Job Posting –Estate Planning, Probate and Estate Administration Senior Legal Assistant or Junior Paralegal Onyx Law Group is a boutique family law and estate law firm in downtown Vancouver and Current Westminster that prides itself on its work culture of mentorship and collegiality. We offer competitive salaries and a full extended health and benefits package. Position will be at our downtown Vancouver location, with some flexibility to having a hybrid role, working part-time from home. We are looking to hire a regular part-time or full-time Senior Legal Assistant or Junior Paralegal who will have the following duties/responsibilities: 1. Client intake for new potential clients; 2. Client identification and verification tasks; 3. Onboarding new clients; 4. Drafting letters and other documents from templates; 5. Corresponding with third parties regarding information/document requests; 6. Drafting probate application documents, from templates; 7. Filing applications with the probate registry - online or through a filing agent; 8. Commissioning affidavits with clients (having commissioners licence/stamp would be an asset); 9. Knowledge and experience with the probate process and the estate administration process would be an asset; 10. Organizing digital and paper file documents (saving and naming files consistently, foldering, etc); 11.



Drafting estate planning documents, such as wills, enduring power of attorney agreements, and representation agreements, from templates; 12. Coordinating client appointments; 13. Managing and keeping up-to-date task lists/file statuses; 14. Filing Notice to Creditors in the BC Gazette; 15. Preparing Reporting letters from templates and incorporating notes from the file; 16. Managing own time keeping with requisite detail and a value-oriented approach/style; 17. Performing BC Online searches for corporate summaries, title search and PPSA searches; 18. Preparing authorizations/FOI documents on clients’ behalf; 19. Stripping/closing files; 20. Performing wills notice and other searches from Vital Statistics; 21. Working with outside vendors such as couriers and agents; 22. File management including assistance with review of bills, drafting invoice cover letters, and managing monetary retainers and their replenishment; and 23.Generally, assisting in a variety of administrative tasks as they arise. Qualified candidates will have attained a Legal Assistant or Paralegal Certificate or Diploma and have at least 2 years experience working in a legal administration role. Please provide a cover letter, resume, list of references and transcripts to and to apply.

📌 Senior Legal Assistant / Paralegal - Estate Planning, Probate And Estate Administration (Vancouver)
🏢 Onyx Law Group
📍 Vancouver