Uptown Law Firm seeks Full-time Administrative Assistant

Great opportunity to work in a multi-lingual environment with an international law firm in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Position is full-time. The position requires assisting a Managing Partner and other lawyers with day-to-day needs such as client correspondence, billing, filing, answering phones, updating spreadsheets, working on ad hoc projects and managing databases.

Ideal Candidates will have 1-5 years office experience at a law or accounting firm or other client-based

service industry, strong Excel and Apple OS/PC skills and the ability to effectively multi-task. Native or fluent German language ability is a must.

Duties:

• Writing letters and emails from dictation in German and English 
• Billing and WIP/AR review 
• Independently drafting of administrative letters, memoranda and general administrative documents 
• Customer care/client management 
• Assisting in all other ad hoc office duties 

Ideal Candidates:

• Fluent in English AND German (native or fluent German language ability) 
• Strong secretarial/administrative experience 
• Fully computer literate with very good knowledge of Open Office, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. 
• Knowledge of billing and attorney software (for example Rocket Matter, Quicken, TimeMatters, TimeSlips, Amicus, QuickBooks) as well as web-design/blog-design software (Joombla, WordPress, Typo3, Constant Contact etc.) is a plus 
• Good management, organizational and numerical skills 
• Hardworking team player 
• Excellent communication skills 
• Self-initiative and self-motivated 

Please send your application and resume to BridgehouseLaw, Attn: Judith Haensel, LL.M. via email judith.haensel@bridgehouselaw.us.