Sr. Legal Project Specialist – Hybrid based in Nashville, TN

The Sr. Legal Project Specialist works independently to help Tenet’s in-house legal counsel efficiently manage a growing portfolio of legal matters by (1) assisting in the management and administration of Tenet’s business relationships with outside law firms and legal vendors; (2) serving as an operational primary point of contact with those outside firms, and; (3) developing and driving business process improvements that help streamline the delivery of legal services. 

Position is based in Nashville.  In office 2-3 days per week/work from home other days.

Responsibilities

• Manage and administer business relationships with outside law firms and legal service vendors.
  • Assist in set up and updating of legal matters in Tenet’s enterprise legal management, e-billing, case tracking, and budgeting software platform (LegalTracker).
  • Assist in billing-related functions, including reviewing and analyzing legal invoices, ensuring proper cost allocation and posting to the correct legal matter, and identifying opportunities for cost reduction.
  • Primary point of contact for Tenet Legal operations team and law firm client relations representatives.
• Litigation Support
  • Work with Tenet in-house counsel to develop and establish litigation priorities and calendar.
  • Help ensure Tenet’s outside counsel timely receive documents and information from various Tenet business functions so they can prosecute and defend legal claims efficiently and effectively.
  • Work with outside counsel and internal Tenet stakeholders to help facilitate reporting of legal updates including litigation status updates and legal cost and net recovery reporting.
• Other Administrative Support
  • Maintaining and updating litigation calendar used by Tenet lawyers, business clients, and witnesses.
  • Provide other administrative support as needed (occasional).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience.
• 3+ years of legal administrative support, paralegal, and/or project management experience is desirable.  Healthcare or litigation experience is a plus. 
• MS Word and Excel competency.
• Ability to learn and use other tools.
• Inquisitive self-starter, who can utilize existing resources to track down answers even when not readily apparent. 
• Highly skilled at planning, organizing, time/task/resource management.
• Strong attention to detail and written communication skills (email).
• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to get work done independently.
• Ability to work and manage across a wide range of business and executive team members without direction.
• Ability to work on a small but important team and willingness to pitch in as needed.