Location: New York,NY, USA
Job Description This position has the potential to be remote, but candidates would need to go onsite occasionally. Education/Experience Required: • Candidates must have a paralegal certificate. • Candidates must have a minimum of 2 years of experience providing complex clerical level legal support services to an attorney. Skills Required: • Knowledge of basic legal processes • Knowledge of legal terminology and legal forms • Legal Research Techniques • Ability to read, understand, and interpret laws, legal documents, and other written materials • Utilize Microsoft Suite *All Paralegals are to work 7.50 hours each day, allowing for a 30-minute lunch break. Two fifteen-minute breaks, one in the am hours and one in the pm hours are allowed on state time. * Breaks may not be used to shorten the workday. Requested Services: Paralegal services are required so that the department can issue written fair hearing decisions in a timely manner. Seeking full-time Paralegals from Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens and Richmond Counties to draft decisions after fair hearings based on written guidance from the presiding Administrative Law Judge, evidence, audio recordings, and standardized, proprietary decision drafting software. Paralegals may be directed to listen to hearings as they happen and state their appearance on the record. Administrative Law Judges will provide Paralegals with recommended outcomes, credibility assessments, and other relevant information required for Paralegals to utilize proprietary decision drafting software to create a draft decision including correct and relevant law, findings of fact, analysis, and directives. Paralegal Requirements: • Be professional and provide drafted decisions in the timeframe provided. • Possess paralegal certification. • Have a minimum of two years of experience providing complex clerical level legal support services to an attorney. • Have excellent verbal and written communication skills, an understanding of legal language and principles, and strong organizational and analytical skills. • Maintain confidentiality and agree to non-disclosure agreements maintained by the contractor and available for inspection by the department. • Access systems and complete all assignments within the 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia. *Offers are contingent upon successful completion of background check requirements* No parking provided at this location. Benefits: For information and details on employment benefits offered with this position, please visit here . Should you have any questions/concerns, please contact our HR Department via our secure website . California Pay Equity: For information and details on pay equity laws in California, please visit the State of California Department of Industrial Relations' website here . Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances. If you need assistance in completing this application, or during any phase of the application, interview, hiring, or employment process, whether due to a disability or otherwise, please contact our HR Department . Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).