Legal Assistant

Status: 12-Month Contract (potential extension)

Job Title: Legal Assistant

Location: Hybrid

Pay: $35-$42/hr

About the company:

They are a local natural gas distribution company that currently provides natural gas service to approximately 2.5 million people in more than 140 communities through more than 790,000 meters in Oregon and Southwest Washington, with one of the tightest, most modern pipeline systems in the nation. They consistently lead the industry with high J.D. Power & Associates customer satisfaction scores.

Legal Assistant Responsibilities:

• Ability to assist with uploading and administration of Board meeting materials for two public companies. Prior experience with Diligent or similar Board platforms is a bonus.
• Assist in obtaining and maintaining various business licenses, corporate organization, foreign qualifications, and similar corporate filings.
• Support corporate documentation of Board meetings and related records.
• Perform special assignments or projects as needed.
• Excellent attention to detail, superb writing, and proofreading abilities.

Legal Assistant Qualifications:

• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with Word and PowerPoint software programs; some experience in Excel and SharePoint environments would be desirable but is not mandatory.
• Requires a motivated, self-driven, independent, efficient, and resourceful team player and individual contributor.
• Experience managing due diligence, regulatory filings, etc.
• Ability to adapt to new subject matter areas easily and assimilate information quickly to develop additional areas of expertise.
• Exceptional reasoning, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail, excellent planning, and organizational skills.
• Professionalism and integrity and the ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.
• Desire to work on general corporate matters and various other matters.
• Ability to maintain effective relationships with team members on a small team, as well as colleagues on all employee levels, including senior and mid-level management, business partners, vendors, outside legal counsel, and opposing party counsel.
• Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability and desire to work independently as well as collaboratively.
• Strong work ethic and ability to multi-task, shift quickly from one task to another, prioritize, attend to detail and the big picture and follow-through on multiple projects.
• High degree of productivity, responsiveness, initiative, and flexibility, and a commitment to producing excellent work in a timely manner.
• Flexibility to manage periods of varying workload.