Student Job Opportunity

PARALEGAL

Job Category: Administration Group
Requisition Number: PARAL001427
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Posting Details

Posted: December 8, 2021

Full-Time

Metro Nash Airport Author
Nashville, TN 37214, USA

Job Details

Description

As infrastructure critical to the region’s growth and prosperity, BNA is a vital asset for Middle Tennessee and serves as a gateway to Music City and beyond. According to a recent study, in 2019 alone, BNA generated more than $8.1 billion in total economic impact, supported more than 76,000 jobs in the region and produced more than $443 million in state, local and federal taxes. BNA receives no local tax dollars. For more information, visit flynashville.com. Follow us on Facebook: @NashvilleInternationalAirport, Twitter: @Fly_Nashville and Instagram: @FlyNashville. Learn more about BNA® Vision, our growth and expansion plan for the airport, at BNAVision.com.

Hiring Process:

Apply online
Interview
Offer
Ten (10) year background check, including criminal history check, motor vehicle check, pre-employment drug screen and breath alcohol test
Onboarding

Benefits:  

Deferred compensation plans
Educational Assistance
Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability Insurance
Health Screenings
Paid Holidays
Annual/Bereavement/Military Leave

Accepting Applications until filled

Starting Salary Range: $56,257 - $76,540

Job Summary:

The Paralegal is responsible for providing paralegal support on legal and legislative projects, including preparing, maintaining, and processing legal documents and records pertaining to contracts, lawsuits, claims, condemnations, and other legal matters. 

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Provides paralegal support, assists with legal and legislative projects and various sensitive legal and Board matters for each department, including tracking incoming projects and deadlines, maintaining department contacts, and anticipating demand for legal services.
• Tracks litigation and ensures records of outside counsel are accurate and complete.
• Interacts with outside counsel and lobbyists to maintain internal deadlines for projects.
• Maintains accurate and confidential records and files in accordance with MNAA records management system.
• Proofreads and corrects drafts for grammar, punctuation, and spelling to produce error-free work.
• Ensures that MNAA meets the required guidelines under the Tennessee Public Records Act
• Researches and verifies all public records requests for release.
• Assists with managing and monitoring legal budget, including outside counsel, tracking departmental needs and spending, processing legal invoices for payment, identifying budgetary aberrations, and projecting budgetary needs.
• Serves as Administrative Assistant to Chief Legal Officer to include calendar management.
• Monitors attorneys’ memberships, licenses, and continuing legal education requirements to ensure compliance.
• Manages travel for attorneys in the legal department.
• Reviews insurance to verify that requirements of contracts, licenses, agreements, and leases are met by contractors prior to final signature.
• Verifies that sureties on payment and performance bonds are certified, licensed, and have sufficient underwriting limits.
• Supports MNAA’s commitment to its culture and values, including Respect, Integrity, Service and Excellence (RISE).
• Maintains regular and on-time attendance.
• Follows all safety regulations.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics:

• Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
• Communication: Skill in communicating effectively at all levels of the organization and with stakeholders, both orally and in writing.
• Computer Use: Skill in using a personal computer, the internet, and other software to perform job-related functions, including ability to manage invoices in finance system.
• Confidentiality: Skill in exercising sound judgment and discretion in the handling of sensitive documents and issues.
• Relationship Building: Skill in establishing and maintaining effective and professional working relationships with others.
• Word Processing: Skill in computerized word processing quickly and accurately.
• Written Comprehension: Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Written Expression: Ability to use words and sentences in writing so others will understand.
• Attention to Detail: Is careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
• Ethical Behavior: Consistently displays ethical behavior.
• Independence: Develops one's own ways of doing things, guides oneself with little or no supervision, makes independent decisions, and depends on oneself to get things done.
• Adhering to and enforcing regulations
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Security Identification Display Area (SIDA) Badge.

Qualifications

Required:

Associate's Degree, related field, paralegal certificate from ABA approved program required
2 -4 years related experience
Certified Paralegal

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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