
Office Manager
O'Hagan Meyer
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Los Angeles • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $100,000 - $130,000 per year
About the role
- Overseeing the daily functions of the Los Angeles office.
- Ensure attorneys are provided with legal support services necessary to maintain the high level of client services.
- Maintain a culture of inclusiveness and teamwork while providing coaching, development, and encouragement.
- Successful leadership and execution of various duties and responsibilities including managing workflow, attorney assignments, and legal support staff.
- Ensure the office is professionally maintained and presentable to clients and visitors.
- Collaborate with business operations departments to implement and adhere to firm policies and procedures.
Requirements
- Supports operations by maintaining office systems and supervising legal support team and receptionist
- Manage workflow, attorney assignments and overflow for legal support staff and receptionist
- Approve PTO and OT requests
- Develop and coordinate backup process for out of office coverage, holiday scheduling and leaves of absence
- Serve as a liaison between the legal staff and Los Angeles Management Committee
- Host regular team meetings to ensure the legal support team is working as one unit to provide highest quality of service to the attorneys
- Provide regular feedback to Los Angeles Management Committee received during the team meetings and suggest solutions to specific issues that may arise
- Plan team social outings
- The Los Angeles Office Manager will ensure the office is professionally maintained and presentable to clients and visitors
- Organizing office operations and procedures to ensure supplies and copy paper levels are maintained throughout
- Reviewing, and approving supply requisitions
- Assigning and monitoring clerical functions.
- Manage Los Angeles operations, to ensure the teams are working together efficiently and effectively to provide the Los Angeles’ attorneys’ daily support
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work with team and office leaders as well as legal support staff team members
- Detail oriented to anticipate questions related to workflow and legal staff assignments
- Collaborate with the various business operations departments to implement and adhere to firm policies and procedures, including HR, IT, Accounting, Marketing and Senior Management.
- Participate in the legal staff hiring process by:
- Helping to identify when hiring is needed
- Help determine the level of experience and qualifications required
- Screen and assess candidate qualifications and
- Participating in the interview process
- Training new hires
- Monitor performance of legal support staff and identifying and facilitating opportunities to increase productivity and efficiency.
- Proactively provide constructive feedback for performance issues
- Complete regular reviews of legal staff
- Handle conflicts and resolve complaints and escalate as necessary.
- Work with office and firm management and departments to maintain and implement office policies by establishing standards and procedures, measuring results against standards, and making necessary adjustments.
- Completes operational requirements (managing) employees, following up on work product.
- Keeps office and firm management informed by summarizing information, identifying trends, and communicating results.
- Point of contact for building management for service requests and on-site parking
- Recommends office and workstation assignments with collaboration of Los Angeles Management Committee
- Hosts regular 1 on 1 meetings with legal support staff to provide direction and guidance
- Additional projects as requested by supervisors
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental, & Vision)
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary, & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick Leave, & Company Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long-Term Disability
- Training & Development
- Free Food & Snacks in Office
- Wellness Resources
- Commuter Benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
office managementworkflow managementlegal support servicesstaff supervisionschedulingperformance monitoringrequisition approvalteam coordinationconflict resolutiontraining
Soft Skills
leadershipinterpersonal skillsteamworkcommunicationdetail orientedcoachingproblem-solvingfeedback provisionorganizational skillscollaboration