Paralegals and Legal Assistants - Nexus Staff
New York, NY 10004
About the Job
Job Title: Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Employment Type: Contract
Work Hours: 37.5 hrs./week
Work site: 100% Onsite
Location: One State Street Plaza, NY, NY 10004
Job Duration: 2 Years
Closing: 11/20/2024.
The Department of Financial Services (Department) is seeking a Paralegal to work in the Insurance Division.
Minimum Candidate Qualifications:
- Associate's Degree or a Bachelor's Degree
- Paralegal Certificate
- Eligible to work in New York State
Job Duties:
- Must provide high-level administrative and paralegal support by conducting research, taking notes during meetings, managing agendas for meetings, and ensuring adequate follow-ups are completed by engaging with stakeholders.
- Assists senior staff in managing day to day work-flows, as well as large scale special initiatives.
- Plans, manages, and coordinates project activities to ensure goals and objectives of multiple and large projects are accomplished within the prescribed timeframe.
- Follow up with key stakeholders and ensuring deadlines are met in a timely manner are a key part of the job.
- Develops project initiation process by defining project scope, determining action items, assigning ownership, creating project timetables, and tracking execution and workflow; prepares, presents, and distributes project status reports.
- Operates under general guidance and work assignments are varied and require interpretation and independent decisions on course of action.
In addition, the candidate must possess and/or have the ability to:
- Work individually and as part of a team.
- Track and manage reporting projects without daily oversight.
- Follow-up on deliverables from internal stakeholders
- Excellent verbal communication, writing, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong project management skills, including experience managing multiple time-sensitive, complex projects, simultaneously.
- Detail-oriented with the ability to organize and prioritize tasks effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365, including working experience with Word, Excel, Teams, WebEx, and Zoom.
- Project management: excellent writing skills that include proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling; business communications and ability to take notes is necessary.
Miscellaneous Information:
- Monday through Friday, 37.5 hours per week. Shift timing to be determined during the interview.
- Client does not provide parking, but the office is accessible by subway or bus.
- Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams
- Training will be provided.
The Nexus Staff Difference:
- Our outstanding healthcare coverage, including dental and vision, begins in just 30 days after you join us.
- We offer weekly payments via ACH (Automated Clearing House).
- Serving as Prime Vendors to New York State and New York City for over 10 years.
Source : Nexus Staff
