Legal Administrator
About The Position
This position is a professional services position of a supervisory nature located in the Title Office within the Department of Transportation's Office of Legal Services. This position requires an individual who has a strong real property background, with a high degree of proficiency and experience in title abstracting, reading and understanding property plans, and drafting real estate transactional documents, including closing documents. Duties include preparing and reviewing title work; reviewing technical legal descriptions and comparing them to right-of-way maps and incorporating descriptions into legal documents used in the Department’s condemnation process to acquire property for the construction and rehabilitation of the Department’s transportation infrastructure for the various modes of transportation for which the Department is responsible and for other property conveyances; working with the Department’s Property Office Manager, Chief Surveyor, mappers, and Transportation Counsel to resolve title issues and ensure the accuracy of title and mapping documents; and general real estate paralegal support for the Title Office. In addition, this position provides supervision and training for the Department’s real estate paralegals in the Title Office.
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree and four (4) years of paralegal experience in a law firm, court, or legal services agency - or - an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong real property background
- High degree of proficiency and experience in title abstracting
- Experience reading and understanding property plans
- Experience drafting real estate transactional documents, including closing documents
Nice To Haves
- Real estate transactional experience
- Title abstracting experience
- Ability to understand and read plans
Responsibilities
- Preparing and reviewing title work
- Reviewing technical legal descriptions and comparing them to right-of-way maps
- Incorporating descriptions into legal documents used in the Department’s condemnation process
- Working with the Department’s Property Office Manager, Chief Surveyor, mappers, and Transportation Counsel to resolve title issues and ensure the accuracy of title and mapping documents
- Providing general real estate paralegal support for the Title Office
- Providing supervision and training for the Department’s real estate paralegals in the Title Office
Benefits
- 13 paid holidays
- 3+ weeks of vacation leave annually
- Personal leave for overtime-exempt employees
- 12 days of sick leave annually
- Health Insurance Coverage (State pays 85%-95% of employee-only premiums)
- Health Insurance Premium Credit (decreases employee-only premiums by up to 5%)
- Dental Insurance (State pays 100% of employee-only dental premiums)
- Retirement Plan (State contributes 14.06% of employee's pay towards MainePERS)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
