legal assistant – immigration – Calgary
Job Description
Posted on December 28, 2024 by Employer details EO Law
Job details
- Location Calgary, AB
- Workplace information On site
- Salary 37.00 hourly / 35 to 40 hours per week
- Terms of employment Permanent employment Full time
- Day
- Start date: 2025-01-01
- Benefits: Other benefits
- vacancies3 vacancies
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- College/CEGEP
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Asset languages
- Yoruba
- Igbo
- Hausa
Work setting
- General law practice
- Federal, provincial and municipal governments
- Federal government or agency
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Coordinate the flow of information
- Open and distribute regular and electronic incoming mail and other material
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Train staff
- Maintain filing system
- Record and prepare minutes of court sessions, meetings or conferences
- Determine and establish office procedures and routines
- Prepare financial statements and reports
- Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents
- Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage
- Research and document data requirements, data collection and administration policy, and data access rules
- Prepare draft agendas for meetings and take, transcribe and distribute minutes
- Perform clerical activities, such as manual and electronic filing and record payments received
Experience and specialization
Computer and technology knowledge
- Microsoft Publisher
- MS Word
- MS Office
- Electronic mail
- MS Access
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Windows
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Google Drive
Court experience
- Federal Court
Area of work experience
- Charts, tables, graphs and diagrams
- Correspondence
- Financial statements
- Invoices
- Manuscripts, publications or theses
- Reports and records
- Statistics
- Management
- Immigration
Additional information
Security and safety
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Large caseload
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Ability to multitask
Benefits
Other benefits
- Free parking available
Who can apply to this job?
Only apply to this job if:
- You are a Canadian citizen, a permanent or a temporary resident of Canada.
- You have a valid Canadian work permit.
If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.