ABOUT US

The Canadian Nurses Protective Society (CNPS) provides legal advice, risk management services, legal assistance and professional liability protection related to nursing practice to over 175,000 eligible Canadian nurses across all Canadian provinces and territories. A non-profit legal support system created by nurses for nurses, the CNPS is specifically tailored to meet the professional liability needs of nurses in all professional nursing roles.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Completion of post-secondary degree, preferably in Law or relevant field of study e.g. Public Health, Public Administration, Criminology, Business Administration, etc.
• 5 years’ relevant administrative experience, including, preferably, 3 years’ providing legal administrative support to legal counsel.
• Professional fluency in both English and French, written and oral.
• Advanced proficiency with SharePoint and Microsoft Office Suite/0ffice 365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Proficient in data entry.
• Available and able to commute regularly to Ottawa office.

Legal Administrative Support

• Opening, maintaining and closing legal files.
• Drafting confidential letters, memos to file, records of calls, reports, speeches and other documents from electronic and handwritten copy.
• Organizing and filing paper and electronic information.
• Entering information into the database and verifying input.
• Scheduling calls and sending correspondence.
• Assisting with research, case status reports and travel arrangements as required.

General Administrative Support

• Assisting with answering incoming telephone calls and emails, and assigning incoming requests to CNPS lawyers and other staff.
• Performing other administrative and general office duties as required.