We are looking for a highly experienced and motivated Word Processing Lead Operator who is located in New York City. The ideal candidate will possess a thorough understanding of word processing principles and operations, as well as strong leadership and communication skills. This candidate must have held a word processing position in a legal setting in order to be considered.
In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the word processing department. You will manage the department's staff and workflow, ensuring that projects are completed on time and according to customer specifications. You will also provide training and guidance to team members, as needed.
To be successful as a Word Processing Lead Operator, you should be detail-oriented, organized, and able to work independently and as part of a team. Ultimately, a top-notch Word Processing Lead Operator should be able to ensure the efficient and accurate completion of all projects.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Accurately edit/input, scan, convert and format legal documents
- Assist with electronically coordinating workflow to ensure quality document production
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills across multiple platforms
- Assist legal and non-legal personnel, as needed
- Ability to analyzes documents and provide time estimates
- Ability to handle and facilitate formatting large excel spreadsheets into a printable format
- Assist with coordinating detailed distributions of documents
- Flexibility to cover other WP shifts, as needed
- Attend on-going training classes to develop proficiency in all applications used by the firm for document production
- Ability to assist and facilitate creating and editing graphic presentations
- Ability to assist and facilitate the SEC compliance of PDFs to a PDFA format
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:
- Exemplary customer service skills necessary to communicate effectively and provide information with courtesy and tact, often under tight time constraints
- Team player - must be able to work well with supervisors, coordinators, word processing operators and other departments.
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft Suite 2010 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio and Outlook)
- Thorough knowledge of computer equipment and various software packages relating to document processing
- Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks
- Ability to work independently, including being resourceful and problem-solving
- Must be located in New York City or close to commute into office.
***In Person Position***
