Office Support Associate

General Counsel Office

The University of Missouri System is offering the opportunity for an office support professional to join a high-performing university legal department that emphasizes teamwork and collegiality. If you have a positive attitude and a strong work ethic, apply today! Responsibilities will include providing legal and clerical support, drafting documents, communications with internal departments, clients, and other individuals, and assisting staff with various projects. Do not miss this challenging and rewarding opportunity. The UM System offers a robust suite of benefits, including paid holidays, affordable insurance, tuition assistance, etc.

Office Support Duties to include: welcoming guests and clients by greeting them, in person and on the telephone; answering or directing inquires; provide general clerical and telephone support to attorneys and staff. Receive, sort, and distribute daily mail/deliveries; log and route contracts, endowments, and invoices; scheduling coordinator; scheduling and calendaring events and deadlines; processing and routing collections letters; ordering office supplies and maintaining inventory of supplies; manage office faxes; maintain and organize central filing system; destruction of confidential documents

Support for Staff Attorneys: Floating legal support for all attorneys; maintaining and updating law library materials; filing of case materials, to include preparing both paper files and electronic; preparing ethics reports and other professional reports for staff attorneys.

Fiscal Support Duties: Processing and tracking payment of outside counsel invoices; collections (preparing dunning notices, coordinating with departments to respond to requests for further information from debtors), assigning invoices for review by attorneys and responsible for their review by departments.

Monday - Friday,,8 am - 5 pm

Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience and at least 3 years of experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired is necessary.

Some post-secondary education. Experience working with Microsoft programs including Outlook, Word, and Excel. Experience with M365 software is a plus.

The chosen candidate must have office experience, and strong communication skills.

The right individual will be detail oriented, well organized, and professional.

Salary Range: $19.00 - $24.82 per hour
Grade: GGS 008
University Title: Office Support Associate
Internal applicants can determine their University title by accessing the Talent Profile tile in myHR.

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This position is eligible for University benefits. As part of your total compensation, the University offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision plans, retirement, paid time off, short- and long-term disability, paid parental leave, paid caregiver leave, and educational fee discounts for all four UM System campuses. For additional information on University benefits, please visit the Faculty & Staff Benefits website at https://www.umsystem.edu/totalrewards/benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To request ADA accommodations, please call the Director of Accessibility and ADA at 573-884-7278.