Administrative Assistant – Children’s Defense Team (St. Louis)

Salary: $2,712/month

Job Description: The Administrative Assistant reports to the District Defender and serves as office manager for the Children’s Defense Team in St. Louis. Duties include:

• Managing front desk duties, including answering phones, greeting clients, and maintaining the trial calendar
• Opening and closing case files
• Coordinating office service activities, including tracking budget and expenditure information
• Processing invoices and directing communication with vendors
• Conducting inventory and ordering supplies
• Providing clerical support to the District Defender and other staff attorneys
• Performing other related duties as assigned

Qualifications: One year of professional office management experience, demonstrated by supervision of staff or highly responsible administrative duties; or five years of progressively responsible clerical or office experience. Post-secondary education may be substituted for minimum experience requirements.