Legal Assistant - Ennead Architects LLP - New York, NY - EXPIRED
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Company: Ennead Architects LLP
The Legal Assistant provides support to the Partner/CFO responsible for Legal and Financial matters in the firm. Serve as liaison between Partner, staff members and internal and external contacts. This position has minimal supervision and instructions are given verbally. Must have background in legal, previous experience in Architecture preferred, and at least 5 years of experience is required.
Assist the Partner in the following areas:
- Risk Management—monitoring of the firm’s risk management practices and policies;
- Contracts—contract administration; contract review and negotiation; drafting of standard agreements; record-keeping and tracking; preparation and issuance of legal contract documents;
- Insurance—applications, record-keeping; issuance of certificates; review/tracking of certificates of consultants; communications with insurance broker(s);
- Legal Matters—conflict management and resolution; scheduling and coordination of the involvement of outside attorneys and other related parties; progress tracking and reporting;
- Research—research related to relevant legal matters;
- Education—scheduling and coordination of educational presentations to the firm; dissemination of information and education materials;
- Records Management—records storage and retention
Must be comfortable working on various legal, as well as financial projects.
Provide executive level support to the Partner.
Answer questions and direct internal and external inquiries. Attend meetings and participate as needed.
Work with staff to ensure smooth coordination and communications on a variety of issues.
Responsible for dealing with a diverse group of external as well as internal contacts. Coordinate meetings ensuring smooth communications and follow up.
Coordinate communications for the Partner. Receive and review incoming and outgoing correspondence, mail, email and telephone calls and refer to appropriate individual as needed. Organize and maintain and follow-up on all tasks, projects, requests, and questions that need approval from the Partner.
If you are interested in this position, please go to http://www.ennead.com/employment and attach the completed Applicant ID, Veteran Self-ID, and Disability Self-ID Forms with your resume and reference job #007 in your cover letter.
Please indicate in your cover letter whether you are legally authorized to work in the United States, or if you will now, or in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status).
The firm is an equal opportunity employer and complies with applicable local, state and federal fair employment practices laws. The firm gives equal opportunity and consideration to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, creed, age, disability which is unrelated to the individual’s ability to perform the duties of a particular job or position, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable local, state or federal laws.
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