Legal Assistant - DCSE #W2101

Title: Legal Assistant - DCSE #W2101

State Role Title: Gen Admin Supv I/Coord I

Hiring Range: Hiring Range: $55,000-$67,000 per year (salary commensurate with exp.)

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Department of Social Services

Location: DCSE NORTHERN VIRGINIA

Agency Website: www.dss.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

At the Virginia Department of Social Services, we put people at the center of everything we do. We believe that every Virginian can live a life of dignity and that all voices, ideas, and experiences contribute greatly to our pursuit of excellence. Inspired by continuous improvement, we commit ourselves to listening, learning, and cultivating environments of trust, respect, and positive engagement. Together, we are mission-driven, eager to achieve, and passionate about bringing the best of who we are to those we serve.

We design and deliver high-quality human services that help Virginians achieve safety, independence, and overall well-being. We are a $2 billion agency – one of the largest in the Commonwealth of Virginia – partnering with 120 local departments of social services and 31 community action agencies, along with faith-based and non-profit organizations, to promote the well-being of children, adults, and families statewide. We proudly serve alongside 1,650 (state) and 12,200 (local) human services professionals throughout the Social Services System, who ensure that thousands of Virginia’s most vulnerable citizens have easy access to the services and benefits available to them.

The Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) engages families for success. Its Division of Child Support Enforcement (DCSE) manages nearly 246,000 cases to ensure that child support payments of $598 million per year reach families across the Commonwealth. Virginia’s children need both financial and family support to grow and thrive. Children with actively involved parents perform better in school, have high self-confidence, and generally achieve greater success in life. DCSE’s mission is to promote strong, self-reliant families by delivering child support enforcement services, as provided by law, through the location of noncustodial parents, establishment of orders, enforcement of orders, collection of child support, and distribution of child support.

DSCE is seeking a highly motivated individual to fill the role of Legal Assistant. The incumbent of this position would provide legal assistance and administrative support to the Assistant Attorneys General provided to the Division of Child Support Enforcement and oversee the daily operation of legal services for the Central Region child support district office while working cohesively with other administrative legal assistants within DCSE throughout the Commonwealth. This position would also be required to cover other district offices within and outside the region, as needed.

Day to day duties of this position may include but are not limited to:

• Preparing, creating, proofreading, and finalizing legal documents from various sources to include legal documents, notes, rough drafts, dictation, and/or previously prepared documents and correspondence, both timely and accurately.
• Assisting the assistant attorney generals in preparing for court cases and respond to legal questions and correspondence while ensuring details remain confidential.
• Providing professional, helpful, quality, and friendly service to customers as well as building strong working relationships.
• Maintaining the attorneys complex court schedule and calendar.
• Providing daily administrative support that includes but is not limited to: Answering and directing calls, taking messages for the assistant attorney generals, answering written or verbal correspondence, faxing, filing, making photocopies, preparing travel vouchers, collecting, and distributing mail.
•Participating on workgroups and assist with process improvement and serves as a trainer and mentor to other legal staff.
•Will be required to travel to and from courts regularly in the Northern Virginia area which may include but not limited to Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax City, Fairfax County, Falls Church, Fauquier and Prince William as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Working knowledge of:
• Legal terminology, court procedures and processes, and legal drafting
• Administrative support functions

Demonstrated ability in:
• Experience in reviewing, drafting, preparing, proofreading and editing legal documents and corr