Legal Secretary 7-9 (Public Service Division)

Posting number: 1101-26-078

Department: Attorney General

Job classification: Legal Secretary 7-9

Posting type: Open

Categories: Clerical & Data Entry, Legal

Summary

This position will provide experienced legal secretary duties for the Public Service Division. Examples of such duties include: preparation of legal pleadings, briefs, letters and memoranda utilizing legal terminology, practices, procedures and formatting, preparation of appearances, notices, subpoenas, proofs of service, and maintaining litigation files. Further examples include inputting data into the Division and Department case management systems, serving as liaison between the Division attorneys and the Michigan Public Service Commission, docketing litigation case flow, maintaining hearing calendars, receiving and screening visitors and telephone calls.
Position Description

Examples of duties

Education

Educational level typically acquired through completion of high school.

Experience

Legal Secretary 7

Two years of administrative support experience where use of a personal computer to prepare correspondence, reports, charts, etc., or to enter/retrieve/update information is an essential part of the work, including one year equivalent to 6-level administrative support experience.

Legal Secretary E8

Three years of administrative support experience where use of a personal computer to prepare correspondence, reports, charts, etc., or to enter/retrieve/update information is an essential part of the work, including one year involving legal secretarial practices equivalent to a Legal Secretary 7.

Legal Secretary 9

Four years of office experience involving administrative support practices, including two years involving legal secretarial practices equivalent to a Legal Secretary 7 or one year equivalent to a Legal SecretaryE8.

You must attach your Cover Letter, Resume and Transcripts (if applicable) to the Attachments Section of your application to be considered for this position.

Supplemental information

Some positions may require stenographic skills.

View the job specification at: https://www.michigan.gov/mdcs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/L/LegalSecretary.pdf