Legal Administrative Assistant

Opportunity Overview

As a Legal Administrative Assistant within the Legal Division at Edward Jones, you contribute to the team’s success through proactive support, strong organization, and a focus on delivering high-quality outcomes. You will succeed in this role by being self-motivated, adaptable, and detail-oriented, with the ability to think quickly, exercise sound judgment, and manage competing priorities with confidence. You look beyond individual tasks to understand the broader goal and identify the most effective path to achieving results.

What You’ll Do

• Manage complex calendars, prioritize competing requests, and ensure alignment with leadership priorities
• Coordinate meetings, committee deliverables, and administrative support for firm and divisional obligations
• Prepare, edit, and distribute legal documents, correspondence, reports, and presentations
• Monitor and follow up on deadlines, commitments, and key deliverables across multiple stakeholders
• Handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion and professionalism
• Support projects from initiation through completion, ensuring timelines and quality standards are met

Position Schedule

Full-Time

EEO Statement

Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Company Description

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.

Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.

People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.

View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.

¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

Position Requirements

What You'll Need:

• Associate's degree or equivalent work experience in the legal field
• Minimum 3 years' experience in legal or the financial services industry
• Experience preparing and managing legal documents, with understanding of their purpose and structure
• Experience supporting multiple stakeholders, including attorneys or senior leaders, in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and electronic file management systems
• Experience supporting litigation in a law firm or corporate legal department
• Familiarity with e-discovery platforms and legal technology tools

Salary Information

Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.