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Contracts Legal Assistant / Legal Secretary | Elance Headquarters - Mountain View, CA
(TEMPORARY)
We are in the midst of a work revolution – it's moving online. And Elance is where it's going. Working online transcends geographies, governments, court rooms, and legal systems. We are building the infrastructure to make the online workplace safer, fully compliant, and more productive than any other work environment. And that's where you come in.
You are a detail-oriented legal assistant / legal secretary who is an expert with Microsoft Word 2012 and Adobe Acrobat, and have good experience in the process of drafting, redlining, proof reading and version control for printed contract forms. This is a two to four week part time project to revamp the text, organization, and appearance of Elance published contracts viewed by millions of users each year. This is a short-term contracting position located at Elance headquarters in Mountain View.
Your Responsibilities:
• Work with the Vice President, Finance & Legal to revise and publish numerous contract forms
• Participate in review and comment process from various departments
• Follow version control and folder management process
• Create Microsoft Word template(s) applicable to the entire contract set and apply template(s) to final forms
Key Characteristics:
• Communication – Must possess professional level language and grammar skills.
• Problem Solving – Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully and develops alternative solutions when needed. Possesses initiative and demonstrates sound common sense.
• Creative - Shows imagination. Generates new ideas to solve problems. Develops new methods to improve already established approaches.
• Organized – Plans and organizes tasks in an efficient and productive manner. Focuses on key priorities. Can juggle multiple projects. Displays extremely distinct attention to detail with a high level of accuracy.
• Quality – Demonstrated accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality performance. Possesses strong proofreading skills and the ability to focus on the smallest of details.
• Technical – Expert with MS Word 2010 and Adobe Acrobat, including significant knowledge of the reviewing & editing features of each, and other tools relevant to the job.
• Trustworthy – Able to maintain a high level of discretion, confidentiality, and professionalism concerning all financial and legal documentation and issues. Demonstrates sound work ethics.
Qualifications/Experience:
• Bachelors or Associate Degree
• At least 3 years of administrative experience, with preference for team-support experience. Legal, bank/loan, or title company experience is a plus but not necessary
• Expert in MS Office Word 2010, Adobe Acrobat, and advanced general computer skills
• Exceptional writing and verbal skills, communication, organization and attention to detail are required
• Experience with copy writing, layout, and printing a plus
About Us
Why do great people and innovative companies come to Elance? They do what they love, work on what´s important, and want to embrace a new way to work that is transforming businesses and careers all over the world. If you want to join a company that is making a difference in people´s lives every day, Elance is for you.
Elance is always looking for bright and talented people to join us in building the world´s leading human cloud company. We provide an easy, cost-effective online employment platform to match up employers with a qualified and ready workforce that represents some of the best in technical, creative, administrative and business talent.
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