PARALEGAL
Position Overview
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is seeking an organized, professional, and results oriented individual to serve as Paralegal. DCFS offers a competitive compensation plan, excellent benefits, and a pension program. The ideal candidate for this position will have excellent organizational skills and strong leadership and communication capabilities. We invite you to join our innovative team to help make a positive difference in the lives of the children and families of Illinois.
Essential Functions
- Serves as Paralegal
- Attends court hearings as directed
- Reviews all files on call sheet to ensure that files have been received
- Performs special projects and prepares statistical or other reports
- Receives and processes all subpoenas received by staff
- Obtains legal materials upon request of staff attorneys, either from law libraries or from other Department offices
- Under the direction of staff attorneys, files court documents and serves legal papers
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above
Agency: Department of Children and Family Services
Class Title: PARALEGAL (30860)
Salary: Anticipated starting salary: $5,127/month (Step 1b) Full Range $5,127 – $7,135
Job Type: Salaried, Full Time
County: Kane
Number of Vacancies: 1
Application Instructions: All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal. Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.