LEGAL ASSISTANT - 73004582

Florida Department of Revenue

Child Support Program

Legal Assistant

West Palm Beach

The Florida Department of Revenue’s Child Support Program helps children get the financial support they need and deserve, promoting more stable childhoods and brighter futures. The Department invites you to apply to become an essential member of our team. We are committed to maintaining a diverse workforce and providing employment opportunities to veterans and individuals who have a disability. To learn more about the Department of Revenue’s excellent array of benefits, including career training, tuition waivers, paid vacations, insurance, and retirement programs, visit our website.

JOB SUMMARY:

This position performs legal assistance support for the attorneys with Office General Counsel, Legal Section, handling Child Support Program cases of enforcement and modification in judicial and administrative cases and is an excellent fit for critical thinkers. If you enjoy working with court officials and problem solving, this may be the position for you. Your duties would include:

• Maintaining case files
• Retrieving, interpreting, and updating case data
• Scheduling, attending, and assisting in judicial and administrative proceedings
• Initiating, receiving, and responding to varies communications
• Maintaining data lists and databases
• Draft, edit and prepare legal documents under supervision of attorneys and staff
• Prepare routine correspondence based on preapproved document templates
• Calendar deadlines in accordance with applicable rules of procedure
• Electronically file documents with courts
• May accompany attorneys to court and assist as required

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:  

• One year of experience using Microsoft Office applications and performing computer system updates.
• One year of experience in: (a) providing legal assistance in an office or court environment, (b) reviewing and processing legal documents and/or correspondence, and (c) communicating with court officials, clerks of court, opposing attorneys, etc.

PREFERENCES:

• Experience working with legal actions or legal documents.
• Experience locating and printing documents from the CAMS system.

SPECIAL NOTES:

• This position may require you to travel off-site.

SALARY: $39,959.88 - $53,583.72 / annually

BENEFITS:

Benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance, life insurance, tuition waivers, paid sick and personal leave, 10 paid holidays annually, retirement savings, and vision and dental insurance.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW

CONTACT INFORMATION: Debie Skinner, (850) 717-6257, Debie.Skinner@floridarevenue.com.

SCREENING DISCLAIMER: Your responses to qualifying questions must be verifiable by skills and/or experiences you stated on your candidate profile and/or resume.

SKILLS VERIFICATION TEST OR ONLINE SKILLS ASSESSMENT:  If you meet the minimum job requirements, we might require you to take a skills verification test or an online skills assessment to be considered for an interview.

CANDIDATE POOL: Future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for a period of up to six months.

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS: You will be required to undergo a National Level-2 criminal background check which requires you to provide your fingerprints.

REMINDER: Male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. For more information, please visit the SSS website at http://www.sss.gov.