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Description

This full-time position involves providing legal administrative support to the lawyers of Whyley Legal Counsel & Labour Relations. The firm is a boutique labour and employment law firm located in downtown Saskatoon.

Qualifications:

This position requires a legal assistant diploma and ideally, a minimum of 2 years experience working in a law firm (or in a similar administrative office environment). Experience in a litigation-based practice and a small firm environment would be beneficial; however, more importantly, we are looking for a motivated and responsible individual to work within our team.

The position requires proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 products, such as Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. It also requires the ability to coordinate and supervise external service providers for document organization and printing, couriers, process servers, and other services. The firm has a mostly paperless file management system and cloud-based legal accounting software.

The following attributes would help the candidate succeed in this position:

    The ability to work independently and take initiative;
    High ethical standards, professionalism and reliability;
    Excellent document formatting and file organization skills;
    Ability to take instructions accurately, set priorities, and adapt to client demands; and
    Excellent client communication skills (both verbal and written).

Whyley Legal offers a competitive salary, benefits, free scramble parking and a healthy, positive work-life balance. The hours for this position are Monday to Friday, 7.0 hours a day (35 hours per week) predominantly in person, with options for some remote work hours to be negotiated.