Los Angeles County Office of Education is hiring: Legal Secretary in Downey

An equal opportunity employer fostering a workforce that embraces and reflects the rich diversity of Los Angeles County.

Legal Secretary — $4,738 to $5,884 Monthly

Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) is seeking detail‑oriented, customer‑focused, and experienced legal professionals for the Legal Secretary position for our Office of General Counsel.

The Legal Secretary will support the Labor Relations team by performing a variety of difficult and complex legal secretarial duties involving research, correspondence, and scheduling appointments.

Benefits

Insurance: Your choice of several medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.

Retirement: PERS Defined Benefit Plan.

Paid Time Off: 12 vacation, 15 holidays, and 12 illness days.

To learn more, visit: https://www.lacoe.edu.

Well Qualified Candidate Will Possess the Following:

Knowledge

• Legal vocabulary, terminology, and formats
• Legal procedures and practices involved in composing, processing, and filing a variety of legal documents and reports
• Standard legal references and their content
• Records and file organization and use
• Fundamentals of proper English grammar, punctuation, spelling, and vocabulary
• Transcribe from automated dictation devices
• Office and record-keeping practices
• Standard office machines
• Office software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and artificial intelligence tools
• Principles of implementing diversity in the workplace

Competencies

• Legal & Regulatory Navigation – Understanding, interpreting, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations
• Professional & Technical Expertise – Applying technical subject matter to the job
• Using Technology – Working with electronic hardware and software applications
• Attention to Detail – Focusing on the details of work content, work steps, and final work products
• Handling Stress – Maintaining emotional stability and self‑control under pressure, challenge, or adversity
• Self‑Management – Showing personal organization, self‑discipline, and dependability
• Informing – Proactively obtaining and sharing information
• Customer Focus – Attending to the needs and expectations of customers
• Professional Impact – Presenting self as a positive representative of the organization
• Cultural Proficiency – Modeling communications and interactions that respect and include all individuals and their languages, abilities, religions, and cultures

Required Education and Experience

• Education: High school graduation or equivalent.
• Experience: Two years of legal secretarial experience.
• Equivalency Provision: An Associate of Arts degree in legal secretarial or paralegal/legal assistant studies or a certificate in Legal Secretarial Science, or its equivalent, may be substituted for one year of the legal secretarial experience.
• Additional Requirements: A valid California driver’s license and the availability of private transportation or the ability to provide transportation between job sites may be required.

Selection Process

Candidates who meet the minimum requirements above will be invited to participate in an examination that may consist of a Performance Exam and Structured Interview.

Contact

For information about the examination process you may send an e‑mail to Jung Eun Park atpark_jungeun@lacoe.edu.

For general inquiries please call 562.803.8360 (Mon‑Fri 8:00 am – 5:00 pm).

For complete application information, please go to https://www.lacoe.edu/pc.

LACOE Personnel Commission, 9300 Imperial Hwy, EC‑Annex, Downey, CA 90242.

Additional Information

Minimum qualifications must be met by the close of filing date. For more information, please go to https://lacoe.edu/jobs/hr/classified. For additional information on our testing procedures, please visit Applicant Resources on our website. Selection and promotion are based on a competitive examination process. Candidates who pass all exam parts are ranked according to overall exam score and placed on an eligibility (hiring) list. Vacant positions are filled from the top three ranks. Eligibility lasts for 12 months; however, additional recruitment may occur under a separate bulletin with additional candidates being merged onto the eligibility list. Some positions that involve public contact may require bilingual proficiency for which selective certification may apply (Education Code 45277.5). In addition, the eligibility list resulting from this examination may be used to fill vacancies in related job classifications for which no eligibility list exists (Education Code 45272). Veterans' Credit may be awarded for entry jobs.

Reasonable accommodations in completing an application, testing, and employment are available to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request an accommodation, please call 562.803.8360 as early as possible.

This examination is authorized as Open, open to the public.

Recruitment ID

26-LAC548

This announcement does not constitute an implied contract. Any part of this announcement is subject to change.