The Position

Legal Secretaries perform specialized secretarial duties for attorneys, administrative law judges, and/or hearings/appeals officers including preparing legal documents and correspondence; calendaring; maintaining records; and providing assistance on routine problems and inquiries which are not of a legal nature.

PER EXECUTIVE ORDER 2023-10, ALL MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN WAIVED FOR THIS POSITION UNTIL DECEMBER 18th, 2023. Please refer to the link for more information: https://gov.nv.gov/Newsroom/ExecOrders/2023/Executive_Order_2023-10/ Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform work independently with little or no additional training.

The Department of Administration, Hearings and Appeals division is seeking to temporarily fill a vacant Legal Secretary II position. Judicial secretary to Hearing Officer (HO) responsible for calendaring duties including reset dates, notices, and of stacked and time certain hearings. Direct HO liaison for telephone status checks responsible for informing HO of case status for instruction. Provides skilled legal clerical support; creating and monitoring all court correspondence, pleadings, motions, orders, resets, stipulations, application and decisions for HO signature. Distinguish priorities and route files to the appropriate courtroom, monitor court reporters and interpreters, and note all changes on HO daily calendar. Acts as HO liaison to the general public, attorneys, laymen, employer representatives. Perform all clerical and administrative duties as may be necessary. In addition to the duties listed above, this position may serve as a roaming secretary to assist with extended absences and fill future vacancies. The State of Nevada is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages. *** THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***

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