Paralegal/ Legal Assistant/ Attorney

Job Title: Paralegal/ Legal Assistant/ AttorneyLocation: Austin, TX 78744Duration: 6 Months Job Type: Contract Work Type: Hybrid(at least twice per week, or more as needed) Pay Rate: $45/hr. - $50/hr.

Overview

Tekwissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. Our client is an American organization that operates Texas's electrical grid, the Texas Interconnection, which supplies power to more than 25 million Texas customers and represents 90 percent of the state's electric load. Our client is the first independent system operator (ISO) in the United States and one of nine ISOs in North America. Our client works with the Texas Reliability Entity (TRE), one of eight regional entities within the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) that coordinate to improve reliability of the bulk power grid. Our client is a membership-based 501(c) nonprofit corporation, and its members include consumers, electric cooperatives, generators, power marketers, retail electric providers, investor-owned electric utilities (transmission and distribution providers), and municipally owned electric utilities.

Job Description: Assists client attorneys by supporting Corporate Governance functions, including Board of Directors and Committee meetings and client Membership processes, preparing legal documents and reports, and performing basic factual or legal research. Prepares legal documents for filing with the Public Utility Commission of Texas and other government agencies and courts, including comments on proposed rules, pleadings, motions, letters, briefs, and other documents. Analyzes agency and state and federal rules of procedure to ensure legal documents are correctly and timely filed. Calculates and calendars deadlines for procedural and regulatory filings.General Candidate Description Must be proficient in using Public Utility Commission filing rules and systemsMust be opening to learning client policies and procedures to complete assigned tasks and expand skills.Must be comfortable working on assignments that are often routine in nature while maintaining a high rate of accuracy.Must exercise sound judgment in resolving problems and issues while recognizing the need for occasional deviation from accepted practice.Must be capable of working under short deadlines on occasionMust have great attention to detailMust be comfortable working as part of a paralegal team, with each team member learning other job functions to enable greater flexibility for the groupADDITIONAL JOB DUTIES Provides support and assistance to governance attorneys, regulatory attorneys, Board directors, and executivesAssists with preparation of Board and Committee meeting agenda and materials, as neededAttends and participates in Board and Committee meetingsPrepares administrative filings, pleadings, and other legal documentsFiles legal documents with state and federal agencies and courtsMonitors and responds to inquiries regarding client’s Membership application processProcess and track client Membership applicationsCommunicates with client attorneys and employees regarding the developments and status of monitored proceedings and required filingsManages complex procedural requirements – including interpretation of legal procedure, case file management, protecting confidential information and ensuring timely compliance with legal filing requirementsAssists with managing and organizing Legal department records in accordance with client Information Governance policiesePerforms factual and legislative researchCoordinates and may lead internal meetings as requiredEXPERIENCE Requires minimum 2 years job related work experience in excess of degree requirementsEDUCATION High School Diploma or GED (Required)Associate's Degree (Preferred)Bachelor's Degree (Preferred)or a combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge to the above credentials is requiredCERTIFICATION Paralegal Certification (Required)

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.