Temp - Administrative - Paralegal; Pittsfield MA

Position: Temp - Administrative - Paralegal (Days) Pittsfield MA
REMOTE IS OPTIONAL FOR THIS NEED BUT MUST COMPLETE COMPLAIN CE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE START DATE!
ONLY FULLY COVID VACCINATED and BOOSTED TRAVELERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS NEED.
Declinations are not accepted for this client.
To avoid delays in processing, please include traveler covid vaccination card with submission. Thank you!

Performs, in accordance with established policies and procedures, a variety of duties to assist V.P. &
General Counsel; manage documentary aspects of various legal matters, software and other vendor agreements, civil and employment law litigation support.

Direct Supervisor: Vice President and General Counsel
Contacts (Internal/External):
External: Outside counsel and court personnel; regulatory agency representatives; legislative personnel.
Internal: Senior management for BHS and all BHS and BHCS entitles, especially in areas of software and other vendor contracts, employment claims and general litigation support; BHS and BHCS Board members; hospital medical staff members and departmental personnel; physician employees; residents; fiscal; accounts payable; security.

Work Environment: General Office Setting

• In addition to mandatory infection control education, employee follows appropriate departmental infection control procedures
• Attends all annual mandatory education as required.
• Demonstrates job skill competencies required by position as Identified/monitored on a departmental basis.

Essential Job Functions (Including but not limited to):

• Intake of requests for legal services and guidance; facilitating prompt response to such requests;
  opening matter files and maintaining document {including e-document) and scheduling management of opened matters
• Coordination with IT and other operations personnel, VP &
  General Counsel and outside counsel to better assure that software and other vendor contracts proferred by vendors properly address negotiated business terms and other BHS/BHCS requirement
• Coordination with internal personal, VP &
  General Counsel, and outside counsel to provide litigation support in employment law matters and, in conjunction with other General Counsel office staff, general litigation matter
• Assistance with management of BHS/BHCS compliance programs as determined by VP &
  General Counsel, BHS Compliance Officer and BHCS Compliance Office
• Assistance in management of other legal, risk management, compliance and other matters for BHS/BHCS as assigned by VP &
  General Counsel
• Maintenance of strict confidentiality of all matters managed through the office of the General Counsel

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees within this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities.

Requirement description :

• 5-8
  years in law firm as a paralegal in a law office or commercial business; NO NEW GRADS
• Bonded Notary Preferred
• Knowledge of legal principles and practices, in both litigation and transactional matters, at a level normally acquired through formal paralegal training or its equivalent In experience.
• Highest degree of discretion and ability to maintain strict confidence as to all matters;
• Ability to organize and prioritze numerous tasks and complete them under frequently severe time constraints;
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills;
• Ability to pay close attention to detail when evaluating legal matters (constituting approximately 80% of work time);
• Ability to work occasionally more than 40 hours a week and occasionally at Irregular hours;
• Interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate in person, by telephone and electronically with a diverse (and occasionally divergent) range of audiences with discretion, ordinary courtesy and tact;
• Ability to maintain office files, Including timely retrieval

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