The Criminal Defense Practice of The Legal Aid Society has an opening for a Support Staff in its Manhattan office to provide client services.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Receptionist work: answering phones, delivering messages, and routing calls to legal staff
• Perform all word processing as needed
• Copy, fax, scan, collate, and batch documents
• Distribute various documents
• Enter and search for data on various databases
• Generate daily, weekly, and monthly reports from various databases
• Update court calendars
• Send and retrieve files from archives
• Catalogue and update library materials
• Office filing
• Create and maintain case files
• Sort and deliver mail (may involve going to post office), including UPS/FEDEX, Airborne, etc.
• Prepare and deliver court filings
• Messenger assignments
• Provide general information to clients, clients' families, vendors, and staff
• Other duties as assigned

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent work experience
• High proficiency in word processing and computer skills, especially Microsoft Office
• Strong interpersonal, communications, and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently and in a team setting
• Ability to problem-solve and multi-task
• Position may require work in office, courtroom, and other field settings
• Knowledge of NYC public transportation

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/ Salary: $45,726 to $65,390

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.

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 .

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); 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 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.

Please submit these documents as a single combined PDF when you apply via the LAS (Legal Aid Society) Recruitment Portal.

• Cover letter
• Resume