LEGAL
Legal Office Manager
Summary
This is a managerial position responsible for the overall management and quality assurance of programs or processes within a legal environment, which may include the supervision of lower-level professional staff. An employee is responsible for workflow and case file management, overseeing and completing discoveries in litigation, reviewing contracts and memorandums of understanding as it pertains to legal review and issues. This position acknowledges the priorities of the General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel and is responsible for ensuring successful process management and efficiency within the legal office. An employee may perform the activities of higher-level professionals including project management and policy recommendation within a specified area. When supervising employees, supervision includes hire recommendations, training, planning and assigning work, performance assessment, coaching, and progressive discipline. In addition, incumbents will be expected to have the knowledge and skills to perform and review the work overseen.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- In addition to those identified in the previous levels within this career path: Comprehensive knowledge of and the ability to demonstrate understanding and successful interpretation, explanation, and application of all assigned areas of legal support, as well as the laws, principles, and practices as they are related to implementation within the agency.
- Comprehensive knowledge of and the ability to demonstrate understanding and successful interpretation, explanation, and application of the agency's policies, procedures, rules, and regulations in the performance of duties.
- Comprehensive knowledge of and the ability to demonstrate understanding and successful use of the principles and practices of project management techniques in the performance of duties.
- Working knowledge of and the ability to demonstrate successful use of computer equipment and associated software/databases in the performance of duties.
- Working knowledge of and the ability to demonstrate understanding and successful interpretation, explanation, and application of the principles and practices of supervisory and management techniques in the performance of duties.
- Possess and demonstrate successful communication skills in English via all modes of communication.
- Possess and demonstrate successful management and prioritization of work within predetermined deadlines and stressful/adverse situations.
- Possess and demonstrate the ability to successfully work as a team member and positively interact with a variety of people, as well as work hours as assigned.
- Ability to demonstrate successful performance in the engagement, training, mentoring, and supervision of assigned personnel and support staff.
- Ability to demonstrate successful performance in the research, gathering, correlating, and analyzing of facts to develop statistical reports, charts, recommendations, and/or solutions in the performance of duties.
- Ability to demonstrate successful performance and adherence to the rules of conduct for Patrol employees in accordance with General Order 26-02, as well as all other applicable agency policy and procedures.
- Ability to demonstrate successful performance and adherence to policy and procedure in the care and maintenance of restricted and confidential information in the performance of duties.
- Ability to work with material that may be of a sexual nature relating to criminal activity (e.g., written material, photographs, and/or verbal language, etc.)
Minimum Requirements
The following represents the minimum qualifications used to accept applicants, provided that equivalent substitution will be permitted in case of deficiencies in either experience or education.):
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution or Paralegal Certification; AND five years of relevant experience in a legal office setting or seven years relevant experience in legal concepts with the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
- Must be a United States Citizen, or a legal resident of a country participating in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).
Necessary Special Requirements
- NON-SUPERVISORY ROLE: Documented successful completion of at least 26 hours of professional skill development and leadership training each calendar year.
- SUPERVISORY ROLE: Documented successful completion of at least 40 hours of professional development and leadership training each fiscal year, in accordance with 1CSR 20-6.010.
- Possess and maintain membership with at least one organization as it relates to assigned area of responsibility.
- Possess and maintain certification with at least one organization as it relates to assigned area of responsibility.
- working hours are subject to change at the discretion of the commanding authority.