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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 09/15/17

Applications Due09/29/17

Vacancy ID43849

NY HELPNo

AgencyHomes and Community Renewal

TitleLegal Assistant 2

Occupational CategoryLegal

Salary Grade17

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $52518 to $66855 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 40

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Albany

Street Address 38-40 State St.

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12207

Minimum Qualifications You must be reachable on the Civil Service list or eligible for transfer.

Duties Description Incumbent will provide principal paralegal and administrative support for nine attorneys, real property legal unit. Incumbent will possess advanced computer programming and word processing skills and be capable of designing complex merge documents for the preparation of legal documents and use the internet to perform legal research and locate cases, statutes, regulations, legislation and law review articles as requested. The incumbent must be able to create, organize and maintain MS Access databases as needed by the unit with the assistance of the IT unit. Currently, this includes Mitchell Lama Tenant Appeals and Freedom of Information Law requests. Incumbent will be expected to prepare reports from the databases as needed. Incumbent collects and organizes documents from mortgage closings and prepares permanent legal closing binders for the unit. Familiarity with real property closings and the document recording process is beneficial. Incumbent will review agency contracts for completeness and consistency and will be responsible for efficiently routing contracts to awardees for signature and return. Incumbent will work closely with attorneys managing Freedom of Information Law inquiries, including responding to questions concerning FOIL policies and procedures, drafting letters and gathering records and information from throughout the agency. Incumbent prepares FOIL documents for release in accordance with the FOIL statute.

Additional Comments PLEASE PROVIDE A CURRENT RESUME IF INTERESTED IN APPOINTMENT.
This position is pending DOB approval.

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Name Ilan Halfi

Telephone 518-486-5066

Fax 518-486-5007

Email Address ilan.halfi@nyshcr.org

Address

Street 38-40 State St.

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12207

 

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