Job View
Runner/Clerk
Legal Job Vacancies
Mississippi
Ref No: JOB-1281018167
Address: One Mississippi Plaza, 201 South Spring Street, Seventh Floor Tupelo 38804
Salary: See job description
Closing date: 2010-09-04 00:00:00
Overview
To receive, sort and distribute incoming mail and faxes and to process and dispatch outgoing mail. To deliver runs in Tupelo and surrounding areas. To provide assistance to lawyers, paralegals, and secretaries with maintenance and storage of records and to serve as back-up to the receptionist as needed. Other duties as assigned.
Phelps Dunbar is one of the oldest law firms of continuous practice in the South with offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Tupelo, and Gulfport, Mississippi; Houston, Texas; Tampa, Florida; and London, England.
Minimum of a high school diploma or GED is required.
Full Job Description:
1-3 years of clerical or mail room experience in a professional office environment is a plus.(law firm experience preferred).
1. Collect, sort, and distribute incoming and inter-office mail.
2. Examine outgoing mail for appearance, billing information and sealed
envelopes
3. Assist with handling of outgoing mail including postage meter functions.
4. Receive and deliver faxes periodically throughout the day
5. Assist with copy projects for office staff
6. Maintain logs for faxes, mail, postage, FedEx and UPS.
7. Make inter-city hand deliveries and make out-of-town deliveries as needed.
8. Move file boxes as needed.
9. Assist with answering switchboard and conference room set-up as needed.
10. Responsible for getting mail to post office and overnight packages to drop off location daily.
11. Retrieve and return files from/to offsite storage and assist with the required maintenance of offsite filing system.
12. Other duties as assigned.
1. Ability to prioritize work.
2. Attention to detail.
3. Ability to interact well with management and staff.
4. Computer literacy required.
5. Ability to do some lifting of boxes.
6. Consistent work history with law firm or similar experience.
7. Must have reliable transportation, valid driver's license, proof of insurance and
a clean driving record.
8. Must be familiar with Tupelo and surrounding areas.
9. Willingness to get the job done in a timely manner.
Contact:
Contact: Deborah Rogers – Office Manager
Telephone: 662-842-7907
e-mail: rogersd@phelps.com
Job title: Runner/Clerk
