Legal Secretary

WHY JOIN US AT SOLANO COUNTY?

COMMITMENT TO SERVICE:
Our mission is to serve the people and to provide a safe and healthy place to live, learn, work and play.

We serve the public in many different ways, including:

* Providing primary medical, dental, substance abuse, mental health and social services to residents, including the uninsured, low-income, and medically underserved, and administering federal, state, and local public assistance programs

* Providing law enforcement services in the unincorporated area of the county

* Protecting the community from public health threats such as communicable diseases

* Coordinating countywide responses to domestic violence and terrorism or other emergencies

* Managing the criminal justice process after arrest (jail, prosecution, defense, probation)

* Supporting other local governments through efficient property tax collection as mandated by the State, County and local jurisdictions; and,

* Administration and enforcement of Federal, State, and Local laws and policies pertaining to environmental health, building construction, and land use planning

OUR EMPLOYEES:
Our diverse workforce is committed to fulfilling this mission and does so by exemplifying our IDEAL Core Values, engaging in our day-to-day work of serving the public with Integrity, Dignity, Excellence, Accountability, and Leadership.

To learn more about Solano County, please visit:(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..gov

THE POSITION:

Under direction, performs a variety of difficult and complex clerical and administrative support work in connection with the preparation, processing, coordinating and/or filing of criminal and/or civil cases; performs related duties as required.

This class is the journey level in the Legal Secretary series and is characterized by the responsibility to provide advanced clerical and administrative support in the preparation, processing, coordination, tracking and filing of cases. This class is distinguished from the Legal Secretary, Senior position in that the latter has responsibility for a technical segment of clerical operations that may include providing lead worker guidance to incumbents of this class.

The eligible list created as a result of this recruitment will be used to fill full-time and part-time regular, limited-term or extra-help positions as vacancies occur throughout the County. The current vacancy is the District Attorney's office.

for Legal Secretary

Job Description

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

High school diploma or GED; supplemented by one (1) year of full-time work experience in preparing and processing legal documents, preferably for a governmental agency, including six (6) months experience in a legal secretary capacity that demonstrates possession of and competency in the requisite knowledge and abilities.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Applicants are required to demonstrate a net typing speed of fifty (50) words per minute. Demonstration of these skills will be done during the online typing examination.

SELECTION PROCESS:

06/19/26 - 5:00pm (PST) - Deadline to submit application and required documents for first application review.

07/20/26 - Tentative week for written and typing exam.

Applications will be reviewed every three weeks thereafter as needed.

Based on the information provided in the application documents, the qualified applicants may be invited for further examination and will either be pre-scheduled by the Department of Human Resources or be invited to self-schedule. All applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through any subsequent phase of the examination. Depending upon the number of applications received, the selection process may consist of an initial application screening, a mandatory information meeting, a supplemental questionnaire assessment, a written and/or practical exam, an oral board exam, or any combination listed.

Responses to supplemental questions may be used as screening and testing mechanisms and will be used to assess an applicant's ability to advance in the process; as such, responses to supplemental questions should be treated as test examination responses. Information contained herein does not constitute either an expressed…