Legal Support Assistant III-Promotional-Civil-PC

Ready to take the next step in your criminal justice career?

We invite your interest in an excellent promotional opportunity for Legal Support Assistant III - Civil Unit Option.

This is a promotional opportunity open to current County of San Diego employees only. Temporary employees, except for Certified Temporary employees, are not eligible for promotional recruitments. For more information, please review the FAQ on Promotional Recruitments.

The Sheriff's Office is currently seeking qualified applicants for the position of Legal Support Assistant III (LSA III). This list may also be used for vacancies in other County of San Diego departments.

The Legal Support Assistant III is the lead level class of the series. Under general supervision, incumbents handle the most complex legal clerical work preparing, reviewing, and processing a wide variety of legal documents, records, and correspondence according to prescribed laws and regulations. The LSA III may act as a lead worker by providing technical guidance and training to subordinate legal clerical staff.

This position may also act in the absence of the supervisor. In addition to the base salary, incumbents may be eligible to work an optional 4/10 schedule, subject to operational needs and approval.

The Civil Unit Option is assigned only to the Sheriff's Office and in addition, the LSA III in the Sheriff's Office Civil Unit receive, verify, post and record payments submitted for wage garnishments and levies, process received payments, count cash, checks and other payment transmittals. Read the Legal Support Assistant III job description to view the complete duties for this position.

Qualified applicants will be placed on a six(6) month employment list based on scores received during the evaluation of information contained in their employment and supplemental applications. Please ensure all information is complete and accurate as the responses you provide on the supplemental application questionnaire will be reviewed using an automated evaluation system. If you are successful in the initial screening process your application will be reviewed individually to confirm that the information you provided is accurate and qualifying.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of a job, on a case-by-case basis.

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