Paralegal
Role summary
This Civil Service position with NYS Retirement seeks a Paralegal to manage eviction proceedings, process judgments, enforce collections, and prepare repayment agreements. Responsibilities include maintaining databases, preparing legal documents, and communicating with tenants and legal counsel. The role requires proficiency in Microsoft Office and excellent communication skills. Experience in insurance claims processing is preferred. Multiple experience pathways are available, including a bachelor's degree with one year of paralegal experience, an associate degree with three years of experience, or five years of direct experience.
This is a Civil Service Position with NYS Retirement.
· Conduct all rent and objectionable evictions, including running monthly aged reports for all sites, facilitating monthly eviction meetings with site managers, maintaining contact with executive office and attorneys, maintaining eviction database spreadsheet, assisting with preparation of 5 day and 30-day notices, preparation for Court by typing draft petitions and notice of petitions, organizing exhibits, and file pleadings with court clerks, in an accurate and timely manner. Schedule and attend grievance hearings and attend Court with legal counsel as needed.
· Process judgments with the Court Clerk and enforce collections for all tenants that have been evicted wherein BHA receives a judgment and all tenants who have vacated their apartments with a balance due.
· Prepare all repayment agreements, meeting with tenants to execute agreements, notarizing agreements, setting agreements up in HAB (tenant software), processing payments in HAB, sending out monthly late notices and maintaining a spreadsheet of payments received. Contacting tenants that are delinquent in rent payments to offer repayment agreements.
· Utilizes personal computer for database work and word processing daily. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office programs. Excellent communication skills required, both written and verbal.
Other duties as needed.
Experience:
a) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a bachelor’s degree and one year of experience as a paralegal, legal assistant, or in the processing and investigation of insurance claims, evictions, and debt collections; or
b) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with an associate degree and three years’ experience as in (a); or
c) Five years’ experience as in (a); or
d) An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (a), (b), and (c).
Pay: From $43,500.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Free parking
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
