STAFF ASSISTANT - SES - 80080498 1

Requisition No: 864872 

Agency: Juvenile Justice

Working Title: STAFF ASSISTANT - SES - 80080498 1

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 80080498 

Salary:  $1,424.61 Bi-Weekly 

Posting Closing Date: 11/15/2025 

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his is anOpen Competitive Vacancy

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This is an Open Competitive Vacancy

LOCATION, SALARY & CONTACT INFORMATION:

Location: FL Department of Juvenile Justice, Office of General Counsel, 400 Corporate Sawgrass Parkway, Suite 100, Sunrise, Florida. 

Minimum Biweekly Rate of Pay: $1,424.61/Annual Salary: $37,039.86

Contact Person. Marie Riou (850) 717-2446.

Job Description/Duties and Responsibilities:

Drafts correspondence and routine legal pleadings, discovery requests, orders, judgements, and other documents under supervision of an attorney. Provides administrative and legal support to attorneys, including researching and gathering information by preparing statistical reports and other legal documents. Maintain calendars inclusive of scheduling office appointments and meetings. Make Travel arrangements, inclusive submitting necessary travel documents for reimbursement. This position must comply with Florida Statute section 215.422. Schedule court hearings, type motions and notices, maintain case tracking databases for Children in Need of Services (CINS) and Families in Need of Services (FINS).

Ensures all electronic filing via the Florida E-filing Portal is done daily and keep attorneys calendars updated.

Screen calls and route appropriately. Collect incoming mail, date stamp, distribute and process accordingly. Maintain office supplies, make sure office equipment is always operating properly.

Communicate with Supervisor prior to contacting a Tech Service Vendor. 

Must have Driver’s License and Transportation.

Partial Remote/Telework may be available for this position pending approval of the supervisor, with input from assigned attorneys.

Preferred Qualifications:

Associates Degree

Legal Office experience preferred, however; training will be provided by the attorneys

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Office experience required (typing, answering phones, maintaining calendars, office supplies, composing and drafting letters and filing legal documents). 

Skilled in electronic filing.

 Ability to honor confidentiality of the Office of General Counsel including legal documents, emails, telephone calls, court filings and court hearings.

Special Notes:

All prospective candidates  will be subject to a sex offender check, criminal background checks (state, local, and national) and pre-employment drug screening for direct care positions.

DJJ participates in E-Verify (Employment Eligibility).

When identified on a position description, a valid driver’s license is required. If initially hired with an out-of-state license, the Florida resident must obtain a valid Florida state driver’s license within 30 days of hire. Licenses suspended or revoked for any reason, work permits (Business purpose/Employment/education only licenses) and some types of restricted licenses are not acceptable.  Licenses that have Corrective Lenses Restriction are acceptable, provided the driver wears corrective lenses while operating the vehicle.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.