| Division : | OPEN |
| Section : | continuous recruitment only |
| Location: | Atlanta |
| Job Openings: | none |
| Job Opening Date: | 10/07/2008 |
| Job Closing Date: | 12/31/2008 |
| Salary: | $30,000 MINIMUM Annual |
Duties & Responsibilities
Although we CURRENTLY MAY NOT HAVE an OPEN POSITION, we are accepting applications. Applications are reviewed from those candidates who have passed the LS test AND have legal secretary experience. DUTIES INCLUDE, but are not limited to: Providing secretarial support to several attorneys. Types correspondence, briefs, pleadings, forms, agreements & administrative orders from handwritten notes or dictation; files pleadings and other legal documents in court as requested; answers the telephone; responds to calls from clients, attorneys and citizens; and provides general information or transfers calls as appropriate; prepares, copies, and faxes or mails a variety of legal documents and correspondence; dockets pleadings and distributes cases as requested; maintains files for the section; maintains records on the assignments of cases; maintains records of leave balances for division personnel; enters time worked for all personnel to the computer; maintains and updates legal references for the division; makes travel arrangements for section personnel; maintains adequate inventory of office supplies; closes files and coordinates the removal of closed files; performs other duties.
Minimum Training & Experience
One year of legal secretarial experience or two years of general secretarial experience which includes a significant amount of typing. To be considered, ALL applicants MUST TAKE and pass the WRITTEN LEGAL SECT TEST & TYPING TEST that is given by the STATE PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION (SPA) in Atlanta, the test for the legal secretary job is given on a ‘walk-in’ basis the FIRST through the FOURTH TUESDAY of every month at 8:30 a.m. ONLY. To test, applicants should apply for this job online, at www.careers.ga.gov REQUISTION NUMBER SWD-95404ab any time prior to the day of testing. Applicants should bring their UserID (generated from the on-line resume creation) and a picture ID to the test session. Walk-ins are allowed for these testing times. Applicants must take a completed Dept of Law application to the test (see below). Upon an opening for a legal secretary, only those applicants that have passed the test will be considered for an interview. PREFERNCE WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE APPLICANTS with LEGAL SECRETARY EXPERIENCE.
Additional Information
Applicants must complete a DEPT OF LAW administrative application & waiver, which can be found here. ONE COPY MUST BE TAKEN TO THE TEST (see information on testing above) AND ANOTHER MAILED TO address below. For additional information on testing or location directions, please go to www.careers.ga.gov click on applicant resources, see the "Testing and Exams" or "Maps and Directions" on the left of your screen OR call 404-656-2724. A criminal background check is completed on interviewed candidates; employment is also contingent upon the completion & satisfactory results of the background investigation. Salary is commensurate w/ experience.
When there is a vacancy, only those persons who submitted an application, passed the Legal Secretary test and meet the preferred qualifications of the position, will be contacted for an interview.
All qualified and interested applicants should submit a resume and a Department of Law application to:
Human Resources Director
Department of Law
40 Capitol Square S.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
You May call 404-656-3305 to request an application be sent to you
The Office of THE ATTORNEY GENERAL does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or services
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE OR CALL
Human Resources * 40 Capitol Square * Atlanta, GA. 30334
(404)656-3305
If you wish to obtain a copy of this in an alternate form, please call:
(404) 657-7313(V.), (404) 657-9993(TDD)
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