Legal Assistant

• High school diploma or equivalent and two years of highly responsible office support experience including one year in a legal/law enforcement  environment, preferably in a high-level public contact position. 
• Prefer some continuing education in secretarial science, business or job-related. 

Licenses and Certifications:  (Depending upon area of assignment) 

• NCIC Certification within 6 months of hire/reclassification.
• Must possess a valid state driver's license and maintain satisfactory motor vehicle record with the ability to obtain appropriate Nevada state driver’s license within required time frame. 
• Notary Public Certification may be required.

Knowledge: 

• Ability to learn policies and procedures related to the City Attorney’s Office. 
• Ability to learn legal office terminology, forms, documents and procedures. 
• Specified computer applications involving word processing, data entry and/or standard report generation. 
• Accepting money and making accurate arithmetic calculations. 
• Office administrative practices and procedures. 
• Business letter writing and the standard format for typed materials. 
• Record keeping principles and practices.
• Correct business English, including spelling, grammar and punctuation. 
• Techniques for dealing with the public, in person and over the telephone, often where relations may be confrontational or strained.

• Typing and word processing skills to perform efficient, accurate and well-organized correspondence, pleadings, and inter-departmental memoranda. 
• Using specified computer applications involving word processing, data entry and/or standard report generation. 
• Analytical skills necessary to perform numerical calculations to obtain totals, balances and verify information from complex forms and transfer to computers or manual reports. 
• Interpersonal skills necessary to effectively interact with internal staff, citizens and other departmental staff in order to give and extricate information in a courteous and friendly manner. 
• Typing at a rate of 45 net words per minute. 
• Performing technical and specialized legal office support work. 
• Using applicable legal office terminology, forms, documents and procedures in the course of the work. 
• Maintaining accurate legal files and records. 
• Using initiative and independent judgment within established procedural guidelines.