Legal Administrator
About The Position
The Legal Administrator is a supervisory professional services position in the Title Office within the Maine Department of Transportation’s Office of Legal Services. The role requires a strong real property background and proficiency and experience in title abstracting, reading and understanding property plans, and drafting real estate transactional documents, including closing documents. The position prepares and reviews title work; reviews technical legal descriptions and compares them with right-of-way maps; and incorporates descriptions into legal documents used in condemnation and other property conveyances. The Legal Administrator works 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. The position also provides general real estate paralegal support to the Title Office and supervises and trains the Department’s real estate paralegals.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree and four 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.
- A high degree of proficiency and experience in title abstracting.
- Ability and 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
- Prepare and review title work.
- Review technical legal descriptions and compare them with right-of-way maps.
- Incorporate legal descriptions into documents used in the Department’s condemnation process and other property conveyances.
- Work with the Property Office Manager, Chief Surveyor, mappers, and Transportation Counsel to resolve title issues and ensure the accuracy of title and mapping documents.
- Provide general real estate paralegal support for the Title Office.
- Supervise and train the Department’s real estate paralegals.
Benefits
- 13 paid holidays.
- More than three weeks of vacation leave annually, with accrual increasing with years of service.
- Personal leave for overtime-exempt employees.
- 12 days of sick leave annually.
- State-paid 85%–95% of employee-only health insurance premiums, depending on salary.
- Health insurance premium credit of up to 5% for participation, subject to program requirements.
- State-paid 100% of employee-only dental insurance premiums.
- State contribution equivalent to 14.06% of employee pay toward Maine Public Employees Retirement System.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
