Administrative Assistant

capital litigation office

Salary: $2,520/month

Job Description: Individual acts as administrative assistant for the Western Capital Litigation Office in Kansas City. Duties include assisting attorneys, investigator, and mitigation specialists in the preparation of cases for Capital (death penalty) jury trial including maintaining the trial calendar, timely oversight of incoming and outgoing mail, maintenance of incoming mail logs, making travel arrangements, and maintenance of master file room. Additional responsibilities include answering phone; opening/closing case files; coordinating office service activities including tracking budget and expenditure information; attending team meetings when requested; processing invoices and communicating with vendors; conducting inventory; and ordering supplies.

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