Sheriff's Office Legal Processor II - Extra-

Position Information

Join the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office in supporting the community as a Legal Processor II!

Starting salary up to $35.13/hour!*

As a Legal Processor II in the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office Civil Bureau, you will be responsible for answering phone and email inquiries from the public and assisting in-person clients, processing a variety of legal and court documents, and communicating procedures and policies to attorneys, law enforcement, court personnel, and the general public. Additionally, this position is responsible for:

• Formatting complex forms and documents for court
• Distributing time-sensitive documents and forms to all parties involved in a case
• Importing documents and entering data into a central database
• Noticing parties for hearings (including complicated adoption hearings)
• Answering questions regarding the work coming to/through the unit
• Adhering to strict deadlines

As the ideal candidate for this position, you are a positive and proactive team player who possesses:

• Basic accounting experience
• Prior experience working in a law firm or courthouse
• Strong customer service and conflict resolution skills
• The ability to interact with a diverse customer base and relay policies, laws, and procedures to the public
• Emotional intelligence and the ability to communicate effectively
• Attention to detail and a passion for research
• Flexibility and the ability to prioritize assignments based on the requirements of laws and civil codes
• Experience with civil process software

Please note: Sheriff's Office Legal Processors are required to wear a uniform during working hours.

Extra-help employees relieve or augment permanent staff. Intermittent, extra-help employees are not in the classified civil service and do not have property rights to permanently allocated positions. In addition, they do not receive most regular employee benefits such as long-term disability insurance coverage, accrual of vacation, participation in the County retirement program, or eligibility to take promotional examinations. Intermittent, extra-help employees are limited in their employment to a maximum of 1,380 hours within any twelve-month consecutive period.

Extra-help employees who meet the eligibility requirements may qualify for a County contribution toward medical coverage.

* Salary is negotiable within the established range. This recruitment is being conducted to fill a Legal Processor II intermittent, extra-help position in the Sheriff's Office. This employment list may also be used to fill future extra-help positions as they occur during the active status of this list.

Application submissions require the Supplemental Questionnaire to be completed.

Experience and Education: Any combination of education and work experience which would provide an opportunity to acquire the knowledge and abilities listed herein. Normally, one year of work experience processing official records equivalent to that of Legal Processor I would provide this opportunity.

License: Possession of a valid driver's license at the appropriate level including special endorsements, as required by the State of California, may be required depending upon assignment to perform the essential job functions of the position.

The position advertised on this announcement does not require possession of a valid California Driver's License.

Special Skill Requirement: The ability to type at a corrected speed of 45 words per minute may be required for some assignments.

Background Requirements: Applicants for some assignments must successfully complete a thorough background investigation.

Considerable knowledge of the purpose and processing of a diversity of court and law enforcement related legal documents, forms, and records; basic arithmetic, English grammar, vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, and composition; the operations, procedures, and jurisdictions of the court or department of assignment.

Working knowledge of the record and computer systems of the Courts and/or the department of assignment; the technical resource materials and information sources applicable…