ABOUT THE COURT
The Superior Court of Los Angeles County is the largest unified trial court in the United States. Its 580 judges and commissioners work in one of the 36 facilities within the Court's 12 judicial districts and are supported by 5,000 full-time Court employees. The Court has an annual budget of more than $1 billion. Located in Southern California, Los Angeles County is geographically one of the nation's largest counties, covering 4,752 square miles and, with over 10,400,000 residents, is also one of its most populous counties.
ABOUT THE POSITION
Administrative Assistant I performs a wide variety of routine administrative duties in areas such as bookkeeping; records management, including gathering, compiling, maintaining, and distributing reports; procurement; facilities; and payroll/timekeeping. For detailed job description, click HERE.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
To qualify, you must meet the following requirements at the time of application:
60 semester (90 quarter) units from an accredited college or university* and one (1) year of office administrative or secretarial experience**.
**Office administrative or secretarial experience is defined as performing a wide variety of routine administrative duties in areas such as bookkeeping, records management, including gathering, compiling, maintaining, and distributing reports, procurement, facilities, and payroll/timekeeping.
Note: Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
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Excellent written and oral communication skills.
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Work effectively, in a team environment and independently.
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Ability to and follow through on assignments.
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Strong analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills.
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Experience implementing technologies to facilitate meetings, and training opportunities.
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Strong experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams, Power Point, and Outlook.
A legible copy of your college diploma -OR- transcript(s) (unofficial are acceptable) demonstrating units completed and the name of the educational institution must be attached to your online application. Otherwise, your application materials will be deemed incomplete and disqualified accordingly.
For a list of acceptable accredited institutions or international universities, please visit http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation, www.chea.org/search, or http://whed.net/home.php.
Foreign studies must be evaluated by an academic credential evaluation agency and deemed to be equivalent to degrees from the United States. For a list of acceptable evaluation agencies, please visit www.naces.org or http://aice-eval.org/. Foreign studies submitted without acceptable evaluation will be rejected.
EXAMINATION INFORMATION
PART I: Qualifying evaluation of education, training and experience based upon submitted application materials. The applicants with the highest qualifications as determined by this evaluation process will be invited to participate in the examination process.
Part II: Online examination, weighted 100% covering typing skills, conscientiousness, composure, professional potential, drive for success, customer focus, business communications, business writing, basic computer literacy and Microsoft Office.
APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION
Applications may only be filed online. To learn how to apply online, please access the Online Employment Application Guide. Los Angeles Superior Court reserves the right to verify all submitted documentation prior to appointment. The Court will only consider completed applications submitted, along with the required documents, and will reject incomplete applications. A resume will not substitute for a fully completed employment application. To facilitate the full and proper consideration of your work experience, clearly specify what professional experience meets the required job qualifications. When listing your work experience, please specify the beginning and end dates for each job you held and describe your experience for each position.
Please provide a current and accurate e-mail address for the Court to communicate with you about this job opportunity. Human Resources staff will notify all applicants of their application status via e-mail. We recommend that you add info@governmentjobs.com to your SAFE SENDERS list to avoid the notification being filtered as spam mail. Los Angeles Superior Court is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations to participate in the recruitment process can contact the email address provided below. For additional employment information, please click here (Download PDF reader).
WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT
We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process has been completed. Applicants who successfully pass each (and all) examination part(s) will be placed on an eligible list that will remain active for approximately one (1) year. Other vacancies may be filled using this list.
Questions regarding this posting may be e-mailed to nvalencia@lacourt.org.
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