GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE, 6TH CIRCUIT- PARALEGAL SPECIALIST - 21806004 Date: Mar 21, 2024 Location: CLEARWATER, FL, US, 33762 The State Personnel System is an E-Verify employer. For more information click on our E-Verify Website (http://www.dms.myflorida.com/workforceoperations/humanresourcemanagement/forjobapplicants/everify) .Requisition No: 825763 Agency: Justice Administrative CommissionWorking Title: GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE, 6TH CIRCUIT- PARALEGAL SPECIALIST - 21806004Pay Plan: TempPosition Number: 21806004 Salary: $18.75 HOURLY Posting Closing Date: 07/01/2024 Total Compensation Estimator Tool (https://compcalculator.myflorida.com/) Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office OPS Paralegal Specialist IMPORTANT! – Please navigate to the following website: WWW.GUARDIANADLITEM.ORG to apply for this position:
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ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
The Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office is Florida’s award-winning, state-funded child advocacy organization. With more than 10,000 staff and volunteers, which includes more than 180 attorneys, its primary focus is the powerful and effective representation of Florida’s abused, neglected, and abandoned children. Most of these children are abruptly removed from their homes, and sadly, many end up in foster care. The Office’s mission is to provide the most vulnerable children in Florida with an adult from their community who will be a consistent, positive presence in the child's life as part of a multi-disciplinary team that always includes an attorney, child welfare professional and hopefully a community volunteer if one is available, providing the highest quality community advocacy and independent legal representation to protect each child's legal interests.
A critical function is to provide dependency judges with thorough and accurate information regarding the children under the court’s jurisdiction. The Office’s core values strongly reinforce and enhance its mission. Those values are:
Commitment to Children
Communication Built on Trust
Collective Empowerment
Collaboration
Courtesy
An excellent overview of the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office can be found at www.guardianadlitem.org .
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
This is responsible work performing a variety of paralegal and administrative duties for Guardian ad Litem Office Attorneys.
ABOUT THE WORK
The Paralegal may:
Cite check, proo, and finalize legal briefs, subject to supervision.
Maintain case files, court calendars, and litigation timetables.
Prepare case summaries, pleadings, orders, and summons under the supervision of an attorney.
Draft and file pleadings and motions for attorneys.
Establish working relationships with State Courts Systems personnel, private attorneys and law firms, outside organizations, and the public.
Gather and analyze research data.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
Completion of a training program to become a legal assistant, a paralegal, a legal paraprofessional or a lawyer's or attorney's assistant; or
A degree or certificate in legal technology, legal administration, legal studies or allied legal services; or
Graduation from a school of law; or
( The Executive Director or designee may waiver the required training and experience)
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Knowledge of legal citation and Bluebook.
Knowledge of legal terminology.
Knowledge of law and legal procedure.
Knowledge of grammar, spelling, and writing mechanics.
Ability to perform legal writing.
Ability to research legal documents and legal references.
Ability to comprehend and interpret information.
Ability to maintain files.
Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS at 1-844-377-1888 on how your current benefits may be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended, or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.Nearest Major Market:Tampa