Definition & Distinguishing CharacteristicsThe District Attorney's Office is actively seeking a motivated Legal Specialist to join their dynamic team. In this important position, the successful candidate will handle a variety of legal support tasks, including secretarial duties, administrative functions, and clerical responsibilities to assist assigned attorneys. Additionally, this role involves interacting with the public to provide essential guidance and information about departmental procedures and services. If you’re looking to make a meaningful contribution to the legal field, we encourage you to apply! For more details, please check out the job description pages
HERE. What's this Job All About? As a Legal Specialist, you will support legal operations by transcribing documents, preparing correspondence, and maintaining litigation calendars. Your role includes providing administrative assistance to attorneys, serving as a public contact to interpret policies, conducting research for special projects, and managing the organization of legal documentation and filing systems.
What are the benefits? - A beautiful, safe community in which to work and serve.
- A caring, empathetic, & fun work family that you will be welcomed into.
- A job with WORK-LIFE BALANCE
- Competitive salary commensurate with education & experience
- A LIFETIME PAYCHECK (3% @ 60 for Classic Members and 2% @ 62 for New Members) - As long as you work for 5 years and vest in the CalPERS system, you will receive a retirement paycheck for the rest of your life.
- Amazing health care BENEFITS at NO COST to you - Unless you choose a premium health care plan.
- Authentically kind and engaged leadership who truly enjoy developing staff.
- 457 Deferred Compensation.
- PAID vacation, PAID holidays (13), and PAID leave if you get sick.
- Vacation Parity - Previous service with a public agency counts towards vacation accrual at Colusa County. A public agency includes cities, counties, districts, military and similar entities. To learn more about vacation parity please see our benefit summary.
COME WORK FOR THE COUNTY OF COLUSA: WE’RE WAITING FOR YOU! Supervision & Examples of DutiesReceives general supervision from management or supervisory staff.
QualificationsAny combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Experience: One year of increasingly responsible legal secretarial experience.
OR
Two years of responsible office and administrative support work, including experience in a position requiring knowledge of legal terminology and procedures.
Training: Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade. Specialized legal secretarial training is highly desirable.
Supplemental InformationThe salary range consists of 15 steps. Steps 1-6 are annual merit steps with approximately 5% difference between each step, based on successful performance. Steps 7-15 are additional merit steps, requiring 2 years of satisfactory performance at the previous step. Steps 7-14 provide 2.5% increases, while Step 15 offers a 5% increase. The final salary offered will depend on the applicant's experience and qualifications, ranging from steps 1 to 15.Colusa County offers an excellent benefit package. For a summary of benefits, please click here:
2024 Benefit Summary Closing Date/Time: 10/4/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
