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.