Summary: Provide legal and administrative support to attorneys and/or paralegals specializing in the areas of trust administration, estate planning, estate administration, and guardianships. Position will support multiple attorneys and/or paralegals.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities - primary job duties that incumbent must be able to perform include:

General:

• Assist Attorneys and/or paralegals;
• Enter billable and non-billable time into time entry system for attorneys and paralegals supported;
• Convert draft estate planning documents, correspondence, memoranda and reports into quality typed form;
• Interface directly with clients relative to substantive matters;
• Review, sort, and date mail; maintain files, record telephone messages;
• Ability to draft and prepare routine office correspondence and forms;
• Perform copying, mailing, faxing, filing and scanning;
• Handle general administrative and secretarial projects;
• Assist other members of the firm as time permits;
• Assist receptionist as needed; and
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Thorough understanding of estate planning documents including wills, revocable trusts and irrevocable trusts;
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to follow instructions effectively and efficiently and to provide information with courtesy and tact;
• Ability to maintain effective relationships with clients, other professionals, attorneys, managers and all other Fletcher Tilton PC staff;
• Ability to represent Fletcher Tilton PC in a professional capacity to clients and related professionals;
• Ability to maintain confidentiality on all client matters;
• Ability to be alert to current matters to further results and progress of client matters;
• Must be well organized, detail oriented and self-motivated, able to prioritize numerous tasks and complete them within time constraints;
• Ability to take responsibility for seeing all tasks through to the end;
• Ability to proofread and produce documents that are neat, attractive and free from errors;
• Must have excellent word processing skills and ability to work with a personal computer, operate standard office equipment such as photocopier, facsimile machine, scanner, typewriter and calculator;
• Must be proficient with Microsoft applications: Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint;
• Ability to perform non-complex arithmetic calculations when verifying calculations on forms and documents and when maintaining records and files at a level normally acquired through high school or the equivalent;
• Ability to work well in a team environment; and
• Ability to operate the switchboard and to meet and greet clients in a courteous, professional manner.

Credentials and Experience:

• High School Diploma with courses in secretarial/office administration or equivalent and substantial experience in, trust administration and estate planning or related field; and
• Minimum of five years on the job experience necessary in order to perform complex administrative duties in a professional services setting.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $22.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Worcester, MA 01608: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person