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About the Role
The Legal Administrative Assistant provides comprehensive administrative and program coordination support for various initiatives within the department, serving as the primary operational liaison between leadership, external coaching vendors, practice group leaders, and firm administrative departments. Key responsibilities include managing vendor invoicing and budget tracking, coordinating high-volume scheduling, maintaining program tracking systems, and serving as the go-to resource for firm contacts and initiative roll-out logistics.
Responsibilities
- Submits all vendor invoices and ensures timely processing turnaround
- Maintains budget tracking systems for departmental programs
- Initiates the vendor onboarding process for all external vendors
- Processes all external contracts and invoices related to departmental initiatives
- Coordinates same-day meetings regarding time-sensitive issues
- Schedules orientations, briefings, and onboarding sessions for external vendors and coaches
- Schedules collaboration meetings with partners across all geographies and leadership to discuss initiatives
- Facilitates meeting scheduling between leadership, associates, staff members, and external participants
- Coordinates logistics for recurring program series
- Proofreads email communications
- Schedules virtual meetings and coordinates transcription
- Provides instructions to guest speakers and schedules preparatory calls
- Oversees recording and distribution of session materials
- Maintains tracking systems for all departmental programs and initiatives
- Manages project management tools (e.g., SmartSheet), including training and data retrieval
- Collects and maintains reference libraries and contact databases for external vendors and coaches
- Updates program rosters and lists with relevant and current information
- Analyzes practice group data, including associate hours analysis, in preparation for meetings
- Transcribes meeting notes to contribute to broader messaging and reporting
- Consults with internal contacts regarding lateral partner sponsors and integration planning
- Maintains firm tracking systems with sponsor and onboarding information
- Schedules coaching onboarding sessions and introductory meetings for new and lateral partners
- Coordinates with relevant departments to ensure coaching involvement in integration planning
- Serves as the primary point of contact for all leadership inquiries regarding firm contacts and initiative roll-out
- Interfaces with Knowledge Management, Client/Business Development, Executive Assistants, Billing, and other firm departments as needed
- Coordinates scheduling and communications for external coaches, partners, counsel, associates, and internal team members
Requirements
- College degree or equivalent
- Expert proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) applications
- Proficiency with SmartSheet or comparable project management software
- Strong organizational skills that reflect the ability to seamlessly perform and prioritize multiple tasks with excellent attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with internal and external lawyers, coaches, staff, and clients
- Expert communication skills, both written and verbal
- Demonstrated ability to manage high-volume scheduling and vendor coordination
- Proactive approach to problem-solving and strong decision-making capability
- Experience with budget tracking, invoice processing, and vendor management
- Experience working in a law firm, professional services organization, or customer service capacity
Skills
- MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
- SmartSheet or comparable project management software
- Organizational skills
- Attention to detail
- Interpersonal skills
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- High-volume scheduling
- Vendor coordination
- Problem-solving
- Decision-making
- Budget tracking
- Invoice processing
- Vendor management
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Hybrid
Education Level
- College degree or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- New York: $75,800 - $109,950
Benefits
- Comprehensive health and well-being benefits
- Personal and professional development
- Career growth opportunities
- Collegial and supportive culture
- Discretionary bonus based on performance
About the Company
- Ropes & Gray is a preeminent global law firm.
- The firm has been ranked in the top three on The American Lawyer's prestigious A-List for eight consecutive years and #1 on Law.com's UK A-List twice in the past three years.
- The firm has approximately 2,500 lawyers and professionals serving clients in major centers of business, finance, technology, and government in Boston, Chicago, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.
- The firm has consistently been recognized for its leading practices in many areas, including asset management, private equity, M&A, finance, real estate, tax, antitrust, life sciences, health care, intellectual property, litigation & enforcement, privacy & cybersecurity, and business restructuring.
Equal Opportunity
- Ropes & Gray is an equal opportunity employer.