GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE, 18TH CIRCUIT- OPS LEGAL SECRETARY- 21818007

About the role

The Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office is Florida’s award-winning, state-funded child advocacy organization that provides independent legal representation to abused, abandoned, and neglected children in Florida’s dependency court proceedings. The Office upholds the highest standards of integrity, excellence, and child-centered representation.

Responsibilities

• Compose and type correspondence, detailed reports, and charts using a personal computer.
• Establish and maintain a comprehensive office filing system.
• Prepare travel arrangements, schedule meetings, and prepare materials for supervisor’s use.
• Work independently and exercise discretion in dealing with confidential and sensitive information.
• Perform a variety of secretarial, administrative support, and clerical duties for Attorneys in a local GAL Circuit office.

Requirements

• Must have a standard high school diploma or equivalent and three years of administrative support experience, one year of which was in a Legal Secretary, Administrative Specialist II, or comparable position preferred.
• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university, two-year college, or vocational school may substitute for the recommended experience on a year-for-year basis.

Qualifications

The Executive Director or designee may waive the required training and experience requirements.

Skills

• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Knowledge of computer software applications including Outlook, Excel, and Word.
• Ability to talk to others and convey information.
• Ability to respond patiently with the general public.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality concerning sensitive information.

Benefits

• Participate in FICA social security and Medicare.
• Workers Compensation.
• Unemployment Compensation.
• Participate in Deferred Compensation (voluntary).
• Health Insurance. Eligible for health insurance if reasonably expected to work 30 hours or more per week on average.

Pay

$15.75/hour

Schedule

Full-Time (40 hours per week)