Legal Assistant

Legal Assistant

Austin, TX

Hybrid (in office Tuesday and Wednesday)

Thrive Pet Healthcare is looking for a full time Legal Assistant to join us Remotely.  

About You 

You give so much of yourself to work—at Thrive Pet Healthcare, we recognize the impact you make every day. Across our Support Office teams, you’ll partner closely with leaders and colleagues nationwide to shape the future of veterinary care. You’ll do it with the support, tools, and community you need to thrive. 

As part of a community of 360+ hospitals and a growing corporate team, you’ll be appreciated for who you are, the expertise you bring, and the impact you make across our organization. 

This role will be responsible for working under the direction of the Legal Operations Manager to provide day-to-day administrative support to the legal department. This role is essential to creating and maintaining organization and efficiency throughout the Legal Department.

We’re looking for a Legal Assistant to join the Thrive Pet Healthcare Support Office team. 

In this role, you’ll play a meaningful part in advancing our organization’s priorities and supporting our hospital teams. Your expertise will help improve processes, elevate the employee and client experience, and strengthen the operational foundation of a growing, nationwide veterinary network. 

Leading with Your Head

• Understanding business, solving problems, and making decisions through inclusive contributions of others
• Draft legal documents from form templates, coordinate and track through execution lifecycle,
• including internal review, signature collection, filing, distribution, and record retention.
• Maintain litigation calendar, track court dates/deadlines
• Assist with coordination and organization of information for discovery responses and other legal
• requests
• Contacting administrative agency and court personnel to obtain procedural information
• Coordinate scheduling of meetings
• Assist with maintaining and organizing digital files; including access and project management
• within contract management system
• Assist in managing shared email inboxes by reviewing, responding to, organizing, tracking and
• appropriately escalating messages
• Assist with gathering and organizing information for personnel files in response to subpoenas
• Coordinate the collection of required electronic and wet signatures on legal and administrative
• documents, ensuring accuracy and timely processing
• Prepare, package, and send outgoing mail/courier, including tracking and confirming receipt, when
• necessary
• Prepare and submit check request for payments, as needed
• Prepare accurate and complete meeting notes, either directly or distilling key information from
• meeting transcripts
• Utilize legal and business technology to maximize efficiency in daily tasks
• Collaborate with Legal Operations Manager and other department leaders to assist in
• implementing of legal and business technical applications

Leading with Your Heart

• Interpersonal aspect of leading with Emotional Intelligence (EQ), effective use of influence, working together constructively and creatively
• Gather time-sensitive information while maintaining positive relationships with stakeholders across the Company
• Actively collaborate with Legal Department team members and stakeholders across the company to achieve shared goals
• Ability to navigate sometimes stressful or time-sensitive situations with positivity, professionalism, and good humor
• Capacity to embrace and embody the Company’s core values of Empathy, Service, Accountability, Team, Exploration and Joy

Leading With Your Hands

• The art of bringing people together to leverage their skills, talents, and knowledge to achieve a common purpose with greater results
• Support, coordinate and collaborate with team members at different levels and in different functions throughout the Company
• Perform tasks with a spirit of continuous improvement and address challenges with a problem-solving approach
• Readily share areas of expertise with other team members
• Aptitude for learning about the Company’s business functions and the veterinary industry to better understand and support the organization

Your Experience & Skills 

• Associate’s degree or equivalent work experience in a field that develops the skills required for thefunctions and responsibilities of the position
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
• Strong grammatical skills, demonstrated through the creation of work product and accurate and
• thorough proofreading of the work product of others
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Strong organizational skills and ability to leverage technology to organize information
• Ability to handle private, sensitive, and confidential information appropriately, acting with integrityand discretion
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment

How You’ll Grow With Us 

Here, you can grow your career through access to meaningful learning opportunities, leadership programs, and continued development, including: 

• Free CE and learning resources through ThriveU 
• Leadership development workshops 
• Career mobility across departments and teams 
• Opportunities to contribute to enterprise projects and innovation initiatives 

You’ll have space to thrive in your career—where your growth and wellbeing are deeply valued. 

Benefits – Our Care In Action 

Thrive offers a suite of benefits to support team members’ emotional, physical, professional, and financial wellbeing. In addition to our health and life insurance, and short- and long- term disability plans, we offer eligible team members: 

• Competitive pay 
• 401(k) with employer match  
• Mental health resources, including easy access to therapy through Lyra Health  
• Paid parental leave 
• Purr-ental leave for when you adopt a pet  
• Subsidized backup childcare and elder care  
• Expert advice, support and network discounts for fertility and family planning  
• FREE CE courses 
• Pet perks and veterinary service discounts  
• Student loan support tools and assistance  

*Some benefits shown are only for full-time team members who work 30 hours or more per week. Certain Benefits may be subject to waiting periods or length of service requirements. 

Who We Are 

Thrive Pet Healthcare is united by our mission to create the future of pet well-being through medical excellence, innovative technology, and a connected community of teams and partners. We exist to nurture both pets and people through meaningful relationships and exceptional veterinary care.  

Our Support Office teams power that mission by supporting our hospitals through operational excellence, innovative programs, people-centered culture, and forward-thinking business solutions — all while having plenty of fun along the way. 

We nurture pets & people through meaningful relationships and exceptional pet care—and we are united by a shared set of values. 

• Service – delivering exceptional service 
• Empathy – leading with care 
• Accountability – achieve meaningful outcomes 
• Joy – be a source of light 
• Exploration – learn to fuel growth 
• Team – connect for success 

Read more about us here.  

About Thrive 

Thrive Pet Healthcare creates the future of pet well-being through medical excellence, innovative technology, and a connected community of teams and partners. Today, its network of 360+ primary, emergency, and specialty hospitals across the U.S. cares for pets of all ages and health needs. Thrive invests in its people—through mentorship, leadership programs, continuing education, and well-being initiatives—so teams can grow and feel supported. For pet owners, convenient solutions such as a mobile app, digital booking, Thrive PlusTM membership, HereFurYou Helpline, an online pharmacy and flexible financial options* make accessing quality care simpler— giving families the peace of mind their pets deserve.  

 
Thrive Pet Healthcare has been recognized by Top Workplaces with Culture Excellence Awards for Purpose & Values and Work-Life Flexibility. The Purpose & Values award reflects organizations that consistently live what they stand for, brought to life at Thrive through our commitment to shaping the future of pet wellbeing and our core values. These values guide how we work and how we care for pets, clients, and one another. The Work-Life Flexibility award recognizes our focus on making meaningful work sustainable, supporting our teams in balancing professional impact with life outside of work. 

We welcome you to join our story and join where #WeThriveTogether. Learn more at thrivepetcare.com. 

At Thrive Pet Healthcare, we celebrate and embrace the uniqueness and diversity of all our team members, pet parents, and pets. We strive to create a culture where everyone feels they belong, are supported, and are empowered to thrive. 

Ready to Join Us? Apply Today!