Access to Benefits Paralegal I Job at The Legal Aid Society
The Legal Aid Society’s Civil Practice has a Paralegal I position available to support the Access to Benefits Helpline and Citywide Intake Unit. The Helpline Paralegal I supports the Helpline teams by providing support during intake, translation services, high-volume data entry, archiving, and case management. The Helpline Paralegal 1 may, if applicable, provide referrals to the appropriate outside agencies. In addition, the Helpline Paralegal I will handle a wide range of tasks that support the team. The Helpline Paralegal I may also have occasional duties at other Legal Aid Society offices or intake sites. The A2B Helpline serves as an intake line for all inquiries regarding employment, unemployment insurance benefits, homeless rights, consumer, family law, education, government benefits, including food stamps, cash public assistance, disability, Medicaid, Medicare and other health and safety net benefits handled by the Society’s city-wide units
ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
- Perform administrative tasks during intakes, including gathering intake information and documents
- Enter data on various databases, including the case management system
- Generate daily, weekly, and monthly reports from various databases as needed
- Maintain and update case management database
- Obtain and copy court and office files
- Backup and support other administrative staff
- Assist in oral and written translation as needed
- Create case files
- Copy, collate, and batch documents
- Assist with court fillings
- Conduct off-site work as needed
- Other duties as assigned
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
- GED, high school diploma, four years of responsible work experience, or some combination of these is required
- One year of experience in a legal or other relevant work (paid or unpaid) environment is preferred
- Some relevant college level work and/or paralegal training preferred
- Proficiency in Spanish is required
- Strong writing, verbal, and organization skills
- Proficiency in word processing and strong computer skills
- Ability to learn and efficiently use new systems
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively on a team
- Ability to work flexible hours, including nights and/or weekends
- Experience in and/or commitment to advocacy on behalf of low-income people is strongly desired
SALARY TRANSPARENCY
The posting reflects the range of potential salaries for the role. The specific salary offers will be dependent on candidate qualifications, including collectively bargained salary steps for unionized roles.
Salary Range
$45,585 - $65,248
SALARY AND BENEFITS
The leadership of The Legal Aid Society believes in attracting and retaining exceptional talent committed to serving our clients. We offer a generous benefits package including health insurance, paid vacation, disability, and life insurance, and more. Salaries for our unionized jobs are governed by our Collective Bargaining Agreement. Please visit our Careers page for additional information. Salary and benefits information will be available to applicants, when and if, an offer is made.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
The leadership of The Legal Aid Society is committed to a work culture of zealous advocacy, respect, diversity and inclusion, client-oriented defense, access to justice and excellent representation. We are dedicated to building a strong professional relationship with each of our clients, to understanding their diverse circumstances, and to meeting their needs. Our ability to achieve these goals depends on the efforts of all of us.
COVID VACCINATION INFORMATION
The Legal Aid Society is taking precautions and implementing safety measures to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to comply with New York City's requirements concerning Covid-19. All members of the Legal Aid community have a shared responsibility to support and comply with policies and protocols to protect the health and safety of our community. Learn more about our COVID-19 policy by visiting our
website.
HOW TO APPLY
All applications must be completed online. We do not accept paper submissions. Please visit our Careers Page to review all current job postings, and instructions on the application process. For technical difficulties or questions regarding this posting, please email
jobpostquestions@legal-aid.org.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer, The Legal Aid Society prohibits discriminatory employment actions against and treatment of its employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race or color, size (including bone structure, body size, height, shape, and weight), religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity (one’s internal deeply-held sense of one’s gender which may be the same or different from one’s sex assigned at birth; one’s gender identity may be male, female, neither or both, e.g., non-binary), gender expression (the representation of gender as expressed through, for example, one’s name, choice of pronouns, clothing, haircut, behavior, voice, or body characteristics; gender expression may not be distinctively male or female and may not conform to traditional gender-based stereotypes assigned to specific gender identities), disability, marital status, relationship and family structure (including domestic partnerships, polyamorous families and individuals, chosen family, platonic co-parents, and multigenerational families), genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, arrest or pre-employment conviction record, credit history, unemployment status, caregiver status, salary history, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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