Legal Support

DE Legal Secretary II - Phoenix, Arizona

Requisition: 09-049CFPPSS03958
Title: DE Legal Secretary II
Position No: ADEI947AHN
Grade: 16
Class Code: 03958
Salary Range: $30,015 - $46,377
Location: Phoenix

DESCRIPTION – The Child & Family Protection Division is currently recruiting for one full time Legal Secretary II position in the Phoenix office. CFPD represents the Division of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) of the Department of Economic Security.  Responsibilities include providing legal support to attorneys representing DCYF in dependency, severance, guardianship, and adoption appeals statewide, with the possibility of supporting attorneys working on litigation advice and child support enforcement appeals.  Please see below for further qualifications and information.

Duties include:  preparing a variety of legal correspondence, briefs, forms, pleadings, motions and memoranda; docketing and calendaring; filing; arranging meetings and assisting attorneys and legal assistants with case management; and maintaining statistical reports. 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES - Knowledge of technical legal terms and various legal forms/documents.  Knowledge of the sequence of legal actions sufficient to answer a variety of detailed inquiries.  Knowledge of legal notices/forms sufficient to complete them from marginal notes, standard paragraphs, verbal/written instructions, and/or similar forms.  Knowledge of the policies/procedures of the immediate work unit, with strong awareness of other units.   Skill in handling detailed work with accuracy and speed.  Skill in performing broad administrative support functions.  Skill in monitoring legal requirements and deadlines.  Skill in composing a wide variety of complex legal correspondence, petitions, briefs, legislative measures, legal opinions, etc.  Skill in responding to a variety of complex inquiries concerning the progress of legal actions, and in providing advice regarding proper procedures.  Skill in responding to the public with tact, diplomacy and appropriate timely information.  Manual dexterity and skill in the operation of keyboard equipment.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION – Typical ways to obtain KSA’s would be: two years of experience as a legal secretary; OR completion of post high school legal secretary/paralegal training program may substitute for one year of the legal secretary experience.  Knowledge of juvenile law; particularly dependency, severance, guardianship, and adoptions matters preferred, but not required.

This position is not covered by the State Merit System.

The State of Arizona offers a generous benefits package that includes vacation leave, sick leave, a top-ranked pension plan, and low cost medical, dental, and vision insurance.

All applicants under serious consideration for hire with the Attorney General’s Office are required to be fingerprinted by the Office and complete a criminal background check through State and Federal agencies. A job offer cannot be tendered until the candidate has successfully passed the initial background check.

To apply: Go to azstatejobs.gov.  Search for Attorney General positions by entering the keyword “AAG” in the Agency Search field.  Reference announcement  #09-049.

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