GRADE
ASTD10
LOCATION OF POSITION
Baltimore City Office of Special Counsel
217 E. Redwood Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
POSITION DUTIES
The Office of the Attorney General is seeking applicants for a Legal Secretary. The position provides administrative support for the four (4) Assistant Attorneys General who constitute the Establishment Unit for the Baltimore City Office of Child Support. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, processing referrals to establish child support; preparing, reviewing, and organizing case files; preparing and typing correspondences and other documents including subpoenas and proposed court orders; tracking and maintaining files; delivering files and pleadings to the courthouse as needed; and generally assisting with the secretarial administration of the unit.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
Experience: One year of experience as a legal secretary to include keyboarding legal briefs, pleadings, affidavits, subpoenas and other legal documents; maintaining case files, schedules and logs and verifying legal citations and references.
Notes:
1. Candidates may substitute additional secretarial or other clerical experience on a year-for-year basis for the required education.
2. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a non-commissioned officer in Legalman classifications or Paralegal specialty codes in the administrative support field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.
DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
1. Two years of experience in administrative staff or professional work.
2. Experience working in the child support field.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Employees in this classification must demonstrate ability to keyboard at a minimum speed of forty words per minute.
SELECTION PROCESS
Please make sure that you provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment. All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. We will not consider information submitted after this date. Successful candidates will be ranked and placed on the eligible (employment) list for at least one year.
BENEFITS
FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS
Online applications are STRONGLY preferred. If the online application process is not available, please send your paper application and supplemental questionnaire (if applicable) to: Yolanda Colkley, Fair Practices Officer, 200 St. Paul Place, Baltimore, MD 21202 or fax to 410-576-6447.
If you have specific questions about recruitment, please call 410-576-6440 or email jobs@oag.state.md.us.
TTY Users: call via Maryland Relay
We thank our Veterans for their service to our country, and encourage them to apply.
As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State's diversity.
