With offices in London, Toronto, Strathroy and Kitchener, Lerners LLP provides a full range of legal services throughout Ontario. Lerners maintains an attractive work environment with excellent support services and state-of-the-art technology. Lerners’ employees enjoy a fast-paced work environment and a supportive, collegial culture. Our positions are best suited to individuals who take pride in their work and understand the importance of exceptional client service.

Lerners is seeking a Document Specialist to support the firm’s Ontario offices. The ideal candidate will have at least two years of experience working in a similar position. The primary duty is to provide document support firm wide, including everything from transcription to managing support requests. This is a full-time opportunity and a day shift with core work hours of Monday to Friday from 8:00am-4:00pm. This is a Hybrid position and requires a minimum of 2 days in office or as required.

Primary Responsibilities:

• providing firm-wide document support
• creating various legal and other documents through copy typing, transcription scanning, or other methods
• proofreading and checking documents for appropriate formatting, spelling, and grammar
• converting styles, performing mails merges, inserting media into presentations, creating tables, working with graphs and objects
• correcting document corruption, document version comparisons, and checking for accurate revisions
• responding promptly to requests, meeting deadlines, and working on ad hoc requests from various departments
• managing the intake process of all document production requests and document support requests which include prioritizing and coordinating work for completion
• applying word processing expertise to be able to work on complex legal and other documents
• other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• advanced technical skills in MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint and Word
• ability to troubleshoot issues within documents
• prior experience working with large legal documents
• previous work as a legal assistant or law clerk would be considered an asset
• dictation and transcription experience would be considered an asset

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should submit an application including an updated resume and cover letter to our career portal by January 9, 2023 . Successful candidates can expect a response by January 16, 2023. Due to the volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted.

All Lerners employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Benefits of Working at Lerners:

Working at Lerners is both challenging and rewarding.

Our skilled Learning and Development team provides training and continued support to all firm members. Lerners is proud to offer a competitive salary and benefits package:

Salary:

Commensurate with skill level and years of experience.

Benefits:

• Health, Extended Health, Dental and Vision care
• LTD insurance
• Life insurance
• Parking/Transit reimbursement
• RRSP matching program
• Paid Volunteer Time
• Referral Bonus
• Employee Assistance Program