Job Description
**Full-Time Position with Benefits**
**Benefits Offered:** Dental, Medical, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Vision
**About Us:**
Established in 1989, our law firm specializes in the collection of unpaid real estate taxes and municipal utility fees. We proudly represent more than 200 municipal clients throughout Pennsylvania, with offices in King of Prussia, Allentown, and Aliquippa.
**Join Our Team:**
We are seeking candidates who are driven by a personal need to excel and who possess excellent verbal and written communication skills. As a member of our team, you will join a motivated group dedicated to serving our municipal clients with distinction. We offer a flexible work environment for some positions, allowing you to work from home and at hours convenient for you. We currently have employees working remotely throughout Pennsylvania. Other positions are hybrid, requiring specific hours to be spent in our Allentown or King of Prussia office locations. Our friendly work environment has led many of our employees to stay with us for over 10 years and advance into leadership positions.
We offer competitive employment packages that include a range of benefits.
**Job Overview and Requirements:**
The Legal Administrator will support various administrative and clerical tasks. This entry-level position offers an exciting opportunity to provide front-line, day-to-day support to taxpayers while helping keep our law firm running smoothly.
As a Legal Administrator, you will answer phone calls, provide solutions to taxpayer inquiries, prepare daily correspondence, formalize and oversee payment arrangements, and manage other administrative activities as needed. The ideal candidate must be organized, work well independently, and possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
When applying, please submit a professional cover letter with your resume.
**Essential Responsibilities:**
- Review files and independently prepare appropriate correspondence as assigned.
- Answer and return telephone calls from property owners, negotiate payment plan terms, and make recommendations for hardship consideration.
- Create payment plan modules and monitor payment plan status persistently.
- Understand and follow office policies to ensure compliance.
- Establish a level of proficiency on client nuances.
- Other duties as assigned.
**Essential Requirements:**
- B.A/B.S from an accredited university. In the absence of a B.A./B.S, one (1) to three (3) years of work experience in collections is required.
- Fluency in Spanish is a plus but not required.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word), the Internet, and ability to learn Collection Partner (Hubbard).
- Continual attention to detail in composing, typing, and proofing materials, as well as establishing priorities and meeting deadlines.
- Excellent organization and time management skills with the ability to handle competing priorities with a sense of urgency.
- Ability to work as part of a team while maintaining professional working relationships with a diverse group of individuals.
- Dependable, with a strong work ethic and personal integrity.
- Ability to work overtime as mandated.
**Compensation and Benefits:**
- Health Reimbursement Arrangement
- Dental and Vision Coverage
- 401(k) Retirement Investment Plan with Employer Match
- Paid Time Off & Holidays
- Section 125 Flexible Spending Account
- Portable Colonial Supplemental Insurance Options
- Employee Assistance Program
- Free Fitness Facility
**Physical Demands/Work Environment:**
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands and arms to operate general office equipment (PC, telephone, file cabinets, copier, postage meter, fax machine, and printer). The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: $ 85,000.00 120,000.00 Per Year
Job Tags
Holiday work, Full time, Work experience placement, Remote job, Work from home, Flexible hours,