Legal OPS Manager

Who We AreJPS Health Network is a $950 million, tax-supported healthcare system in North Texas. Licensed for 582 beds, the network features over 25 locations across Tarrant County, with John Peter Smith Hospital a Level I Trauma Center, Tarrant County's only psychiatric emergency center, and the largest hospital-based family medical residency program in the nation. The health network employs more than 7,200 people.

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Job Title:

Legal OPS Manager

Requisition Number:

32949

Employment Type:

Full Time

Division:

LEGAL

Compensation Type:

Salaried

Job Category:

Business / Professional

Hours Worked:

Location:

JPOC 1400

Shift Worked:

Job Description:

Job Summary: The Legal Operations Manager reports to the Tarrant County Hospital District Chief Legal Officer and indirectly to the Deputy General Counsel and has responsibility for performing legal and business administrative operations and related support functions in the Legal Services Department.

Essential Job Functions & Accountabilities:

1. Responds to inquiries from outside counsel, in-house counsel, and others.
2. Triages and responds to initial requests for legal assistance and works with Deputy General Counsel for assignment.
3. Organizes and maintains outside counsel engagement, letters, and other Legal Services' files, including contracts, memos, and invoices, and processes bills and invoices for payment in coordination with Accounts Payable Department.
4. Oversees invoicing process for outside counsel, including reviewing all invoices and ensuring compliance with outside counsel contracts, preparing invoice documentation and transmittals, performing general accounting, and monitoring payment status.
5. Drafts, edits, prepares, and proofreads legal correspondence and other documents; including contracts, legal briefs, and other related legal documents.
6. Prepares synopses and summaries of complex legal issues under direction of counsel.
7. Conducts statistical, documentary, and investigatory research.
8. Compiles data and prepares periodic reports on Legal Services departmental performance.
9. Oversees and reconciles Legal Services expenditures and provide monthly financial and budget reports.
10. Monitors and assists in preparing the department operating budget, including assisting in drafting initial budget, projecting future budget needs, and reviewing and processing budget and purchasing related documents.
11. Supports management of Legal Services Department's projects and strategic initiatives.
12. Assists in developing, revising, implementing, and communicating Legal Services Department's processes and procedures.
13. Provides general office administrative support to the Deputy General Counsel and other law department staff, including, but not limited to: answering and routing telephone calls, scheduling meetings and appointments, making travel arrangements, preparing travel and purchasing forms and documents, timekeeping, sorting and distributing incoming and outgoing mail, copying, and transmittal of documents.
14. Maintains and updates subscriptions, memberships, and law library publications.
15. Provides back-up assistance to other legal support staff and assists with special projects as assigned.
16. Job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and may be subject to change with or without notice. Staff are expected to perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and four (4) years of progressively responsible experience as a business operations specialist, legal assistant, or paralegal.
• OR in lieu of bachelor's degree, High school diploma or equivalent and eight (8) years or associate's degree and six (6) years of legal operations, business operations, legal secretary, legal assistant, paralegal or related experience.
• Strong initiative, as well as team-work, delegation and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in serving as a legal assistant or paralegal in a law firm or hospital/corporate setting.

Location Address:

1400 S. Main Street

Fort Worth, Texas, 76104

United States