Legal Assistant Details

Legal Assistant

West 4th Strategy - Washington, DC

Employment Type : Full-Time

ROLE

We need an experienced legal administrative professional to help the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Office of Federal Operations (OFO).

This is a full-time opportunity. We can offer job security and stability, and competitive pay.

Apply today!

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Receive and open approximately 1,500 incoming correspondence on monthly basis
• Date-stamp each envelope, photocopy the envelope, and associate the photocopied envelope with the contents of the envelope
• Prepare documents for scanning by removing staples, paperclips, etc., and repairing torn pages
• Operate high-speed scanners
• Identify the appropriate scanning location for documents
• Perform quality control on scanned documents to ensure readability and clarity
• File hardcopy documents into the appropriate appellate file jackets that are stored in numerical order in the Control Unit
• Mail approximately 1,000 new appeal acknowledgement letters monthly
• Process approximately 400 OFO decisions monthly by retrieving from the designated digital folder the final version of the appellate decision provided by attorneys, verifying the digital signature, dating the decision using established business rules, and printing and converting the resulting signed/dated decision to Adobe PDF format
• Delete and extract certain parts of the PDF appellate decision and save components of the decision per office requirements in the office digital repository
• Make enough copies of the decision to insert a copy in each of the government supplied envelopes that have a pre-printed address for mailing by a Control Unit employee
• Provide assistance in preparing and boxing “closed” appellate file jackets for transfer to the Federal Records Center

BACKGROUND

• Progressive and relevant experience

EDUCATION

• Preference for college degree

JOB LOCATION

• Washington D.C. 20507

West 4th Strategy is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, age, marital status, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, pregnancy, political affiliation, military or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal or state law.

Other Considerations: This position is W-2 only; no Corp-to-Corp or 1099 candidates. Relocation will not be offered. Selected applicants will be subject to a background investigation. Individual’s primary workstation is located in an office area. The noise level in this environment is low to moderate. Regularly required to sit for extended periods up to 80% of the time; frequently required to move about to access file cabinets and use office equipment such as PC, copier, fax, telephone, cell phone, etc. Occasionally required to reach overhead, bend, and lift objects of up to 10 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the use of computer monitor screens up to 80% of the time.

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