Civil Paralegal

Civil Paralegal

Job

Location:

Oregon City, Oregon

Full/Part Time:
Full Time

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Clackamas County employees work to serve the public and enrich our community. In that spirit, we pledge to hold ourselves to these standards at all times in our interactions with customers and one another:

• Service
• Professionalism
• Integrity
• Respect
• Individual accountability
• Trust

By incorporating these values into our daily routines, we can better serve our customers, ourselves, and our projects. We're always looking to improve. That's the Clackamas County SPIRIT. https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./spirit

Clackamas County is committed to building a community where people thrive, have a sense of safety, connection, and belonging, so that everyone is honored and celebrated for the richness in diversity they bring. We encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds and lived experience to apply.

This position will remain open until filled. The first application review will be on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. We reserve the right to close this recruitment at any time on or after that date.

Annual Pay Range: $68,097.49 - $91,932.12

Hourly Pay Range: $32.739179 - $44.198134

Salary offers will be made within the posted pay range and will be based on a candidate's experience (paid or unpaid) that is directly relevant to the position. This position is an “at will” position and serves under the County Counsel on an employment contract.

Clackamas County proudly offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, including competitive wages, cost-of-living adjustments, merit increases (for eligible employees), and a robust sick and vacation plan for regular status employees.

We encourage and support employee health and wellness by offering health and wellness classes and events, and alternative care benefits, so you can customize your wellness needs to fit your lifestyle. Employee benefits become effective on the first of the month following an employee's date of hire.

• 16 hours of vacation accrual per month
• Eligible newly hired employees will have the one-time option to frontload their first year of vacation accruals! This means you have access to vacation leave at the time of hire.
• 8 hours of sick accrual per month
• 10 paid holidays and 1 personal day per year
• Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan (OPSRP):
• Employer-paid 6% PERS retirement contribution (The county currently pays the employee's share of the retirement contribution.)
• A Choice of Medical Plans that include chiropractic coverage, alternative care, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• A Choice of Dental Plans
• Longevity pay
• Other retirement Savings Options that allow for additional retirement fund savings, including an option to contribute a portion of employee earnings on a pre or post-tax basis to a 457b Deferred Compensation Plan
• A variety of additional optional benefits (see links below for additional information)

This is a full-time, Non-Represented Group 2 county position.

The Office of County Counsel is seeking a skilled Civil Paralegal to join a collaborative legal team serving the Board of County Commissioners, county departments, elected officials, and employees. This substantive paralegal role is ideal for a professional who enjoys complex legal work, thrives in a fast-paced public law environment, and takes pride in supporting attorneys on matters that shape local government operations and community outcomes.

As a Civil Paralegal, you will play a key role in case development, legal research, litigation support, and document preparation across municipal law areas, supporting the office's ten attorneys. This includes labor and employment, where you may address workplace policy disputes; land use, where you could help shape growth through zoning and planning; civil rights, supporting cases that protect individual freedoms;

contracts, ensuring legal compliance and fairness; torts, dealing with personal injury claims; and code enforcement, maintaining community standards through legal compliance. This diverse scope lets you…