The salary range indicated in this announcement is based on the Employee/Employer retirement compensation schedule. An employer-only option is available at a reduced salary range. Generally, salaries start at the lowest level of a step 1 and increase with each year of service to the highest level of a step 10.

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.

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 possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform work independently with little or no additional training.

This is a Legal Secretary 2 position for the Dept. of Motor Vehicles, Administrative Hearings Office, located at the Sahara office in Las Vegas. The incumbent will use applicable statutes and administrative regulations to help determine if the Department has jurisdiction for action to be taken. This position will obtain thorough and appropriate information to process hearing requests; perform specialized secretarial duties for administrative law judges including preparing legal documents and correspondence; calendaring; maintaining records; and providing aid on routine problems and inquiries that are not of a legal nature. The position also will provide clerical support to assigned administrative law judge and/or supervisory staff; receive and screen visitors; answer phones; greet parties appearing at hearings; open and review incoming mail and distribute appropriately, in addition to processing and filing the appropriate legal documents in accordance with the specific time frames and procedures as set out by statutes and regulations. Familiarity with Microsoft Office 365 will be beneficial to the incumbent's success but is not required. Under the authority of NRS 239B.010.1(b), the DMV utilizes NRS 205.4605 - 205.810, NRS 293.504, NRS 293.5045, 6 CFR 37.45, 49 CFR 1572.103, and 49 CFR 384.228 as criteria to obtain a FBI fingerprint clearance check on current and prospective employees. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. *** THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.***

In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements: