Do you enjoy working in a team? Are you an experienced administrative professional looking for an exciting new opportunity? Do you excel at providing exceptional customer service while working in an innovative, collaborative, and fast-paced environment where you learn every day?

McInnes Cooper is looking for a motivated and proactive litigation legal assistant to join our Litigation Legal Support Services team in our Moncton office for a permanent full-time position. The incumbent will be responsible for providing high-quality administrative support to a group of lawyers within an innovative team support model and ensuring that all clients receive superior service.

As a legal assistant, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring the efficient organization of lawyers' practices, including managing schedules, email correspondence, phone calls, logistics and meeting preparation, as well as travel arrangements;
• Establishing contact with clients and consistently exceeding their expectations;
• Document preparation tasks, including drafting letters, transcribing documents, scanning, printing, and making copies;
• File management, including opening and closing files and managing documents, both on paper and electronically;
• Organizing deliveries and mail
• Preparing client invoices and expense receipts; and,
• Assisting with meeting room preparation and setting up audiovisual equipment.

The successful candidate will possess the following skills:

• The ideal candidate will have a degree in legal administration or as a paralegal or other related training;
• A minimum of two (2) years of experience, preferably in litigation;
• Excel in a demanding and fast-paced team environment, be extremely detail-oriented and flexible in the face of changing priorities;
• Exceptional technology skills, with proficiency in all aspects of Microsoft Office and a genuine interest in staying up-to-date with new technologies;
• Exceptional communication skills, with a particular focus on customer service and the highest degree of professionalism; and,
• A positive attitude and enjoy working in a collaborative team.

Our team has access to:

• A defined benefit pension plan;
• Benefits such as health and dental insurance paid by the firm;
• A health expense account;
• A personal (wellness) expense account;
• Time for yourself:
  • Including vacation, personal days, and sick days.
• Life balance:
  • Telework options / work flexibility available for many team members.
• Our team - we can't say enough about our current team! You will be part of a collaborative, collegial, respectful, and caring team; and,
• Have the opportunity to participate in various teams, including the collective social team.

McInnes Cooper is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment, representative of the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals who identify as visibly racialized, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Equity group candidates can self-identify through our online application process.

As part of the recruitment process, McInnes Cooper will provide accommodations to candidates with disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the recruitment process with us, please contact Alana Burgess at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) or at 902.455.8260 23.