Legal Assistant / Victim Services

Job Posting Title

Legal Assistant / Victim Services

Agency

220 DISTRICT ATTORNEYS COUNCIL

Supervisory Organization

DAC District 12 Fin

Job Posting End Date

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

Job Description

POSITION TITLE:   Legal Assistant / Victim Services

LOCATION:              District 12 District Attorney’s Office, Mayes County Office in Pryor

STATUS:                  Full Time

SALARY:                  Salary based upon experience and qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

To qualify for this position, applicants must first enjoy doing a variety of different tasks each day, in addition to possessing the following qualifications:

• A minimum of two years of experience in a legal or social services related field; or a combination of education in Victim/Survivor Services and experience in the victims field.
• Self-disciplined with excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
• Excellent adaptability skills.
• The person in this position will be required to talk extensively to victims of violent crime who may be emotionally distraught. Superb listening skills, patience, and empathy are critical.  In addition, qualified individuals must possess proper self-care techniques to manage stress and have crisis response experience or experience in working with victims of violent crime.
• Excellent work ethics and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent computer, writing, spelling, data entry, and typing skills.
• The ability to remain calm with people in crisis and get along with a variety of people from different backgrounds.
• The ability to learn quickly.
• The ability to maintain confidentiality and disassociate self from the effects of listening to and reading of graphic crime information.
• The position performs a variety of administrative duties including data entry, preparation of documents, filing of documents, preparation of files.  This position also provides customer service to the public, Judicial Offices, Attorney’s and Courthouse staff.

TO APPLY:  

Applicants should submit a cover letter, resume and references to the following: [email protected]

Disclaimer: This job description is intended as a summary of the primary responsibilities and qualifications for this position and is not inclusive of all duties an individual in this position might be asked to perform or of all qualifications that may be required now or in the future.

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