Legal Secretary 7-9 - Financial Crimes Division

Posting number: 1101-26-020

Department: Attorney General

Job classification: Legal Secretary 7-9

Posting type: Open

Categories: Legal

Summary

This position provides experienced legal secretary services to litigation attorneys in the Financial Crimes Division’s Child Support Unit in the Department of Attorney General. This position requires considerable knowledge and expertise to proficiently prepare and finalize legal pleadings for filing with the various state and federal courts. This position also performs a wide variety of other legal secretarial duties, including coordinating attorney schedules for attendance at court hearings for a high-volume caseload, and communicating efficiently and courteously with defense attorneys, victims, and witnesses on the phone and via email. 

Position Description

Examples of duties

Education

Educational level typically acquired through completion of high school.

Experience

Legal Secretary 7

Two years of administrative support experience where use of a personal computer to prepare correspondence, reports, charts, etc., or to enter/retrieve/update information is an essential part of the work, including one year equivalent to 6-level administrative support experience.

Legal Secretary E8

Three years of administrative support experience where use of a personal computer to prepare correspondence, reports, charts, etc., or to enter/retrieve/update information is an essential part of the work, including one year involving legal secretarial practices equivalent to a Legal Secretary 7.

Legal Secretary 9

Four years of office experience involving administrative support practices, including two years involving legal secretarial practices equivalent to a Legal Secretary 7 or one year equivalent to a Legal SecretaryE8.

Supplemental information

Please attach a cover letter, resume, and official college transcripts (if applicable) to your application.  

Please note:  Applicants may be screened out for failure to attach the required resume, cover letter and transcripts to their application.