LEGAL SECRETARY TRAINEE
- Underfilling the Legal Secretary 2
APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -
$31,090.32 to
$44,954.64
PAY GRADE: 25
For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.
JOB INFORMATION
Work Type: Permanent, full time vacancies as they may occur
in this geographical location.
Legal Secretaries perform specialized secretarial duties for attorneys, administrative law judges, and/or hearings/appeals officers including preparing legal documents and correspondence; calendaring; maintaining records; and providing assistance on routine problems and inquiries which are not of a legal nature.
Incumbents perform in a trainee capacity and acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities required in this occupation.
Legal Secretaries perform specialized secretarial duties for attorneys, administrative law judges, and/or hearings/appeals officers, including preparing legal documents, correspondence, calendaring, maintaining records and providing assistance on routine inquiries which are not of a legal nature. This position will be under-filling the Legal Secretary 2 position and may be progressed upon the supervisor's approval and when minimum qualifications of the higher level have been met. This position, under general supervision, provides direct support to attorneys in the Carson City office and back up support to additional attorneys as needed. This position has the potential responsibility for direct client contact, document preparation, hearing and office scheduling for over 100 clients on any given day.
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications)
Graduation from high school or equivalent education and one year of general clerical experience; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special Notes
An Associate of Science degree with a legal secretarial emphasis is equivalent to one year of legal secretarial trainee experience.
Completion of a legal secretarial diploma program from an accredited business college is equivalent to one year of legal secretarial trainee experience.
The Examination
If there are five or fewer qualified applicants, the exam will consist of an application evaluation. (This statement does not apply for Until Recruitment Needs are Satisfied (URS) announcements).
LEGAL SECRETARY TRAINEE (02.158) Written Exam
The exam will consist of a written weighted 100%.
Qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview.
The following are the number of questions and the category:
16 - Reading Comprehension
28 - Office Operations and Standard Practices
26 - English, Grammar and Spelling
15 - Customer Service
