Legal Administrative Assistant

Description

Leidos is looking for an intelligent, hardworking, high-energy, and flexible Legal Administrative Assistant to join our Corporate Legal Department in Reston – VA. In this role, you will provide administrative support to multiple teams within our Legal Department.

We are looking for someone who has excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interact confidently and tactfully with all levels of executives, staff, outside counsel and third parties as necessary. You should also be open to learning new skills and have the ability to work well under pressure.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Coordinate travel and create expense reports for attorneys and help their team members using Concur.
• Prepare Word, Excel, PowerPoint presentations, agendas, reports, special projects and other documents in support of objectives for the organization.
• Manage half of the professional memberships for the legal department such as PLI, CCR Corp, NACD.
• Manage ELTs memberships such as Nasdaq, BoardVantage, and Agenda to assure accuracy and timely payments.
• Coordinate team activities and events that attorneys and their teams might need such as team meetings, training sessions with outside counsel, as well as meetings with overseas team members and clients.
• Arrange and reserve conference rooms, catering, audio/video and other essential services as needed for meetings and conferences.
• Daily management of calendar and meetings for attorneys, as well as general administrative duties such as copying, scanning, document formatting, distribution of mail for attorneys and their teams.
• Arrange and reserve conference rooms, catering, audio/video and other essential services as needed for meetings and conferences
• Arrange UPS, FedEx, DHL and USPS mail to be sent to employees, directors, government entities, clients, outside counsel and other 3rd parties.

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Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED and 5+ years of prior relevant administrative support experience.
• Thorough knowledge of and experience with suite of Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Able to prioritize and exercise good judgment, initiative and discretion.
• Willingness to learn new software applications, platforms, and tools.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; the ability to communicate clearly and accurately both verbally and in writing is a must.
• Ability to consistently work effectively, efficiently, and cooperatively with other corporate functions and departments, clients from line organizations, and external parties such as outside law firms.
• Appreciation of the sensitivity of matters handled by the Leidos Legal Department and demonstration of discretion and confidentiality in the performance of tasks and duties.
• Self-starter and ability to work with minimal supervision and exhibit a high level of attention to detail and accuracy in all work.
• Professional demeanor, highly organized, and work well in collaborative settings.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience working with attorneys and paralegals in a corporate setting.
• Bachelor’s degree or some college/post-high school course work.

Original Posting Date:

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.