Bilingual Administrative Assistant | Social Security Disability | Part-Time with FT Potential

Social Security Disability Administrative Assistant

Earn approximately $25/hour working inside a structured downtown Brooklyn legal office with stable daytime hours and long-term full-time growth potential.

Severance, Burko, Spalter, Masone & Laurette PC is hiring a bilingual Social Security Disability Administrative Assistant for its downtown Brooklyn office, with a focus on Social Security Disability and workers' compensation matters.

This role is best suited for someone dependable, organized, professional, and comfortable handling repetitive administrative workflows consistently and accurately in a structured office environment.

Location: Brooklyn, NY

Compensation: Approximately $25.00 per hour, equivalent to approximately $52,000 annually at full-time hours. Paid by direct deposit, biweekly on Fridays.

Schedule: Position begins part-time with opportunity to grow into full-time. Initial schedule expected to be approximately 23 days per week. MondayThursday: 9:00am5:00pm. Friday: 9:00am4:30pm. Office-only position. Remote work is not available.

Part-Time Benefits: Casual office dress code, stable daytime office schedule, convenient downtown Brooklyn location near public transportation.

Full-Time Benefits: Medical benefits, paid time off, paid sick days, paid holidays.

About the Role: This is a structured administrative support role inside a busy legal office focused on Social Security Disability and workers' compensation matters. The position begins with foundational administrative responsibilities while learning the firm's office systems, database workflows, document organization, and client procedures. Training will be provided for office procedures, forms, database systems, and internal workflows. The role requires someone comfortable handling repetitive administrative tasks while maintaining organization, professionalism, consistency, and attention to detail throughout the workday.

We are looking for someone who can: maintain organization across repetitive administrative workflows, learn office systems and database procedures efficiently, handle document scanning, tracking, and organization accurately, communicate professionally with staff and clients, stay consistent and detail-oriented throughout the day, work independently inside a structured office environment.

About the Firm: For more than 75 years, Severance, Burko, Spalter, Masone & Laurette PC has been part of the downtown Brooklyn legal community. The firm focuses on helping clients obtain full and fair compensation from employers, insurance companies, and the Social Security Administration. The office culture is professional, respectful, structured, engaging, and team-oriented.

Responsibilities: process and organize incoming mail, scan, upload, and organize documents, learn and update the firm's internal database system, support repetitive administrative and client-related workflows accurately and consistently, send and manage emails through Outlook, organize and track client files and records, maintain organized documentation and office systems, support scheduling and general office coordination, assist with daily administrative office tasks.

Qualifications: 1+ year of office or administrative experience preferred, comfortable learning database systems and office technology, experience with Microsoft Office, Outlook, and Excel, basic typing and professional writing skills, comfortable with repetitive task-oriented work, strong organizational and tracking skills, ability to work independently and stay organized, dependable and professional work habits, stable work history preferred, high school diploma or GED required.

Preferred Skills: conversational Spanish preferred, light Adobe experience helpful, experience scanning and organizing documents, strong attention to detail, professional written and verbal communication skills.

What Makes This Role Attractive: stable daytime office schedule, long-term growth opportunity into a full-time role, structured and professional office environment, downtown Brooklyn location near public transportation, established law firm with long-standing community presence, training provided for office systems and workflows.

Hiring Process: Interviews are by scheduled appointment only. Please do not contact the employer directly regarding the position or interview scheduling.

How to Apply: Please submit your resume with full contact information and three professional references. Supervisor email addresses are required. Qualified candidates will be contacted directly.