Legal Secretary 7-9 - Labor Division

This position provides legal secretary duties for the Labor Division. Duties include preparation of legal pleadings, briefs, letters and memoranda utilizing legal secretarial terminology, practices and procedures, format, form and spelling.

Preparation of appearances, notices, subpoenas, affidavits of service, etc.; docketing and maintaining/organizing case files-both paper and electronic; other general assistance to staff attorneys; administrative duties to assist the Unemployment, Regulatory, and Workers' Compensation Sections including handling and sorting mail. This position will also provide back-up support to the Division Chief, First Assistant, Section Heads, and Supervising Secretaries, as directed.

Additional duties and qualifications for this position are found in the Michigan Civil Service Commission Job Specification for Legal Secretary. This position is subject to both Department of Consumer and Regulatory Enforcement Bureau and Michigan Department of Attorney General policies and procedures.

Position Description

Education

Educational level typically acquired through completion of high school.

Experience

Legal Secretary 7

Two years of administrative support experience where use of a personal computer to prepare correspondence, reports, charts, etc., or to enter/retrieve/update information is an essential part of the work, including one year equivalent to 6-level administrative support experience.

Legal Secretary E8

Three years of administrative support experience where use of a personal computer to prepare correspondence, reports, charts, etc., or to enter/retrieve/update information is an essential part of the work, including one year involving legal secretarial practices equivalent to a Legal Secretary 7.

Legal Secretary 9

Four years of office experience involving administrative support practices, including two years involving legal secretarial practices equivalent to a Legal Secretary 7 or one year equivalent to a Legal SecretaryE8.

Some positions may require stenographic skills.

View the job specification at: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/LegalSecretary_12781_7.pdf

Please attach a cover letter, resume, and official college transcripts (if applicable) to your application.

You must attach a resume and cover letter to your application to be considered for this position.