Administrative Assistant, Harbor - UCLA Medical Legal Partnership
at Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 13 Feb, 2025 | Not Specified | 14 Nov, 2024 | N/A | Excel,Leadership,Spanish Translation,Attorneys,Netdocuments | No | No |
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Description:
For over 50 years, Bet Tzedek Legal Services has provided high-quality, free legal services to Los Angeles’ most vulnerable residents. Since 2018, Bet Tzedek’s Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) has offered on-site (and virtual) services at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Our MLP team works in partnership with medical professionals to holistically address community members’ social determinants of health through legal advocacy. Bet Tzedek seeks a bi-lingual (Spanish-speaking) Administrative Assistant to provide general administrative support to attorneys and advocates assigned to the MLP and other programs as needed.
This position is eligible for Bet Tzedek Legal Services’ hybrid/remote workplace designation, however, the employee will be required to regularly work at the Harbor-UCLA Hospital, complete home visits, and work in the office or other locations to meet workload/business obligations.
Requirements:
- AA/AS and/or BA/BS or equivalent work/life experience (required);
- Spanish proficiency and ability to provide written and oral Spanish translation (required);
- Ability to work effectively with hospital personnel, staff, volunteers, students, attorneys, and community members (required);
- Proficiency with MS Office and legal database (including Word; Power Point; Excel; Lexis Nexis/Westlaw) (required);
- Proficiency with NetDocuments, LegalServer or other web-based document and case management systems (preferred);
- Self-motivated, takes initiative, ability to learn quickly (required);
- Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time, and meet deadline in a high-volume caseload environment (required);
- Ability to travel to clinic location(s) (required);
- Demonstrate an understanding and commitment to Bet Tzedek’s mission of equal justice for all and Bet Tzedek’s core values of leadership, community-based advocacy, and innovation (required);
- Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (required)
Responsibilities:
- Maintain legal files and timely enter case and client information into legal database;
- Data entry, scanning, copying, word processing, create and maintain spreadsheets, process case files, and other administrative duties;
- Clearly and professionally communicate with clients, legal partners, hospital personnel, courts, agencies, and the general public;
- Maintain well organized electronic legal files and accurate case statistics;
- Assist with the administrative aspects of opening and closing files;
- Participate in MLP clinics, home-visits, and other client service or community outreach events;
- Provide other general administrative support as requested.
- Other duties may be assigned.
Requirements:
- AA/AS and/or BA/BS or equivalent work/life experience (required);
- Spanish proficiency and ability to provide written and oral Spanish translation (required);
- Ability to work effectively with hospital personnel, staff, volunteers, students, attorneys, and community members (required);
- Proficiency with MS Office and legal database (including Word; Power Point; Excel; Lexis Nexis/Westlaw) (required);
- Proficiency with NetDocuments, LegalServer or other web-based document and case management systems (preferred);
- Self-motivated, takes initiative, ability to learn quickly (required);
- Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time, and meet deadline in a high-volume caseload environment (required);
- Ability to travel to clinic location(s) (required);
- Demonstrate an understanding and commitment to Bet Tzedek’s mission of equal justice for all and Bet Tzedek’s core values of leadership, community-based advocacy, and innovation (required);
- Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (required).
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Legal Services
HR / Administration / IR
Legal Services
Graduate
Proficient
1
Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA