Law Office Assistant 2 (PCN 082144)

The Department of Commerce Community and Economic Development Division of Corporations Business and Professional Licensingis recruiting for a Law Office Assistant 2located in Anchorage!

The mission of the Division of Corporations Business and Professional Licensing is to ensure that competent professional and regulated commercial services are available to Alaska consumers. This position is part of the front lines ensuring that the division is successful. To learn more about our agency please visit our website at

The benefits of joining our team:

• Attention to Detail: Sees and pays attention to details; recognizes the competent parts of a procedure or object and can verify correctness or error in an individual part or procedure.

• Integrity/Honesty:Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization self and others; is trustworthy.

• Organized Workplace: successfully organizes activities tasks and projects that require accuracy planning and record keeping.

• Accountability: Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions and demonstrates commitment to accomplish work in an ethical efficient and costeffective manner.

• 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.

One year of specific experience as a Law Office Assistant 1 with the State of Alaska;

OR

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

OR

One year of experience in a law office or other administrative experience that includes the regular proficient use of electronic management information systems and word processing and other standard business software applications for preparing reviewing or processing legal documents such as affidavits court reports demand letters discovery requests or responses entries of appearances hearing transcripts memoranda of advice/instruction motions legal opinions subpoenas and/or writs.

Substitutions:

A bachelors degree in a legal field of study may substitute for the required experience.

An associates degree or specific vocationaltechnical certification in a legal support career area (e.g. paralegal Law Office Assistant legal secretary or criminal justice) may substitute for up to 6 months of the required experience.

Postsecondary education from an accredited college or university in a nonlegal field of study may substitute for up to 6 months of the required experience (2.67 semester hours or 4 quarter hours equal one month).

VocationalTechnical Certification in a generalized business support (e.g. administrative office technology business and marketing management entrepreneurship or office assistance) career area may substitute for up to 3 months of the required experience.

Special Note:

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.

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.

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 interview.

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

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.

NOTICE
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