Legal & Risk Management Intern Job Chicago area,Illinois USA,Administrative/Clerical

Summary of Position:

This position will support the Legal Department with a wide range of projects related to risk management, compliance, and legal research, including developing compliance checklist, drafting policies and procedures and related memoranda/reports, providing administrative and back-up support and other related projects. This position is a good fit for someone who writes well and is detail oriented and interested in learning about not-for-profit risk management and introductory legal research and theory.

Major

Duties and Responsibilities:

Research legal topics and provide a report/memo on the findings
Assist with Privacy and Information Security issues
Assist with the creation of compliance site visit forms and risk management checklists
Assist with insurance claim inquiries (follow-up with emails, tracking claims, etc.)
Legal tracking (incident reporting, saving background checks, renewal dates for licenses, garnishments, etc.)
Update policies and procedures
Create one pagers re: legal and/or risk management topics and/or guidance
Generate reports (e.g., incident reports, etc.) on an as-needed basis
Assist and/or conduct compliance assessments and other compliance site visits for community providers
Complete manual data entry when required
Support team with administrative tasks (e.g. copying, scanning)
Act as a back-up for the Receptionist desk
When needed, assist with teen application and other Program Quality and Compliance department assignments when the volume is high
Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Physical Demands:

The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Must be able to sit for long periods of time.

Work Environment:

This is a hybrid position. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is not exposed to weather conditions
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Excellent writing skills
Detail-oriented and organized
Analytical problem solver
Customer service oriented
Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
Ability to work independently and in a team
Ability to research and distill facts and key issues
Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills preferred

Compensation:

$20/hr

Qualifications:

Must be currently enrolled as a college student or graduate/law school student

EEO:

After School Matters is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, military discharge status, age, marital status, parental status, or source of income.