Job Description

Resource will provide legal, communication, organizational, and decision-making support to the Legal Department. Must be self-motivated and able to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines.

Perform a variety of legal support and decision-making duties including:

• Assisting in preparing responses to foreclosure actions, bankruptcy actions, and other process-oriented legal responses;
• Tracking status of foreclosure cases and Sheriff s sales involving IHCDA;
• Preparing a variety of legal documents necessary for the organization, such as contracts, mortgage releases/lien releases, reports, budgets, and internal communication;
• Sorting, analyzing and distributing mail within the legal department;
• Assisting Legal Counsel with word processing, filing and document transmittal services;
• Assisting Legal Counsel in transmitting legal correspondence to clients, customers, outside counsel and court officials by electronic filing, mail, fax or messenger;
• Managing special projects as assigned, including ensuring project progress, coordinating meetings, and maintaining organized project and case files;
• Assisting Legal Counsel in reviewing and making necessary data entry updates to Sharepoint contracts database;
• Performing records research, legal research, checking legal forms for accuracy, preparing legal documents, preparing drafts of contracts, preparing contract amendments; and

Performing other tasks as needed and assigned.

Required/Desired Skills

Skill Required /Desired Amount of Experience
Two (2) or four (4) year relevant educational degree (such as a Paralegal degree or certificate)	Required	2	Years
or minimum of 2 years exp in a law firm, government legal dept, corporate legal dept or equivalent setting w/exposure to legal terms and/or procedures	Required	2	Years
Minimum 2 years experience in the same position/employers	Required	2	Years
Demonstrated independent judgment and critical thinking skills	Required	0
Exceptional organizational skills	Required	0
Willingness and ability to take on a wide variety of tasks and new tasks as requested	Required	0
Ability to work with sensitive documents and information w/o divulging information to internal or external parties	Required	0
Interested in the mission of IHCDA and taking part in work that furthers that mission	Required	0
Demonstrated effective verbal and superior written communication skills	Required	0
Demonstrated customer service orientation	Required	0
Able to think logically and analytically	Required	0
Proactive in anticipating and alerting others to problems with projects or processes	Required	0
Exceedingly high detail orientation and accuracy	Required	0
Takes initiative and needs little supervision	Required	0
Able to prioritize, organize tasks and time, and follow up without being prompted	Required	0
Able to perform responsibilities efficiently, accurately and timely	Required	0
Able to work well in a team environment and as part of a team	Required	0
Possess a high level of expertise in Microsoft Word and proficient in basics of Microsoft Excel	Required	0

Questions

No. Question
Question1	Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you agree to this requirement?
Question2	Please provide the candidate's email address.
Question3	Candidate must currently be located in Indiana to be considered for this position. Please provide the City & State the candidate currently resides.
Question4	If selected for engagement, your candidate s hourly Pay Rate must be BETWEEN - and -. The Provider Markup for this position is 25%. Do you agree to these requirements?
Question5	This is a 3 month engagement. Please confirm the resource understands the duration of this position.
Question6	Selected resource will be required to work onsite 37.5 hours per week onsite at IHCDA located in Indianapolis. Please confirm the resource understands the weekly hours and onsite requirement.

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Contract work

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