Public Defender Legal Secretary Senior
Overview & Benefits:
Oakland County is a progressive place to work, where innovation and ambition are rewarded. We understand the many challenges facing today's professionals and families so we offer competitive wages and salaries, and a full benefits package with which you'd be quite impressed!
For full-time employees our benefits information can be found here.
General Summary:
Responsible for performing a variety of responsible assignments involving legal secretarial, and clerical support activities for a group of attorneys within the Public Defender’s Office. Using a personal computer, prepares, completes, and performs final review of various legal forms.Takes and transcribes legal and confidential dictation and pleadings. Performs confidential secretarial duties, maintains and provides information requiring familiarity with departmental and legal proceedings to the public. Communicates with experts and investigators to coordinate services and ensure their ability to enter the jail.
Runs queries and reports to produce data for quarterly reports for submission to the Indigent Defense Services Office (IDSO). Utilizes current countywide and/or department specific software to complete assignments.
Required Minimum Qualifications:
- Be a high school graduate or have a certificate of successful completion of the General Education Development Test.
- Have had at least five (5) years of full-time clerical experience, at least one (1) year of which included full-time legal secretary responsibility.
NOTE: Course work at an accredited college, university, business, or commercial school in a directly related area may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for up to two (2) years of the required clerical experience. One year of classroom experience after admittance to law school or a para-legal program may be substituted for the legal secretary experience.
Pay Range: USD $48,715.00 - USD $65,269.00 /Yr.