Assistant To the Public Defender's Office
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
Description: Pennington County, SD is currently interviewing Assistant To the Public Defender's Office right now, this career will be settled in South Dakota. Detailed specification about this career opportunity kindly see the descriptions. This position will support the work of the Public Defender’s Office by performing legal secretarial duties, including assisting attorneys and ! other staff in preparation of client cases
Qualifications:
One to two years’ experience in secretarial position.
Experience as a legal secretary is preferred.
Ability to operate standard office equipment and a computer with working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs
Additional Information:
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Perform a variety of secretarial duties to be done in an accurate and timely manner, involving highly confidential matters
Contact new clients to verify personal information and to schedule initial appointments
Process, distribute and provide discovery to attorneys and new clients
Screen incoming phone calls; greet and assist clients and other walk-in traffic and direct to appropriate individual or various offices in the court system
Schedule court appearances & properly calendar
Review court appointed applications & notarize said applications
Attend in-custody initial appearance ! court session to process court-appointed applications and open! new court-appointed files in the absence of other personnel
Assist in preparing routine correspondence, filing and scanning of files
Attention to detail and ability to be precise; ability to maintain professional appearance and demeanor
SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Reports directly to the Department Head and/or Office Manager.
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If you were eligible to this career, please deliver us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Pennington County, SD.
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This career will be opened on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:27:12 GMT
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