Job Details
Job Title: Legal Clerk
Start Date: ASAP
Department: Legal/Tenant Law
Years of Experience: 3-5
Schedule: M-F 9am-5pm
Salary: $46,500-$55,000/year
Bilingual in Spanish Required: Yes
Housing/Real Estate client, seeking someone to be their Legal Clerk; they have preserved thousands of affordable apartments, and manage over 6,000 units across the city.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Commence and maintain nonpayment proceedings for all properties, HPD and NYCHA tenants.
- Generate logs, serve sheets, and labels throughout the nonpayment process.
- Assist tenants in person and on the telephone regarding concerns, rent, and disputes in a manner that balances fiduciary obligations with positive tenant relations.
- Process court stipulations, non-military affidavits, and affidavits of noncompliance.
- Potential to appear in general court appearances, conferences, hearings, inquests, and trials.
- Generate and review weekly reports for portfolio and follow up with agents, compliance coordinators on due dates for compliance issues.
- Respond to requests from outside tenant advocate agencies assisting tenants in legal proceedings.
- Accept and process rental assistant payments from HRA and other agencies.
- Work with other departments (property management, leasing, development) to address tenant concerns and gather necessary documents for court proceedings.
- Respond to inquiries and aid outside counsel regarding routine requests for court-related matters and information.
- Perform other related projects and tasks as assigned by the supervisor.
Required Skills:
- Knowledge of Federal, State, and local Housing Agencies.
- Experience appearing in Housing Court.
- Organizational skills and strong attention to detail.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, and Excel).
- Ability to access and interact with electronic databases.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with YARDI.
- Customer service oriented.
Education Requirements:
- High School Diploma/GED
- Some College