordinate regularly scheduled legal clinics and client and/or volunteer meetings.
- Maintain confidentiality of files and databases containing legal and personal information about Open Door Legal Services (ODLS) clients and volunteers.
- Handling client intakes to gather information about client concerns, legal issues they need help with, priorities they have for handling their issues, and personal demographic information of clients.
- Performance of client related work such as calling courts to research the status of a client’s case, communication with administrative agencies on a client’s behalf, and other such tasks with the support of the Senior Legal Assistant or an attorney.
- Attend and participate in all Mission, Division and Department meetings and trainings, as required.
- Any other job-related duties as assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications
- Associate’s degree or higher in Social Work, Journalism or a related field is preferred. A combination of education and relatable experience may be substituted for an Associate’s Degree.
- 2+ years of experience working in a professional office environment is required. Experience supporting a legal practice is strongly preferred.
- Experience working with a diverse group of people who are working through complex legal situations and/or are in crisis is highly preferred
- Proficient to advanced skills using office equipment (fax, copier, scanner, etc.)
- Proficient to advanced experience using Microsoft Office Suite
Benefits
All regular fulltime employees, you are eligible to participate in our generous benefits package:
- Medical / Vision with generous dependent coverage
- Dental – 100% company paid
- Long-Term Disability 100% company paid
- Basic Life Plan 100% company paid
- Voluntary Products (Aflac and Guardian)
- EAP and 24/7 Virtual Mental Health 100% company paid
- 4 weeks of paid vacation (prorated based on hire date)
- 10 paid holidays + 1 Floating Holiday
- Personal Day and Birthday holiday
- Retirement benefits w/ company match
- Continuing Education Reimbursement Program
Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit for long periods of time in a temperature-controlled environment. Occasionally will stand, balance, twist, stoop, kneel and reach with hands/arms. Occasionally lifts up to 20 pounds and walks, use stairways to climb to multiple floors within the company. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Statement of Faith
- We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the infallible, authoritative Word of God.
- We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three Persons; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right-hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
- We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful men, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is essential.
- We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a Godly life.
- We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.
- We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in Christ.
Mission Statement
To bring the love of Jesus and hope for a new life to our homeless neighbors.
Vision Statement
To see every homeless neighbor – beloved, redeemed, restored
Pre-Employment
This position is subject to a pre-employment criminal background check and must be able to pass a 5 panel drug screen.