Corporate Paralegal-1 year Contract

Paralegal II

Scope of the project:

The Paralegal will provide paralegal support to the National Legal Department, the Department's external and internal clients, and outside counsel.

Perform paralegal duties under supervision of attorneys

Requirements:

Great organizational skills

Excellent written and verbal communications

Critical thinking ability

Discretion, self-starter, takes initiative

3 - 5+ years related experience to include completion of a paralegal training program

Demonstrated decision making skills in editing documents, routing customer inquiries appropriately or answering customer questions. Examines a range of options and their implications before deciding on a course of action or recommendation.

Demonstrated ability to provide continuous improvement by thinking outside of the box .

Demonstrated results orientation. 

Skilled in understanding, clarifying, questioning and problem-solving issues relating to work assignments

Ability to perform a variety of challenging tasks under time constraints and strict deadlines.

Ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Full use and understanding of standard principles, theories, concepts and techniques pertinent to the paralegal field.

Strong customer service and interpersonal skills required to communicate effectively with all levels of management internal/external.

Strong organization and planning abilities and demonstrated attention to detail.

Significant and demonstrated ability to perform analysis and legal research to identify and clarify issues.

Consistently delivers timely and high quality results.

Demonstrated flexibility and the ability to handle complex, multiple tasks for several individuals with different work styles.

Demonstrated ability to accept individual responsibility.

Demonstrated eagerness to learn new things and a positive attitude toward new challenges.

Demonstrated self starter with a high degree of motivation.

Demonstrated efficiency, productivity, attention to detail, and accuracy.

Demonstrated time management skills to meet deadlines under pressure.

Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Lotus Notes.

Ability to work overtime when needed. 

Duties:

Independently reviews and drafts correspondence, reports, checklists, and other legal tools and documents based on research of applicable laws and regulations and or existing legal documents prepared by attorneys.

Researches and analyzes applicable state and federal statutes and regulations, case law and regulatory agency rulings in conjunction with facts. 

Reviews applicable laws to determine compliance requirements. 

Researches and analyzes legal problems and draft legal memoranda outlining applicable authorities and recommends possible solutions and strategies.

Compiles, reviews, summarizes and analyzes data and facts regarding Program operations and other information as needed.

Helps to establish and maintain a system to organize and track requests for legal advice and maintains electronic database to organize legal advice; prepares draft answers for attorneys to questions based on previous legal advice, and assists attorneys in keeping track of open matters.

Organizes a variety of documents and files, including medical staff litigation documents and business records.

Coordinates activities among the offices of the Legal Department, facility medical legal staff, national compliance offices, and other attorneys and staff.

Performs such other duties as may be required.

Works to identify root causes of problems.

Effectively communicates any conflicts in customer or Team  needs, scheduling, or prioritization of work to Team members.

Applies organization's institutional knowledge to problem solving and works efficiently with a variety of departments and individuals both within the organization and outside organizations.

Develops solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity.

Demonstrates excellent problem solving skills and consideration of alternatives.

Seeks out opportunities for communicating relevant research, information, results, and new developments in designated area of practice to appropriate colleagues and attorneys.

Frequent exchanges between intra-organizational and outside client or governmental departments in providing solutions to problems associated with specific cases or legal issues with moderate influence.

Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with senior managers and handle sensitive and confidential information with sound judgment, tact, and discretion.

Offers assistance to other members of the Team and Legal Department.

Collaborates with clients, attorneys and peers on long-term goals and strategies while meeting short-term needs.

Demonstrated flexibility and the ability to handle complex, multiple tasks for several individuals with different work styles.

Takes a pro-active approach to teamwork. Encourages or facilitates a beneficial resolution of conflicts.