Legal Assistant ; In-Training

Overview

This position may be filled at the Legal Assistant 1 or 2 level depending on qualifications. Advancement to the next level will be based upon the successful completion of an established In-Training Plan.

Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. This position is designated as mobile, but requires in-person office work three days per week and as office requires.

About us: The Environmental & Land Use Hearings Office (ELUHO) houses three quasi-judicial tribunals: the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB), the Shorelines Hearing Board (SHB), and the Growth Management Hearings Board (GMHB). These Boards manage a wide variety of cases and make significant decisions affecting Washington State’s environment and local land use plans. Our agency is comprised of a small team of legal and administrative professionals whose mission is to support these three independent and impartial boards.

We strive to make board appeal processes easy and accessible, and to provide timely and exemplary review of appealed issues. ELUHO prides itself on being an employer of choice that values diversity and provides a workplace inclusive of different cultures, backgrounds, and ideas. We are committed to the health and well-being of our employees and their families. We support healthy lifestyles and a healthy work/life balance, and we aim to provide employees with professional development opportunities.

Why you will want this position: We are a smaller state agency that values and appreciates staff for who they are, not just for what they do. The work we do is unique and provides opportunities for innovation and for learning a wide variety of (non-repetitive) skills and responsibilities. Our agency is a place where you will be supported by others who want you to succeed and grow.

This position is a growth opportunity for a professional with some legal assistant skills to grow into a high level legal assistant job classification.

Who we are looking for:

You are an experienced professional who values teamwork and wants to be part of an agency where you are respected and valued. You are a proactive, effective communicator who appreciates collaboration and enjoys building relationships with others, including professional staff, attorneys, and judges. You are detail-oriented, skilled in problem-solving, and adept in case management practices. You are a creative thinker who enjoys bringing ideas forward and you are invested in the work you perform.

You can manage your time effectively in a fast-paced environment, work independently, and you demonstrate good judgment. You take pride in your work and you are looking for meaningful employment in an environment that cultivates longevity.

You will be part of a small team of legal professionals who work closely with one another to provide technical and complex legal support functions to Board members and administrative appeals judges for all three boards. You will perform routine legal support functions such as preparing routine legal pleadings and forms, proofreading and editing of legal documents for content and grammar, entering and navigating legal databases to meet legal deadlines, creating and maintaining legal files, reviewing and identifying relevant information for docketing, coordinating, scheduling and calendaring hearings, conferences, and meetings.

These functions include tracking and managing case timelines and documents, scheduling hearings and conferences, working directly with attorneys and judges, and reviewing/proofreading legal materials. You will work in a fast-paced legal office and use the MS Office Suite and an electronic legal case management system to do the majority of your work. In addition, you will provide customer service to attorneys, litigants, state agencies, vendors, and the public.

This position will also provide backfill support to other legal assistants and legal office assistants.

• Preparing, drafting, editing, proofreading, and citation checking various legal documents
• Managing Board calendars and case deadlines
• Entering data and uploading, filing, and retrieving documents into/from an electronic legal case…