Administrative Assistant

**A RESUME AND COVER LETTER ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION**

Maryland Legal Aid (MLA) announces an immediate opening for a full-time Administrative Assistant position in the Anne Arundel/Howard County office located in Annapolis, Maryland. This position will perform clerical and administrative functions in a law office. Duties include but are not limited to the following:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Greets clients and visitors, answers multi-line phones, take messages, and provides referrals;
• Schedules appointments and maintains logs, calendars and other schedules for the unit office;
• Provides data entry for initial intake and transfer of cases and assists with opening and closing of cases;
• Maintains mail log, sorts, distributes, and scans incoming and outgoing mail;
• Provides administrative support, as needed, including typing legal documents and general correspondence and assists staff with formatting, printing, and scanning of documents and other information;
• Maintains, organizes, and updates legal forms, brochures, and other printed materials;
• Maintains office filing systems, including performing routine filing, file retrieval, and file purging;
• Maintains general upkeep of unit computers, printers, and copiers and keeps work area and lobby area neat;