Job Description Summary

Department - Public Defense Services

Job Description

OPEN TO CURRENT PIMA COUNTY EMPLOYEES ONLY

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 5551 - Paralegal Supervisor

Salary Grade: 11

Pay Range

Hiring Range: $26.03 - $31.23 Per Hour 

Pay Range: $26.03 - $36.43 Per Hour 

Range Explanation: 

• Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.

• Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position. 

The Paralegal Supervisor position is located at the Public Defender’s Ajo Way Office, within the Fredric Kay Public Defense Services Building inside the Pima County Juvenile Court Complex. This position supervises all Legal Processing Support (clerical), Legal Secretary, and Paralegal staff assigned to the Ajo Way location who support Family Defense (Parent Dependency) and Juvenile Delinquency attorneys and their casework. The Paralegal Supervisor reports directly to the Public Defender’s Legal Office Support Manager.

In addition to performing paraprofessional legal work to assist attorneys in case preparation, this position is responsible for managing all paralegals and support staff within the division. Duties include overseeing daily operations, monitoring schedules and payroll, and providing coverage as needed. Work responsibilities range from guiding paralegals in routine assignments to exercising independent judgment in coordinating, processing, and monitoring complex or specialized legal casework.

This position is part of the Public Defense Services Department, Public Defender Division, supporting the Family Defense (Parent Dependency) and Juvenile Delinquency Units. Preference will be given to current employees of the Public Defense Services Department.

For more information on the Pima County Public Defense Services Department and the offices in this department, please visit their website at: www.pima.gov/pds.

Essential Functions:

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Performs paralegal duties and responsibilities, as found in the Paralegal and Paralegal Trainer classification descriptions;

• Leads trial teams;

• Supervises legal support staff, Paralegals and Paralegal Trainers;

• Plans, assigns and reviews caseloads and workloads;

• Provides unit/division orientation for new legal support staff employees, and acts as a resource/mentor role;

• Provides training to paralegals, legal support staff and new hire attorneys on staff roles, department protocol, and internal processes;

• Creates, manages and oversees employees work schedules and payroll duties in the timekeeping system;

• Manages and oversees both the Attorneys and Unit calendars, in anticipation of trial/case needs;

• Participates in personnel selection, staff evaluations, and other personnel issues and disciplinary actions as needed;

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Associate’s degree from an accredited college in a field such as paralegal, legal assistant, law, business, criminal justice, political science, interdisciplinary studies, regional development, communications, or a certificate of completion in paralegal or legal assistant studies from an American Bar Association (ABA) approved program at an accredited college or university or a closely related field as defined by the department head at the time of recruitment AND three years of experience as a paralegal in a public/local government law office.

(Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)

OR:

Two years with Pima County in a Paralegal Trainer position.

Qualifying education and experience must be