Legal Secretary 7-9 - Financial Crimes Division

About the role

Since 2003, the Department of Attorney General has been prosecuting non-custodial parents who refuse to pay their child support obligations as ordered under MCL 750.165. In 2018, the current Division Chief combined the Child Support Unit with the White-Collar Crime Unit, creating the Financial Crimes Division.

The Child Support Unit is unique in that no other prosecuting unit in Michigan provides the same level of justice for victims of this crime at the volume in which the Attorney General oversees. The Unit currently issues approximately 900 Felony warrants annually, which equates to approximately 800-900 arrests and over 5,000 court hearings each year. This level of prosecution equates to recovering over $2,000,000 in unpaid child support each month.

Cases that qualify for prosecution have exhausted all civil remedies and have not succeeded in collecting support for the child in the amount ordered by the court. The Michigan Office of Attorney General is the only Attorney General’s Office in the United States that has statewide prosecution of felony non-support.

This Legal Secretary position is for the Child Support Unit. Candidates should have a passion for civil service in addition to the desire to work in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

Position Description

Education

Educational level typically acquired through completion of high school.

Experience

Legal Secretary 7

Two years of administrative support experience where use of a personal computer to prepare correspondence, reports, charts, etc., or to enter/retrieve/update information is an essential part of the work, including one year equivalent to 6-level administrative support experience.

Legal Secretary E8

Three years of administrative support experience where use of a personal computer to prepare correspondence, reports, charts, etc., or to enter/retrieve/update information is an essential part of the work, including one year involving legal secretarial practices equivalent to a Legal Secretary 7.

Legal Secretary 9

Four years of office experience involving administrative support practices, including two years involving legal secretarial practices equivalent to a Legal Secretary 7 or one year equivalent to a Legal SecretaryE8.

Please attach a cover letter, resume, and official college transcripts (if applicable) to your application. Please note: Applicants may be screened out for failure to attach the required resume, cover letter and transcripts to their application.