Administrative Assistant
Salary: $2,520/month
Job Description: The Administrative Assistant reports to the District Defender and acts as office manager for the local office. Duties include:
- Managing front desk duties, including answering phones and greeting clients
- 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
- Contacting clerks, court reporters, and other court personnel to order and obtain records necessary to prepare legal files, transcripts, and other documents for appellate and postconviction cases
- Typing and copying correspondence, appellate briefs, postconviction motions, and records
- Making travel arrangements and indexing case files
- Providing clerical support to the District Defender and other staff attorneys
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.