Robert Half Legal specializes exclusively in legal staffing and represents some of the most skilled and experienced professionals in the industry. Each office has dedicated teams focusing solely on the placement of attorneys, paralegals and legal support professionals on a temporary, project and full-time basis. We also provide project teams for a wide range of initiatives, including litigation support, M&A review and discovery matters. Robert Half International, parent company of Robert Half Legal, was again ranked number one in our industry on FORTUNE® magazine's list of "America's Most Admired Companies." (FORTUNE, March 17, 2008)

CORPORATE PARALEGAL FOR GROWING CORPORATE LEGAL DEPT.
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Job Overview
Company: Robert Half Legal
Location: CHICAGO, IL 60601
Salary: 60,000.00 - 65,000.00 USD /year
Position Type: Full Time, Employee
Job Category: Legal
   
Contact: Recruiter
Phone: 1 312 616-0220
Email: Apply by Email
Fax: 1 312 616-8560
Ref ID: 01300-124376
Job Description

CORPORATE LEGAL ASSISTANT NEEDED ASAP FOR GROWING AGENCY! PARALEGAL WILL ASSIST GENERAL COUNSEL WITH A VARIED AMOUNT OF DUTIES! IMMEDIATE HIRE Administrative oversight of corporate governance activities and certain other key functions in the Office of General Counsel. Responsible for corporate filings, including but not limited to Community Benefits Report and exemptions. Administrative oversight of litigation, actuarial report data collection, government affairs and special projects. Responsible for developing, processing, and analyzing annual departmental budgets. Directs office operations and procedures related to record keeping, preparation of payroll, information management, filing systems, requisition of supplies, customer service, scheduling and other clerical services. Responsible for managing workflow, scheduling and coverage for assigned administrative support staff and interns. Supervises administrative and paralegal support staff; consistently demonstrates support of the company's statement of Mission and Philosophy by striving for excellence, contributing to the team efforts and showing respect and compassion for patients and their families, fellow employees, and all others whom there is contact at or in the interest of the institute; Analyzes the flow of administrative and other assigned non-clinical work for department/operating group by establishing priorities, assigning and distributing workload and monitoring performance to ensure the efficient completion of assigned tasks and projects; Interviews, hires, trains, supervises schedules, assigns work to and evaluates the performance of assigned clerical, paralegal and other non-clinical staff; rewards, evaluates, and when necessary, disciplines and terminates assigned staff; maintains personnel records for assigned staff; analyzes, researches and develops systems and procedures for record keeping, retrieval and reporting. Prepares complex activity reports for guidance of management; Develops, reviews and updates departmental/operating group policies relevant to assigned responsibilities. Interprets and directs staff to appropriate policy and procedural resources. Sets and models department/operating group standards for behavior and productivity; Performs basic to complex record keeping and file maintenance tasks such as gathering, sorting, and filing materials and data. Identifying need for and preparing plans for new files, filing systems and databases. Processing, verifying and correcting Human Resources documentation. Processing non-reimbursable/reimbursable license requests, ensuring current professional licenses are on file and following up on missing information. Please send a copy of your resume to claire.marshall@roberthalflegal.com ASAP if you are interested in this position!

Performs basic to complex bookkeeping functions including entering charges into computerized billing system, completing independent medical evaluations and other direct billing forms, completing and processing petty cash, travel and business expense, and license renewal reimbursements requests, including assigning accounts. Assisting in the development of the annual budget and monitoring assigned expense and income accounts including tracking, investigating, reporting and resolving variances; Perform a wide variety of complex typing and word processing tasks such as forms, form letters, correspondence, memos, lists, CAVE, presentations including outline, handouts and slide templates, articles and lengthy bibliographies and other reports using standard institute software of the institute and/or specific software required by the assignment. Responsible for reports, including but not limited to Boards as well as budget; Assists Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Associate General Counsel(S) with paralegal assistance/activities, including legal research, drafting amendments/letter agreements/contracts, contacting third parties, litigation activities, when needed; Assists Corporate Secretary in the administration of corporate governance affairs, including planning and organization of meetings of the board of directors and committees of the board; drafts agendas, minutes, resolutions, executive summaries, and other documentation required for board and committee meetings; maintains record of actions, attendance and minute books, as well as related correspondence; maintains relationships with directors and acts as principal contact person; develops templates and processes for meetings and board functions; assists Corporate Secretary and/or Chief Executive Officer with miscellaneous board related matters; Assists Senior Vice President Government Affairs with tracking of lobbying activities, as well as drafting and forming responses to variety of health care related issues and policies, and assists with legislative visits and information dissemination.

Located in major markets throughout North America, Robert Half Legal is the premier provider of legal professionals on a full-time, project and temporary basis to law firms and corporate legal departments. We offer our candidates challenging assignments, competitive compensation and benefits, and skills-enhancement training. Robert Half Legal is better at finding you challenging new career opportunities because we come from the legal industry ourselves, with a majority of our staffing executives holding JDs or other legal credentials. Additionally, we were just ranked number one in our industry on Fortune's list of America's Most Admired Companies. Call your local Robert Half Legal office at 1.800.870.8367 to discover more about this position. Robert Half Legal is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Apply for this job now or for more information and to view all our job opportunities visit www.roberthalflegal.com .

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  1. Each week we reach out to thousands of hiring managers to find the best career opportunities for our legal professionals.

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  4. We offer free and immediate training to help you advance, including more than 6,000 technical and business training courses and over 7,000 online reference books.


    Robert Half Legal is an Equal Opportunity Employer