Senior Paralegal/Executive Admin

UWM
Pontiac, MI
Category Education
Job Description
Role Overview

This role combines executive administrative support, senior paralegal support, and corporate governance coordination within the Legal department. The person in this role supports the Legal team as well as all levels of leadership while also assisting with legal document review, subpoenas and discovery, legal research, contracts, regulatory filings, governance-related materials, sensitive documentation, leadership communications, and cross-functional follow-through.

What You Will Do

Provide direct administrative and coordination support to executive leadership, prepare for meetings, complete expense reports, coordinate direct mailings, run errands, and support general Legal department operations.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Must have strong judgment, discretion, urgency, attention to detail, and the ability to keep Legal, leadership, and governance workstreams organized and moving forward. Must have experience performing legal research and the ability to understand, organize, and summarize legal, regulatory, governance, or compliance information.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree, Paralegal certificate, or equivalent relevant Legal, Compliance, corporate governance, or executive support experience.
  • At least 1 year of experience in a law firm, legal department, governance support, executive support, or similar legal-support environment creating, organizing, reviewing, or editing legal documents and leadership materials.
  • Experience performing legal research and the ability to understand, organize, and summarize legal, regulatory, governance, or compliance information.
  • Knowledge of litigation, subpoenas, discovery, contracts, and standard elements of legal documents or agreements.
  • Strong writing, editing, proofreading, communication, and document-preparation skills; experience with minutes or governance materials is a plus.
  • Excellent organization, multitasking, prioritization, follow-through, and ability to shift quickly as business needs change.
  • High sense of urgency, strong client-service mindset, and ability to support internal and external stakeholders professionally.
  • Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with the utmost discretion and sound judgment.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, Forms, and document management tools.
  • Commitment to continuous business improvement, process efficiency, accuracy, and proactive team support.

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off (PTO) after just 30 days
  • Additional parental and maternity leave benefits after 12 months
  • Adoption reimbursement program
  • Paid volunteer hours
  • Paid training and career development
  • Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
  • 401k with employer match
  • Mortgage discount and area business discounts
  • Free membership to our large, state-of-the-art fitness center, including exercise classes such as yoga and Zumba, various sports leagues and a full-size basketball court
  • Wellness area, including an in-house primary-care physician’s office, full-time massage therapist and hair salon
  • Gourmet cafeteria featuring homemade breakfast and lunch
  • Convenience store featuring healthy grab-and-go snacks
  • In-house Starbucks and Dunkin
  • Indoor/outdoor café with Wi-Fi
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