Legal Coordinator

GENERAL SUMMARY

This position will provide legal support to Stratacor, its insurance affiliates, including Delta Dental of Minnesota, Delta Dental of Nebraska, DDMN ASO, LLC, Health Ventures Network, and other affiliates.

The primary focus in this role is providing legal support services for dental and other ancillary insurance product lines and insurance business operations.  Responsibilities will also include assistance in contract preparation and document management related to providing legal support for all Stratacor entities and affiliates.  

This position will be with Stratacor, an affiliate of Delta Dental of Minnesota.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Serve as support to other legal team members in managing steady volume of legal inquiries and external requests and notices relating to legal matters, including but not limited to, subrogation inquiries, powers of attorney, guardianship and child custody orders, coordination of benefits, authorizations to release information, subpoenas, and legal research.  Identify and collect information and data required to support a sufficient review and analysis of these legal inquiries and external requests.
2. Provide administrative support to legal department team members with legal documents, including but not limited to, non-disclosure agreements, independent contractor agreements, consulting agreements, master service agreements and statement of works, vendor agreements, requests for proposals, corporate records, correspondence, reports and presentations.
3. Provide document management for legal department matters, including document organization and review, maintenance of correspondence and filing, coordination of document distributions, and communication with legal professionals (internal and external), regulators, internal clients and vendors.
4. Conduct research and analysis of potential Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) incidents to support internal reviews and risk mitigation. Update legal documents related to the support services performed upon direction of legal department staff.
5. Manage high volume of contract requests, including coordinating and tracking electronic signatures to completion.
6. Provide other organizational, administrative, and legal assistance with regard to legal department activities and duties as assigned.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the team member. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Required:

1. Some familiarity with, or willingness to learn, federal and state laws and regulatory standards related to insurance, healthcare, privacy and security.
2. Excellent organizational skills with a high attention to detail and ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects while working under deadlines. 
3. Self-starter with a sense of urgency, ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced, time sensitive customer-service oriented environment, ability to handle unanticipated situations effectively and work well under pressure with tight deadlines to ensure timely and appropriate response to issues raised.  
4. Excellent judgement and the ability to maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive business information.
5. Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to effectively interact with team members at all levels of an organization.
6. Strong written and verbal communications skills to articulate complex business and legal situations clearly and accurately.
7. Ability to be flexible and willing to work on a broad variety of legal matters.
8. Professional, responsible, and trustworthy.

 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Required:

1. High school diploma and/or equivalent (G.E.D.)
2. 0-2 years of an administrative role or similar experience
3. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Work, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook). 

 Preferred:

1. Bachelor's degree
2. Insurance and/or Healthcare experience

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL DEMANDS

1. Travel Requirements: None
2. Weight Lifting Requirements: up to 15 lbs.

 

RELATIONSHIPS

1. Reports To: Associate General Counsel
2. Directly Manages: None
3. Internal Relationships: Interacts with various levels of management and business departments within the corporate enterprise
4. External Relationships: Works with external legal professionals and consultants as directed, and other external stakeholders

 

BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION

Benefits for this position include medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; disability coverage; flexible spending plans; a 401(k) plan; Paid Time Off (PTO); and Holidays and days of remembrance. Visit http://www.deltadentalmn.org/employee-benefit-packages for more information.

The starting salary range for this position is $23.00 to $29.00 per hour. Salary offers will typically be made in the listed range. The Company takes into consideration a candidate's education, training, and experience, as well as the position's work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including merit process and internal pay alignment when determining the salary of potential new team members. In compliance with state and federal regulations, a potential new team member's salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.

 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) STATEMENT

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or, in any other manner, discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of another employee or applicants to an individual who do not otherwise have access to compensation information unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. CFR 60-1/35(c)

Salary

• $23 - $29/hour