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Legal Assistant
Employer
Kensian & AssociatesDate Posted
November 29, 2024Languages
English-
Location Red Deer, AB
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Earnings $1,400.00 to $1,750.00 biweekly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 70 hours bi-weekly
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Dec 29, 2024
Employer
Kensian & Associates
Languages
English
Education
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- Legal assistant/paralegal
Tasks
- Coordinate the flow of information
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Maintain filing system
- Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents
- Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage
- Draft contracts, prepare promissory notes and draw up wills, mortgages and other legal documents
- Draft legal correspondence
Computer and technology knowledge
- MS Word
- MS Office
- MS Outlook
- MS Windows
Performance experience
Acrobat
Transportation/travel information
Public transportation is available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Ability to multitask
Screening questions
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Other benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Team building opportunities
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Interest Codes
- METHODICAL
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Interest in compiling information to maintain filing systems; and in reviewing documents and correspondence to ensure that they comply with legal procedures and grammatical usage
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in operating computers, and other office equipment; may train other staff in the use of current software
- directive
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Interest in speaking with people to schedule employers' appointments, meetings and conferences; in opening and distributing regular and electronic mail and other materials; and in co-ordinating the flow of information internally and with other departments and organizations; may supervise other staff in procedures
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It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.
A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.
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