Office Professional 2
Office Professional 2
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Intentional omission of relevant information falsification or misrepresentation of information on the application will disqualify the applicant. In addition such intentional acts are grounds for immediate termination of an employee.
Final candidates selected for this position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual assessment of an applicants prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.
The Minimum Qualifications for this position are:
6 mos. trg. or 6 mos. exp. in using personal computer & related business office software; 6 mos. trg. or 6 mos. exp. in office practices & procedures.
-Or 6 mos. exp. as Office Professional 1 12141.
-Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.
Job Skills: Clerical & Data Entry; Operational and Administrative Support; Customer Focus
At the State of Ohio we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees*. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits visit ourTotal Rewards website! Our benefits package includes:
- Medical Coverage
- Free Dental Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
- Paid time off including vacation personal sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
- Childbirth Adoption and Foster Care leave
- Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds Public Service Loan Forgiveness and more)
- Public Retirement Systems (such as OPERS STRS SERS and HPRS)&Optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)
*Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The Agency Contact listed above will be able to provide specific benefits information for this position.
The Office of the Ohio Public Defender (OPD) is the state agency responsible for providing legal representation and other services to people accused or convicted of a crime who cannot afford to hire an attorney.
Our Mission: Advocating. Fighting. Helping.
Our Vision: A Fair Justice System.
Our Values: . Service. Community.
We are committed to building a work environment where all team members have a voice and can embrace our differences to innovate service to the public in our pursuit of fairness and justice for all people.
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We are seeking an organized and detailed-oriented individual to join our Death Penalty Department (DP Department) as an Office Professional 2. The DP Department represents death- sentenced clients in direct appeal postconviction federal habeas clemency and related legal proceedings. We are comprised of 14 attorneys and three core sta professionals. We emphasize a client-centered team approach to representation and core administrative staff work closely alongside attorneys mitigation specialists fact investigators and other core administrative staff.
Your Office Professional 2 position plays a key role in client representation by performing clerical tasks and providing office assistance to our department. You will work closely with attorneys on clerical and office tasks maintain case documentation records and ling systems including digital files and larger physical files. This position reports to the DP Department Program Administrator and receives task assignments from the attorneys in the department.
A successful candidate will be detail oriented able to work independently and able to prioritize multiple tasks assigned by multiple people. A successful candidate will be comfortable with intermediate computer user tasks such as copying to external media source les that include audio and video recordings photographs Word documents Excel spreadsheets or PDF documents. A candidate would enjoy working in a professional and friendly environment that collaborates as a team to achieve the common goal of helping others and providing quality client service.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Obtain and scan trial counsel les and court records. Organize scanned materials within the clients electronic les.
- Prepare electronic copies of department les for transfer to successor counsel.
- Gather and maintain data on pending capital-eligible cases.
- Review court dockets and make in-person court lings in remote counties. Maintain an accurate record of the physical le boxes stored on site or remotely.
- Travels to counties to obtain client or witness signatures physical records and other case related items.
- Screen scan and distribute mail; prepare and postage outgoing mail and correspondence as requested by attorneys.
- Submit written or verbal requests to county court reporters outside counsel county clerks and prosecutors.
- Coordinate attorney visits to the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Department of Youth Services or other custodial facilities.
The Office Professional 2 position is assigned to the State of Ohios OCSEA Pay Range 26 presented below in table format. Starting pay will be at Step 1 unless required by contract/legislation; Candidates with exceptional qualifications may be considered for higher starting pay. Our steps give a standard path for earnings growth: you move to the next step after 4 month and annually thereafter. We typically have fiscal year Cost of Living Adjustments as well.
Fiscal Year 2025 Wages
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Hourly
$21.19
$21.64
$22.19
$22.77
$23.32
$23.91
Annual
$44075
$45011
$46155
$47362
$48506
$49733
The Office of the Ohio Public Defender complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please contact us at or .
Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a model employer of individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services activities programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
