Paralegal 12 PCN 03-0335

What You Will Be Doing

The Commercial Fair Business and Child Support Section of the Attorney Generals office is unique in its scope of representation. Where other sections focus on a single client agency or area of practice CFB&CS provides legal support and advice to 17 different divisions commissions and public corporations within the Alaska Departments of Administration Revenue Education & Early Development Natural Resources and Commerce Community and Economic Development. The section also represents and gives advice to 20 professional licensing boards and commissions. Diverse though its practice may be the sections mission is clear and focused using the skills of its attorneys and other professionals to protect the safety and improve the lives of Alaskans.

The Commercial Fair Business and Child Support section represents a unique opportunity to serve a diverse range of clients in a variety of forums. Membership in this section provides its paralegals with the opportunity to develop diverse legal skills as they assist clients through advice civil litigation alternative dispute resolution administrative litigation regulatory law and legislative work.

The section handles matters on behalf of the Child Support Division. This requires access to specialized databases containing a wide range of protected information from the IRS system. Due to the nature of this information this position must submit complete and pass to a background check. Authority for this background check is expressly provided by statute in AS 39.90.200210.

Mission and Culture

The Department of Law upholds the rule of law protects public safety and provides high quality legal representation to executive branch agencies for the benefit of all Alaskans. The Department of Law is committed to excellence in our work. We will maintain the highest standards of ethics and professionalism to promote exceptional legal representation to the State through a valued and welltrained team of attorneys and administrative professionals dedicated to public service. Our team values integrity success positivity creativity collaboration and empowerment. The applicant can expect to be relied on for their strengths as well as given opportunities for professional development as part of a focused team.

Benefits of Joining Our Team

Our paralegals are the attorneys right hand helping them from top to bottom and beginning to end over the course of their cases. Within that we offer opportunities to learn about the legal system engage with the court prepare for hearings and trials and protect resources and vulnerable populations to the benefit of all Alaskans. People who succeed and thrive in our office are those who can be reliable and present each day to work alongside their assigned attorneys to tackle their various deadlines and legal puzzles.

You can expect a 37.5hour work week; 12 paid holidays; personal leave accrual starting at 6 hours per pay period (about 21 days annually) and increasing with years of service. Our office also offers an optional hybrid telework schedule following completion of the probationary period. The general office hours are 8:00am to 4:30pm but there is flexibility in establishing your regular hours around core business hours.

The Working Environment You Can Expect

We are offering this opportunity in either Anchorage or Juneau. Our Anchorage office is located in the Brady Building at 1031 W 4th Avenue. In the heart of downtown you are close to cafes lunch spots the Coastal Trail and parks. Employee parking is available close by.

Our Juneau office is located in the Dimond Courthouse at 123 4th Street. It also is close to the cafes eateries good walking spots and parks. The building offers comfort privacy and good lighting.

The staff in both locations are bright collaborative friendly and diligent.

Who We Are Looking For

• SelfManagement: Sets welldefined and realistic goals and displays a high level of initiative and effort. The ability to problemsolve prioritize and adjust to changing workplace dynamics to balance multiple projects and meet deadlines in an environment with frequent interruptions and changing priorities. Proven ability to work independently. Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding friendliness courtesy tact empathy politeness to others.
• Leadership: Effectively delegates tasks; tactfully acts as project manager or committee leader; oversees team deadlines/checkpoints; demonstrates considerate decisionmaking; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult hostile or distressed.
• Legal experience: Experience in working within the civil litigation practice including working knowledge of applicable court rules or rules of civil procedure

Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application (through work history volunteer experience (duties summary) training education licenses certifications etc. supports how you have gained the knowledge skills abilities and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description
The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge skills abilities (KSAs) tasks and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations as opposed to specific tasks and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competencys description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA task and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Please ensure your application (through work history training education licenses certifications etc. supports/demonstrates you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

PI01B1 Paralegal 1

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding friendliness courtesy tact empathy concern and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult hostile or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity race gender disabilities and other individual differences.
• Reading: Understands and interprets written material including technical material rules regulations instructions reports charts graphs or tables; applies what is learned from written material to specific situations.
• Written Communication: Writes in a clear concise organized and convincing manner for the intended audience.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Postsecondary and/or vocational education in a legal or legal support area and/or experience preparing reviewing or processing legal documents such as affidavits court reports demand letters discovery requests or responses hearing transcripts memoranda of advice/instruction/understanding letters of agreement motions legal opinions subpoenas and/or writs.

PI01B2 Paralegal 2

Successful completion of training under a formally established Paralegal 12 flexible staffing training plan with the State of Alaska;

OR

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

• Adaptability: adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
• Administrative Law: Knowledge of State and federal administrative laws including procedures regulations guidelines and precedents related to case preparation and settlements.
• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding friendliness courtesy tact empathy concern and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult hostile or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity race gender disabilities and other individual differences.
• Stress Tolerance: Deals calmly and effectively with high stress situations (for example tight deadlines hostile individuals emergency situations dangerous situations).

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Postsecondary and/or vocational education in a legal paralegal criminal justice or similar legal support area and/or experience performing paraprofessional legal investigation discovery and providing support in the preparation of legal cases reports documents and exhibits.

Special Note (All Levels):

Positions may require incumbents to be able to obtain a Notary Public upon hire and to be able to pass a criminal background check to meet security requirements for using criminal record networks such as Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN) and National Crime Enforcement Information Center/National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NCIC/NLETS). If this requirement is present it will be stated in the vacancy announcement.

Some positions are required to work regular overtime during the standard workweek on weekends and/or holidays to provide support to the assigned duty attorney. If this requirement is present it will be stated in the vacancy announcement.

Competencies means a combination of interrelated knowledge skills abilities and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

Paraprofessional work is typically associated with and supportive of a professional field. It involves extensive practical knowledge gained through experience and/or specific formal or onthejob training. Work in these occupations may involve substantial elements of the work of the professional or administrative field but requires less than full knowledge of the field involved.

Progressively responsible means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity difficulty or level of responsibility.

Technical means performing tasks methods procedures and computations that are covered by established precedents or guidelines and often require a high degree of skill care and precision.

Training and education in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom online selfstudy and onthejob) from accredited and unaccredited sources and longduration (such as a postsecondary degree) and shortduration (such as a seminar) programs.

Typically gained by means the prevalent usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

**NOTE: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY**

THIS RECRUITMENT IS FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY

This recruitment is open to Alaska Residents only. Applicants must meetAlaska Residency Requirements to be considered for employment at this time.

If selected for an interviewthe applicant must provide the following:

• Last two 2 Performance Evaluations
• A writing sample that is less than 5 pages on any topic. This should be a technical or professional writing sample not a personal statement or contain personal information. Your writing sample should showcase your grammar clarity and ability to communicate a topic or point.

Application Notice

You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or via a hardcopy application. If you accessed this recruitment bulletin through a job search portal such as AlaskaJobs or any other database you MUST use a Workplace Alaska online or hardcopy application to apply successfully. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska How to Apply page. Your application must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on the closing date.

Education

If postsecondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position. Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of the interview.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. postsecondary institution reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the postsecondary institution. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

Work Experience

If using work experience not already documented in your application also provide the employers name job title employment dates and whether full or parttime. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and if minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not the applicant may not advance to the recruitment interview and selection phase.

Note:Attaching a resume is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting see resume or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

Bargaining Unit

If you are acurrent state employee please mark the union you are a member of at the time of application. If you are not a current state employeedo not complete this question.

Multiple Locations

This position is being recruited in Anchorage and Juneau; the final location is dependent upon the location of the most qualified candidate. There is only ONE position to be filled.

Flexible Staffing
This position is flexibly staffed. The level of the job offer will be based on the selected candidates credibly possessed and proven competencies. If hired at the lower level you will be promoted to the higher level after completing the training plan and demonstrating competency in the work.

EEO Statement

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodation auxiliary aides or services or alternative communication formats please callorin Juneau or(TTY) or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P. O. Box 110201 Juneau AK. The State of Alaska is an equalopportunity employer.

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For specific information about this position please contact the hiring manager at the following:

Kelly West

Administrative Operations Manager

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