District Attorney Secretary - Victim Services Division - County of Riverside
Riverside, CA 92501
About the Job
The Riverside County District Attorney's Office - Victim Services Division seeks to fill a District Attorney Secretary vacancy in Riverside. The incumbent will be the Secretary to the Assistant Director and Regional Managers, and will perform secretarial and complex clerical tasks of an administrative/legal nature. This position will be expected to exercise a high degree of confidentiality, initiative, and resourcefulness.
The incumbent will be responsible for preparing memorandums; taking meeting minutes; coordinating meetings and travel arrangements; providing administrative support for grants processing; prioritizing a workload; and perform other duties as required.
Additionally, the incumbent may be responsible for creating outreach materials, PowerPoint presentations, flyers, and graphic documents.
Competitive candidates must be proficient utilizing the full Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Forms, PowerPoint, and Canva; possess strong writing and customer service skills; and possess basic accounting skills such as keeping inventory of vouchers, tracking expense reconciliations and purchasing cards, processing purchase requisitions, purchase orders, claims, and emergency fund checks.
Candidates with previous work experience in a law enforcement agency are highly desired.
Meet the Team!
The District Attorney of Riverside County, as the public prosecutor acting on behalf of the People, vigorously enforces the law, pursues the truth, protects those victimized by crime, exonerates the innocent, and safeguards the rights of all to ensure that justice is done on behalf of our community. The office's staff of over 700 is comprised of prosecuting attorneys, sworn investigators, victim-witness advocates, paralegals, investigative technicians, forensic analysts, and a wide range of information technology and supporting staff all committed to excellence and integrity in public service. We are, and we seek to maintain, a diverse workforce to match a diverse county.
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EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
• Types correspondence, reports, memoranda, legal case records, and documents, orders, statistical data (e.g., charts, tables, graphs) from rough drafts, marginal notes, or general instructions.
• Schedules appointments and relieves supervisor of administrative detail, such as, checking time and attendance reports; takes and types minutes of meetings; assists in carrying out administrative policies and procedures.
• Coordinates time, place and participant arrangements for meetings.
• Creates and processes purchase orders; processes purchase requisitions and training and travel requests; tracks reconciliations for expenses, vouchers, and purchase cards.
• Assembles information from various sources and arranges into proper format; proofreads written materials to identify errors in punctuation, spelling, and grammar; sets up and maintains office files, records and indexes.
• Provides general information to office and telephone callers and/or refers them to appropriate party; maintains control files to monitor the status and expedite the completion of staff assignments.
• Sorts, screens, prioritizes and routes incoming mail; maintains office supply inventories and orders supplies.
• Assists with event planning; designs flyers, assist with newsletters utilizing Canva and PowerPoint.
• Assists with the onboarding process of new employees, including scheduling interviews, and assembling panel binders; assists with the offboarding process including resetting equipment, and processing exit paperwork.
• Assists with updating an organizational chart on a monthly basis.
• Provides vacation and temporary relief as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
OPTION I
One year as either a Secretary I or Legal Support Assistant II with Riverside County.
OPTION II
Three years of increasingly responsible, broad and varied clerical experience, one year of which must have been in a secretarial or stenographic capacity performing a wide range of complex legal clerical or stenographic duties. (Completion of 18 semester or 27 quarter units from a recognized college or 360 hours of training from a recognized occupational training program in secretarial sciences, office practices, business education, criminal justice, or a closely related field may be substituted for one year of the non-specialized clerical experience).
OPTION III
Four years of increasingly responsible, broad and varied clerical experience. (Completion of 18 semester or 27 quarter units from a recognized college or 360 hours of training from a recognized occupational training program in secretarial sciences, office practices, business education, criminal justice, or a closely related field may be substituted for one year of the non-specialized clerical experience).
ALL OPTIONS
License: Possession of a valid California Driver's License is required.
Typing Skill: Sufficient skill in typing to enable the applicant to complete 50 net words per minute is strongly desired. The most qualified candidates may need to complete an online typing test.
Knowledge of:Typing layouts and formats; the operation and uses of common and automated office equipment including a computer and copier; filing systems (chronologic, numeric, alphabetic, subject area, tickler); business English including spelling, punctuation, grammar, capitalization and word usage; record keeping and clerical monitor/procedures; basic office procedures; arithmetic.
Ability to: Operate standard and modern office equipment; proofread and review work for accuracy and completeness; input and retrieve data from computerized record keeping systems; prioritize and route telephone calls and mail; monitor staff assignment deadlines.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Veteran's Preference
The County has a Veteran's Preference Policy. Upload a copy of your (or your spouse's) Member-4 Form DD-214 indicating dates of service, and a copy of your spouse's letter of disability (if applicable) with your application. For privacy reasons, it is recommended that you remove your social security information from the document(s). A Human Resources Representative will review the materials and determine if you qualify for veterans' preference. See the policy here .
Reasonable Accommodations
The County of Riverside is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). Qualified individuals with disabilities who need a reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process should contact the recruiter for the position noted above. For additional information and/or to obtain the appropriate form for requesting a reasonable accommodation, please visit the Disability Access Office web page located at: http://dao.rc-hr.com/ .
What's Next?
T his recruitment is open to all applicants. Applicants who are current employees of the Riverside County District Attorney's Office and/or County of Riverside employees may be considered before other applicants depending on the volume of applications received.
Qualified applicants may be considered for future vacancies throughout the County.
Application Period
BASED ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, THIS POSTING MAY CLOSE WITHOUT NOTICE.
Applications received prior to the closing date will be considered based on the information submitted.Changes or alterations cannot be accepted.All applicants must submit a complete application by the close date of the recruitment. No late applications will be permitted.
Experience and Education Verification
Applicants who fail to provide information demonstrating they possess the position requirements may not be considered further in the application process. A description of job duties directly copied from the job classification or job posting will not be considered.
Competitive experience/education must be reflected on your application/resume. Applicants who fail to provide information demonstrating they possess the position requirements may not be considered further in the application process.
If using education to qualify, upload a copy of your education documents (degree/transcripts) to your Government Jobs profile at the time your application is submitted.Official or unofficial transcripts will be accepted.
*Prior to submitting your application , upload a copy of any license(s), official/unofficial transcript(s), degrees, and/or related employment documents to your Government Jobs account. *** If your education was completed outside of the United States, you will need to provide a copy of your Foreign Education Equivalency evaluation from a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute (ACEI).
Contact Information
For more information regarding the position, please contact the recruiter Letisia Jimenez at (951) 955-5787 or via email at ltjimenez@rivco.org .
GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION:
Please read and follow any special application instructions on this posting. Click the 'Apply' link located on this page to submit your application. For instructions on the application process, examinations, Veteran's preference, pre-employment accommodation or other employment questions, please refer to our web site, www.rc-hr.com . A pre-employment physical examination and background check may be required.
MEDICAL/DENTAL/VISION INSURANCE: A choice of different medical, dental and visions plan are available to elect. The County provides a Flexible Benefit Credit contribution as governed by the applicable LIUNA Memorandum of Understanding to contribute towards the cost of these plans.
Note: Employees on assignment through the Temporary Assignment Program (TAP) receive different benefits. See the list here .
MISCELLANEOUS RETIREMENT: County of Riverside has three retirement Tiers through the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS).
- Tier I (Classic Member - Formula 3% @ 60): Applicable to current and former County of Riverside local miscellaneous employees hired prior to 08/24/2012 and did not withdraw CalPERS contributions. The employee contribution is eight (8%) percent.
- Tier II (Classic Member - Formula 2% @ 60): Applicable to local miscellaneous employees 1) hired after 08/23/2012 through 12/31/2012; 2) Previously employed with another CalPERS contracting public agency or a reciprocal retirement system, with a break in service of less than six months between the separation date with the previous employer and the appointment date with the County of Riverside. The employee contribution is seven (7%) percent.
- Tier III (PEPRA New Member - Formula 2% @ 62): Applicable to CalPERS local miscellaneous new members hired on or after the implementation of the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) which took effect January 1, 2013. As of July 1, 2020, the employee contribution is 7.25% and subject to change annually.
A new member is defined as any of the following:
CalPERS refers to all members that do not fit within the definition of a new member as "classic members".
Contribution rates are subject to change based on the County of Riverside annual actuarial valuation.
Note:
This summary is for general information purposes only. Additional questions regarding retirement formulas can be sent to retirement@rivco.org or by calling the Benefits Information Line at (951) 955-4981,
Option 2.
If you have prior service credit with another CalPERS agency or within agencies, please contact CalPERS at (888) 225-7377 to determine which retirement tier would be applicable to you. CalPERS is governed by the Public Employees' Retirement Law. The Retirement Law is complex and subject to change. If there's any conflict between this summary and the law, the law will prevail over this summary.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION: Voluntary employee contribution with a choice between two 457 deferred compensation plan options.
VACATION ACCRUAL (Bi-Weekly Accrual):
0< 3 year = 80 Hours (10 Days)
4< 9 years = 120 Hours (15 Days)
10 or more years = 160 Hours (20 Days)
Maximum Vacation leave accumulation is 480 hours.
SICK LEAVE: Four (4) hours Sick Leave accrual per pay period with unlimited accrual.
HOLIDAYS: Normally 12 paid holidays per year
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE: Allowed 5 days (3 days are County paid; 2 additional days can be taken from accrued Sick Leave balance)
BASIC LIFE INSURANCE: Equal to one times annual base salary not to exceed $50,000 of term life coverage. Premiums are paid by the County. Additional Supplemental Life plan is available for employee purchase.
DISABILITY: Short-term Disability benefit pays up to a maximum of $461.54 weekly, payable up to a maximum of 52 weeks.
POST RETIREMENT MEDICAL CONTRIBUTION: A monthly contribution is made by the County towards retiree health insurance offered through the County as governed by the applicable Memorandum of Understanding.
OTHER: There may be other benefit provisions as specified in the applicable Memorandum of Understanding. Please contact the recruiter listed on the job posting directly for more information.