Executive Assistant​/Paralegal

Executive Assistant/Paralegal

Legal |
Intermediate

JDC, a global humanitarian organization, has an exciting opportunity for a professional with diverse experience across paralegal or legal assistance, executive assistance, and project management/coordination. We’re seeking an Executive Assistant to the General Counsel / Paralegal to the Legal Department to assist in advancing the goals of the Legal department, with about 75% of time spent on paralegal work and 25% on executive assistance.

This role will ensure that projects move forward smoothly, serve as a liaison between departments, reinforce legal procedures, provide other legal assistance, and provide day-to-day administrative assistance for the General Counsel and Legal team. This role is part of a small team within a large nonprofit that has over 100 years of experience doing meaningful work around the world.

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What will you do as an Executive Assistant/Paralegal?

Project Coordination

• Assist with overseeing projects and tasks for the Legal department, including identifying action items, task management, and follow-up
• Manage coordination between the Legal department and other departments by scheduling regular meetings, coordinating agendas, taking notes and overseeing follow‑up
• Coordinate electronic signatures for contracts and physical signature and notarization, where required

Legal Assistance

• Manage legal templates to ensure they are up to date and properly filled out
• Guide and educate other departments in contracting procedures
• Research local and international regulations and laws with regard to corporate governance and document authentication
• Travel within New York City to have documents certified, authenticated, and apostilled
• Assist with corporate governance, including preparation of corporate resolutions and meeting minutes
• Own the organization of Legal department information, including managing the department’s shared drives and updating information repositories

Administration

• Provide day‑to‑day assistance to the General Counsel and Legal department
• Coordinate the vendor procurement process
• Liaise with Finance; submit invoices for payment, track and report expenditures, maintain petty cash
• Manage, organize, and maintain documents in paper or electronic filing systems
• Assist with drafting, proofreading, editing, and sending legal documents (e.g. resolutions, powers of attorney), emails, letters and other communications to Board members and staff
• Schedule meetings for the Legal Department
• Manage calendars and book travel for the General Counsel

What qualifications are required to be our Executive Assistant/Paralegal

• Prior experience as a legal assistant/secretary/paralegal, administrative or executive assistant, or equivalent
• Experience with legal procedural research
• Outstanding detail‑orientation and organizational skills
• Ability to work on one’s own, manage large workloads, and meet deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to proactively anticipate and resolve problems
• Excellent follow‑through and responsiveness, comfortable interacting with colleagues at all levels to ensure tasks are accomplished
• Interest in, and ability to learn, new skills and concepts, particularly in the legal and administrative fields
• Teamwork and customer‑service skills/mindset

Additional Preferred Skills and

Competencies:

• Bachelor’s/Associate’s degree in paralegal studies or a paralegal certificate
• Experience with legal operations systems
• Knowledge of, and experience with, having documents certified, authenticated, and apostilled
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, and Teams), Zoom,  and Docu Sign, or comparable applications
• Passion for humanitarian work and/or global Jewish service
• Proficiency in Russian, Hungarian and/or Hebrew language

Additional Details

• Employment Type:
  
  Full-Time
• Hours:
  
  35 hours/week, 8:45 AM – 4:45 PM…