Legal Secretary 7-9 - Collections Division

Job Description

This position will provide legal secretary duties for the Collections 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 Departments of Treasury and Corrections, docketing litigation case flow, processing payments, maintaining hearing calendars, receiving and screening visitors and telephone calls.

Position Description

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.

Some positions may require stenographic skills.
View the job specification at: https://www.michigan.gov/mdcs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/L/LegalSecretary.pdf
You must attach a resume and cover letter in order to be considered for this position.