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Description

Summary:

The Legal Coordinator plays an integral role on Nuvance Health’s Labor and Employment Team (“L&E”) in the Legal Department.Reporting to the Director of Immigration & Legal Operations (“Director”), the Legal Coordinator is responsible for providing operational and litigation support to the L&E team. Responsibilities include managing the L&E team’s workflows, preparing litigation reports and documents, managing the claims and litigation database, monitoring legal deadlines, assisting with the L&E team budget, and providing administrative support to the attorneys and the Director. The Legal Coordinator will provide timely, effective, and practical support to the team on a day-to-day basis in a stimulating, collegial, in-house setting, under the direction of the Director. This position is based in Danbury, CT, with opportunity to work remotely on a “hybrid” basis (part remote, part in office).

The successful candidate must be highly organized, have excellent communication and writing skills and have a strong ability to multi-task. Knowledge of legal operations and litigation management is preferred.

Critical Responsibilities:

• Support L&E attorneys and Director with defense of employment-related litigation, administrative actions, and complaints.

• Manage employment litigation and claims database and reporting system. Recommend improvements to the system.

• Prepare litigation and claim reports for L&E attorneys, Chief Legal Officer and senior leadership, with oversight from Director.

• Manage litigation deadlines and L&E team calendar.

• Assist attorneys with scheduling of witness interviews, depositions, etc. and resolve scheduling conflicts and other questions that arise.

• Support attorneys with discovery process, including collect and review relevant documents from internal clients, support e-discovery and electronic searches, aid in document retention and management, and liaise with outside counsel regarding the same.

• Hands-on role in communicating and coordinating with internal clients and external counsel on active litigation and claims management matters.

• Prepare documents for attorneys for depositions, witness interviews, hearings, etc.

• Manage litigation document preservation process. Assist with drafting litigation preservation hold notices with attorney supervision.

• Draft legal documents, using department templates for Director or attorney review, including settlement or separation agreements, contracts and other agreements with Director & attorney supervision.

• Coordinate insurance coverage for ongoing litigation matters and communicate with insurance carrier, external counsel and L&E attorneys regarding the same. Assist with monitoring insurance coverage and performing audits.

• Manage intake of, collect documents for, and coordinate responses to third-party requests for information and subpoenas.

• Assist with legal billing matter management, including invoices from external counsel, by performing matter setup, updates, and reports.

• Prepare training decks for presentations by L&E team.

• Coordinate payments for confidential settlement, separation or other agreements, with oversight from Director.

• Assist in coordination of team projects, including monitor project progress, provide detailed updates to Director, project manager and/or stakeholders, drive collaboration and communication among project team.

• Maintain the confidentiality of patient, employee, department and proprietary information.

• Perform other duties as assigned consistent with a legal support role.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in a legal support role, preferably in healthcare or labor and employment law firm

• Associate degree or equivalent work experience

• Exceptional organizational and multi-tasking abilities.

• Demonstrated experience in managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines.

• Strong interpersonal skills, judgment and ability to collaborate.

• Self-starter. Ability to work on projects independently.

• Superior communication skills. Speaks and writes professionally in all situations.

Working Conditions:

Manual: Some manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity

Occupational: Little or no potential for occupational risk

Physical Effort: Sedentary/light effort. May exert up to 10 lbs. force

Physical Environment: Generally pleasant working conditions

Company: Nuvance Health

Org Unit: 1802

Department: Legal Services

Exempt: No

Salary Range: $25.70 - $47.72 Hourly

We are an equal opportunity employer

Qualified applicants are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other classification protected under applicable Federal, State or Local law.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation or our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact Human Resources at 203-739-7330 (for reasonable accommodation requests only). Please provide all information requested to ensure that you are considered for current or future opportunities.