What are the responsibilities and job description for the SUPERVISING LEGAL CLERK II position at City and County of Honolulu?
Position Information
"Lead the Path to Legal Excellence"
The Department of Corporation Counsel is looking for a Supervising Legal Clerk II to help plan, organize and assist in providing a wide variety of legal clerical and office services in supporting the attorneys assigned to the Litigation Division; and serve as the Secretary to the Litigation Division Head.
As a Supervising Legal Clerk II, your duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
Additional Job Information
Applications must be submitted online at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/honolulu to be accepted.
Some notifications will be sent via e-mail. You are responsible for monitoring instructions and correspondence from this office by checking your email account in a timely manner. To ensure proper delivery, please make sure you:
Minimum Qualification Requirements
At time of application, you must be a citizen, national or permanent resident alien of the United States or a non-citizen eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment.
Education Requirement
Equivalent to graduation from high school. Responsible work experience which demonstrated the ability to perform the essential functions of the job may be substituted for education.
Experience Requirement
Six years of progressively responsible legal clerical work experience, two of which must have involved supervisory responsibilities.
Such experience must have demonstrated knowledge of the principles and practices of supervision; legal terminology; form, content and use of legal documents, legal processes, procedures and precedents; filing systems of legal records; grammar, spelling and word usage as they pertain to legal activities; and law office practices and procedures; and the ability to plan, direct and coordinate the work of a clerical staff engaged in legal clerical activities; locate and abstract data from legal files and records; supervise the maintenance of filing systems of legal records and documents; and plan training programs for subordinates.
DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE : Experience in the use of a personal computer to input, retrieve, and analyze data using database, spreadsheets, word processing or similar programs.
Substitution : Relevant education and training from a regionally-accredited college or university in a legal office administration, legal assistance, legal secretary, paralegal, or law program may be used to substitute for some of the required legal clerical experience. The amount of time credited for the substitution will be dependent on the specific program you completed.
Education obtained outside of the United States must be comparable to a degree earned at a regionally-accredited college/university in the United States. In order to receive credit for the education, a foreign credential evaluation (FCE) must be provided. We also reserve the right to request further information about your academic program, evidence of comparability, or an original transcript.
Verification Requirement: You must submit evidence of your education in order to be given credit for the substitution. Please attach an electronic copy of your diploma and/or official transcript which shows the embossed seal or applicable FCE to your application. Or mail a photocopy of your documents to the following address: Department of Human Resources, 650 South King Street, 10th Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813. Unofficial transcripts will not be accepted. Copies will not be returned. All information on your documentation must be legible and complete in order to be given credit.
"Lead the Path to Legal Excellence"
The Department of Corporation Counsel is looking for a Supervising Legal Clerk II to help plan, organize and assist in providing a wide variety of legal clerical and office services in supporting the attorneys assigned to the Litigation Division; and serve as the Secretary to the Litigation Division Head.
As a Supervising Legal Clerk II, your duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Participating in providing a variety of complex legal clerical and secretarial services to the Litigation Division Head and assigned attorneys. This will include:
- Managing complex legal documentation and sensitive legal documentation and communication;
- Maintaining legal documents and related files in digital and physical format;
- Assisting with the orientation of new Litigation Division attorneys to inform them of organization, functions, and internal procedures of the Division.
- Supervising the Litigation Division’s Clerical Support Personnel, to include:
- Scheduling clerical interviews for the Division;
- Participating in the interview and selection of prospective clerical support personnel;
- Training clerical support personnel;
- Providing instruction on work methods and standard operating procedures.
- Performing other duties and responsibilities of the position.
Additional Job Information
Applications must be submitted online at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/honolulu to be accepted.
- Actual salary will be commensurate with applicable experience, pending approval.***
Some notifications will be sent via e-mail. You are responsible for monitoring instructions and correspondence from this office by checking your email account in a timely manner. To ensure proper delivery, please make sure you:
- use a valid e-mail account;
- verify your e-mail address is entered correctly on your GovernmentJobs account;
- are subscribed to e-mail notices;
- check your spam folders; and
- add infoneogov@honolulu.gov and info@governmentjobs.com to your contact list.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
At time of application, you must be a citizen, national or permanent resident alien of the United States or a non-citizen eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment.
Education Requirement
Equivalent to graduation from high school. Responsible work experience which demonstrated the ability to perform the essential functions of the job may be substituted for education.
Experience Requirement
Six years of progressively responsible legal clerical work experience, two of which must have involved supervisory responsibilities.
Such experience must have demonstrated knowledge of the principles and practices of supervision; legal terminology; form, content and use of legal documents, legal processes, procedures and precedents; filing systems of legal records; grammar, spelling and word usage as they pertain to legal activities; and law office practices and procedures; and the ability to plan, direct and coordinate the work of a clerical staff engaged in legal clerical activities; locate and abstract data from legal files and records; supervise the maintenance of filing systems of legal records and documents; and plan training programs for subordinates.
DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE : Experience in the use of a personal computer to input, retrieve, and analyze data using database, spreadsheets, word processing or similar programs.
Substitution : Relevant education and training from a regionally-accredited college or university in a legal office administration, legal assistance, legal secretary, paralegal, or law program may be used to substitute for some of the required legal clerical experience. The amount of time credited for the substitution will be dependent on the specific program you completed.
Education obtained outside of the United States must be comparable to a degree earned at a regionally-accredited college/university in the United States. In order to receive credit for the education, a foreign credential evaluation (FCE) must be provided. We also reserve the right to request further information about your academic program, evidence of comparability, or an original transcript.
Verification Requirement: You must submit evidence of your education in order to be given credit for the substitution. Please attach an electronic copy of your diploma and/or official transcript which shows the embossed seal or applicable FCE to your application. Or mail a photocopy of your documents to the following address: Department of Human Resources, 650 South King Street, 10th Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813. Unofficial transcripts will not be accepted. Copies will not be returned. All information on your documentation must be legible and complete in order to be given credit.
Salary : $5,150 - $6,264
