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About BRIDGE Housing

BRIDGE Housing strengthens communities by developing, owning, and managing high‐quality, affordable homes for working families and seniors. BRIDGE’s portfolio of housing currently consists of 140 properties throughout California, Washington & Oregon. Based out of the San Francisco Bay Area, few housing development organizations have achieved the success and stature of BRIDGE Housing Corporation. Founded in 1983 utilizing an anonymous donation, BRIDGE today has become a leading affordable housing development partner.

Summary

The Legal Assistant supports the General Counsel with administrative tasks and basic legal analysis. Transactional, contract handling, litigation tracking, and real estate experience will set you up for success in this role. This is a hybrid role, requiring a minimum of three days in our San Francisco office.

Responsibilities

+ Provide legal support under the supervision of General Counsel

+ Assist with tracking and management of litigation including:

+ Maintenance of litigation tracker.

+ Communication with insurance counsel on litigation status.

+ Assistance with response to discovery requests.

+ Preparation of response to requests for disclosure of pending litigation

+ Corporate entity formation, management and dissolution; business license and similar applications.

+ Assist with management of board meetings, assembly and distribution of board packets, and similar.

+ Prepare and update inter-company predevelopment loan documentation.

+ Manage consulting contract and NDA review.

+ Prepared NDAs and consulting contracts and other simple agreements based on standard forms and construction contracts.

+ Track legal fee costs.

+ Provide other legal assistant support as requested by General Counsel.

Qualifications

+ Associate’s degree

+ 4+ years of relevant experience

+ Strong sense of judgment and confidentiality

+ Excellent communication and writing skills

+ Proficiency with Microsoft Office

Preferred

+ Bachelor’s degree

+ Previous experience as a legal assistant or paralegal

+ Familiarity with Diligent or similar software

+ Real Estate, Transactional, or Contract experience a plus

BRIDGE Housing is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment for our diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability. Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest records.