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Legal Aid Saskatchewan has an opportunity available at its Northern Area Office (located in La Ronge), for a term part-time (0.5 FTE) Administrative Assistant, for a period up to and including June 28, 2019.
Legal Aid Saskatchewan provides accessible and professional legal services in criminal and family law to eligible people.
Applicants should have experience in a legal office, specifically in the areas of criminal and family law; as well as have the ability to type, word process and transcribe from dictating machines; the ability to use a database and a client service focus responding to telephone and in person client inquiries. Fluency in Microsoft Office is required. Preferred applicants should be High School graduates with one year of relevant post-secondary education and have a minimum of one year of previous related experience in a law office and possess good interpersonal skills.
The salary range is $22.64 to $27.46 per hour, plus a prorated monthly subsized housing allowance. The position is within the Union.
We encourage applications from people of Aboriginal ancestry, persons of a visible minority group and persons with disabilities. Legal Aid Saskatchewan has an employment equity program approved by the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission.
NOTE: In-service candidates will be considered prior to applications from the general public. We thank all applicants, however only candidates to be interviewed will be contacted.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Technical Terminology
- Legal
Area Of Specialization
- Correspondence
- Forms and records
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Sitting for extended periods
Business Equipment and Computer Applications
- Windows
- MS Word
- Excel
- Electronic mail
- Electronic scheduler
- Dictaphone
- General office equipment
- Internet browser