Project Assistant, Housing Finance

Department: Finance

About Us:

Ballard Spahr is a renowned national law firm with more than 750 lawyers across 19 offices in the United States. A career at Ballard Spahr means joining a team of talented mentors, colleagues, and friends, supported by strong leadership that actively encourages professional growth.  

Ballard Spahr LLP seeks to hire a project assistant for the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Housing Finance practice group in the Baltimore office. The project assistant will collaborate with lawyers, legal administrative assistants, paralegals, closing coordinators, and legal support assistants within the practice group to provide timely, high-quality support. This hybrid position offers a work schedule of 3 days a week in the Baltimore office. 

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Work Environment: Become part of a forward-thinking firm that enjoys substantial support and visibility from the firm’s executive leadership.
• Professional Development: Take advantage of continuous learning opportunities and avenues for career growth.
• Inclusion: Join a Business Resource Group and share cultural, experiential, or job-related interests, experiences, and/or backgrounds.
• Impactful Contributions: Play a pivotal role in developing industry-leading solutions that make a significant difference in legal practice and client service.

Your Role:

As a Project Assistant within our Finance team, you will:

• Assist with file management and deal logistics.
• Draft loan documentation.
• Review due diligence.
• Assemble closing documentation.
• Assist with closing and post-closing reviews and deliveries to various parties.
• Perform additional administrative functions as required.

What We’re Looking For:

• Growth Mindset: Self-motivated with a passion for continuous learning and problem-solving.
• Communication: Excellent customer service and strong verbal and written communication abilities.
• Detail-Oriented: Keen attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines independently.

Required Experience:

Requirements include a 2-year college degree or relevant work experience as a legal administrative assistant or closing coordinator, preferably with a title company, mortgage company, law firm or other firm providing services to borrowers, lenders, or mortgage companies. An intermediate level with Microsoft Office, document management, and time-keeping systems is required. Excellent customer service, organizational, interpersonal and communication skills are essential to be successful in this position.

The salary range for this position is from $55,000 – $65,000, which reflects the Firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of possible compensation at the time of posting. Actual pay will depend on several factors such as the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Ballard Spahr offers an excellent benefits package. A summary of available benefits can be found here in the Careers section of the firm’s website.

Ready to Grow with Us?

If you are ready to play a vital role in the Firm’s success, we encourage you to apply and be a part of our commitment to excellence.

At Ballard Spahr, we believe that our skills, perspectives, and backgrounds drive innovation and excellence, while our unique culture fosters collaboration and success. Our culture of thriving together forms the corner-stone of how we deliver exceptional service and position our firm for a strong future. We welcome and en-courage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Ballard Spahr is an equal opportunity employer. We offer equal consideration to all qualified applicants, re-gardless of race, ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, handicap or disability, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, transgender sta-tus, sex stereotyping, genetic information, ancestry, veteran status or any other category protected by appli-cable law.

The firm is not accepting resumes from search firms for this position.