Legal Support Services Office Manager (County Attorney's Office applicants only)

Hennepin County•Downtown Minneapolis, MN

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Hennepin County Attorney's Office (CAO) is seeking a Legal Support Services Office Manager to support both Appeals and Investigations and Intelligence areas, and to create a list for future vacancies across the department. This Legal Support Services Office Manager will provide confidential assistance to the division leaders in the areas of personnel, workload indicators/statistics, high level administrative duties, and day-to-day clerical and administrative support. This is a full time, benefit earning position. You must be a current regular or probationary employee of the Hennepin County Attorney's Office to apply for this position. Limited duration employees are not eligible. This position is internally classified as a Legal Support Services Manager.

Requirements

Five or more years of administrative clerical support experience in a legal environment including two years or more of supervisor or lead worker experience.
Must reside in or relocate to Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Nice To Haves

Experience scheduling appointments, arranging calendars and travel, and document production/word processing.
Experience or education around addressing racial equity, gender equity, LGBTQIA equity, neurodiversity equity, differing ability equity.
Exercise good judgment and resolve problems related to clerical responsibilities of multiple work units in a legal setting.
Provide confidential support to division heads and maintain tact and diplomacy when carrying out job duties.
Prioritize and have flexibility to switch tasks quickly.
Plan, organize, assign, motivate, train, and supervise the work of others.

Responsibilities

Supervise staff to ensure the delivery of high-quality work, including determining priorities, schedules, and assignment of work; and select, train, establish goals and evaluate staff.
Perform confidential administrative support for the division manager(s)/executive(s).
Serve as management liaison and directly and indirectly work with various county departments and their upper-level management and division heads; other various legal/law enforcement agencies; various outside agencies and organizations; and all CAO personnel.
Interpret rules, regulations, and policies to the public, division employees, other Hennepin County departments, and other governmental agencies.
Make recommendations and implement changes related to organizational structure, practices and procedures of a legal work unit, legal office, and across other Hennepin County departmental lines.
Resolve and/or delegate unusual or difficult technical problems referred by division/unit staff or determine if additional resources are needed.
Collect, research, analyze, and prepare reports, manuals, correspondence, and/or statistics.
Initiate, develop, prepare, lead, and follow through on projects.
Provide leadership to further department-based strategies that align with county goals, mission and core values for diversity, equity & inclusion.