Law Office Assistant 1 (PCN 03-1053)

What You Will Be Doing

The Law Office Assistant 1 is responsible for providing clerical support to prosecutors within the Anchorage District Attorneys Office. Key responsibilities include but are not limited to providing customer service to the public and other agencies answering phone calls organizing documents in electronic files and performing other clerical tasks as needed. The role also involves supporting various administrative functions as assigned ensuring smooth and efficient office operations.

Mission and Culture

Our mission is to seek justice promote public safety and public respect for government through prompt effective and compassionate prosecution of cases in a matter that advocates for the interests of the victims respects the law enforcement agencies responsibly stewards public resources and holds offenders accountable while at the same time protecting the constitutional and legal rights of the accused.

Benefits of Joining Our Team

• You will have an opportunity to learn about the legal system engage with the court prepare for hearings and trials and provide vital support to everyone involved. 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.
• This is a flexibly staffed position with a builtin advancement opportunity for people who exhibit a motivation to learn and succeed.
• You can expect a 37.5 hour 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. 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

• The Anchorage District Attorneys Office is located at 310 K St. Ste 520. The office environment is friendly fastpaced and never boring.
• In our office you can become a leader work as part of a team; work in one or more areas of law and build your office and computer skills.

Who We Are Looking For

• Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example technical sensitive controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others attends to nonverbal cues and responds appropriately.
• 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
• Manages and Organizes Information: Identifies a need; gathers organizes and maintains information; determines its importance and accuracy and communicates it by a variety of methods.
• Problem Solving:(*) Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives and to make recommendations.

PI01A1 Law Office Assistant 1

One year of experience that involves some combination of providing significant customer service contact; eliciting or exchanging information as related to requirements or procedures necessary to secure services authorizations or goods on behalf of the client; and/or performing standard administrative tasks such as preparing correspondence or reports filing entering data receiving payments and/or maintaining logs and includes the regular proficient use of electronic management information systems and word processing and other standard business software applications.

Substitutions:

Any combination of postsecondary education from an accredited college or university (2.67 semester hours or 4 quarter hours equal one month) in any area of study and/or applicable experience as defined above may substitute for the required experience.

An associates degree or specific vocationaltechnical certification in a legal support career area (e.g. paralegal legal assistant legal secretary or criminal justice) may substitute for the required experience.

Vocationaltechnical certification in a generalized business support career area (e.g. administrative office technology business and marketing management entrepreneurship or office assistance) may substitute for up to 6 months of the required experience.

Special Note (All Levels):

Most positions 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 APSIN and National Crim Enforcement Information Center/National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NCIC/NLETS). If this requirement is present it will be stated in the vacancy announcement.

THIS RECRUITMENT IS FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY

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

Background Check
The successful candidates must pass a comprehensive background investigation which includes a criminal history check.

If selected for an interviewthe applicant must provide the following:

1. Educational transcripts if using education to meet the minimum qualifications of this position.
2. List of three (3) professional references to include daytime telephone and email address. One must be a current or former supervisor.
3. Last two (2) performance evaluations. If unavailable supervisory letters of recommendation can be substituted.

Special Notices

• The Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN) is utilized in this position. A background check and fingerprinting will be required.

• The incumbent will be required to obtain APSIN access which will be done through the office.

• Members of the Criminal Division are held to high standards of professionalism even in our personal lives. The incumbent must maintain the strictest of confidences with information they will be exposed to and have access to.

• Applicants should be aware that due to the nature of the work being performed in this office the incumbent must have the ability to tolerate some exposure to graphic pictures coarse language and detailed descriptions of sometimes horrific criminal acts.

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 Vacancies

This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.

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 (907)(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:

Stephen Hamlin

Law Office Manager

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