Paralegal 2G

Prince George's County Public Schools; Largo (MD); On-site; USD 49,000 - 89,000; Part time

Job summary

Prince George's County is seeking a Paralegal 2G to support legal activities within its Administrative Charging Committee. This role is essential for preparing legal documents, conducting research, and assisting in communication with clients. The ideal candidate will possess a relevant Associate's Degree or equivalent experience, thrive in a dynamic environment, and demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills.

Benefits

Medical/Prescription/Dental/Vision Insurance Coverage

Paid Leave (Annual, Personal, & Sick)

Retirement Benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Experience performing paralegal/legal assistant work is essential.
• Proficient in legal research, documentation, and client interactions.

Responsibilities

• Drafts findings and legal documents for administrative bodies.
• Conducts interviews and explains legal procedures to clients.
• Performs legal and factual research as required.

Education

Associate of Arts Degree in social science or para-legal studies

Job description

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Prince George’s County Government provides a dynamic and inclusive workplace where employees can thrive, learn, and grow across its 30 diverse agencies, all dedicated to serving the County's residents with essential resources and services. Nestled just minutes away from Washington, DC, Prince George's County combines urban vibrancy with serene surroundings, offering an ideal setting to live, work, and enjoy life.

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Prince George’s County Government provides a dynamic and inclusive workplace where employees can thrive, learn, and grow across its 30 diverse agencies, all dedicated to serving the County's residents with essential resources and services. Nestled just minutes away from Washington, DC, Prince George's County combines urban vibrancy with serene surroundings, offering an ideal setting to live, work, and enjoy life.

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The Prince George’s County Administrative Charging Committee is currently seeking qualified applicants to fill a Paralegal 2G, grade G16 position, in the Administrative Charging Committee Division.

About The Position

This is full performance paralegal work in support of a major type of legal activity within the County government. Incumbents perform a variety of tasks related to client needs under the general direction and support of a paralegal supervisor and a practicing attorney. Incumbents prepare legal documents, conduct interviews, perform legal and factual research, testify, and perform related legal support work. A significant aspect of this work involves working effectively and tactfully with people from all socio-economic backgrounds. Work is performed according to established procedures. Incumbents use judgment to recognize circumstances requiring further clarification or information.

About The Agency

The Administrative Charging Committee (ACC) serves to improve the disciplinary process of law enforcement officers to include independent assessments of citizen-driven police misconduct-related complaints. The goal of the ACC and the trial boards will be to develop uniformity, fairness, and transparency in disciplinary sanctions against officers found guilty of misconduct thereby increasing overall accountability and the community’s trust in the process.

Examples of Work

• Drafts findings and associated legal documents and memoranda associated with such programs as case summaries, responses to information requests, memorandums, and similar areas.
• Assists in the preparation and findings, correspondence, legal memoranda, financial and status reports, and other related legal documents in various legal and administrative bodies.
• Develops and maintains legal files, accounts, records, and tickler systems.
• Operates and extracts information from research computers.
• Conducts interviews to elicit information from and explain legal procedures to various parties.
• Exercises discretion and judgment in determining the degree of confidentiality associated with various records and case information.
• Independently performs legal and factual research relating to the area assigned.
• Screens requests from citizens to determine eligibility for legal assistance and explains various legal procedures, laws, ordinances, and office/government/court functions.
• Responds to inquires as it relates to legal documents and financial data.
• Checks records and keeps stakeholders, clients, and others advised as to the status of cases.
• Identifies essential witnesses and prepares summonses.
• Analyzes charging documents and other legal documents; alerts Committee and Program Administrator to discrepancies and files appropriate charging documents in special circumstances.
• Prepares worksheets from information on agency's source documents; summarizes each case noting specific parties, special circumstances and advises Administrative Hearing Board for information to be utilized in court proceedings.
  
  

Qualifications

• An Associate of Arts Degree in social science or para-legal studies at an accredited college or university; or three (3) years of experience in performing para-legal/legal assistant work.
  
  

Any equivalent combination of relevant training, education and experience may also be considered.

EACH APPLICATION MUST INCLUDE INFORMATION THAT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THE ABOVE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION.

Additional Information

Job Location: 9200 Basil Court, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774

Conditions of Employment: Upon selection, the candidate must:

• Meet all training and performance standards and demonstrate proficiency as required by the agency.
• Thorough knowledge of operating programs, projects, and tasks involved in the organization and objectives and policies governing these.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, County officials, and the public.
• Capability to make sound judgements and conclusions based on facts and requirements of the assignment, and the ability to explain and support conclusions and recommendations.
• Expertise in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with employees, County officials, and the public.
• Proven ability to design, implement, review, and track programs and long-term strategic plan.
• Thorough understanding of and experience with the complex nature of community-police relations.
• Ability to manage a project from start to finish with focus, organization, persistence, and flexibility.
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to evaluate investigations to ensure fact-finding is thorough and conclusions are sound.
• Strong writing and editing skills.
• Must be able to distill complex information for a general public audience.
• Experience with data collection, analysis, reporting, and social science methodology strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of criminal justice procedures, investigative techniques, community relations.
• Experience working across governmental, non-profit, or community-focused organizations to implement programs and policies.
  
  

ONLY ONLINE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED

Eligibility to Work: Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, an employer is required to hire only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers. Applicants who are selected for employment will be required to provide and verify authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S., only after an offer has been accepted and the Form I-9 is completed. For information on E-Verify, or if you believe the County has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at 888-897-7781 or visit their website at dhs.gov/E-Verify.

INTERNAL APPLICANTS: If you are a current Prince George's County Government employee and seeking a promotion, in accordance with Section 16-200 of the Personnel Law, you have the right to appeal a rejection rating within five (5) working days of receiving a rejection notice. Union employees should refer to their respective collective bargaining agreement and/or union representative for their grievance procedure.

Prince George's County Government is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Committed to Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

General Plan Information

The Prince George’s County benefits plan year is from January 1 to December 31.

A spouse (to include a same sex spouse) can be added to the health benefit plans. A marriage certificate and social security number is required to add a spouse.

Children under the age of 26 are eligible for coverage under the health benefit plans. This includes stepchildren and children of the same-sex spouse. A birth certificate(s) and social security number(s) is required to add a child(ren). If you are only adding the stepchildren or child(ren) of a same-sex spouse, you will need to submit a marriage certificate. You will also need to submit the birth certificate of the child(ren) and your spouse must be listed as a parent.

The premiums for health benefits are deducted on a pre-tax basis with the exception of Long-Term Disability, Extra Life Insurance and Voluntary Benefits (Short-Term Disability, Whole Life Insurance, Critical Illness, Accident Insurance, Cancer Indemnity, Hospital Indemnity Protection, Accident Indemnity Plan, Supplemental Dental and Group Legal Services).

New employees must enroll in the County’s health benefit plans within thirty (30) days of the hire date.

The effective date of the health benefits coverage is the beginning of the month following a waiting period of forty-five (45) days from the date of hire.

After enrolling in the County’s benefit plans, employees may only make changes to the plans either during the open enrollment period, which occurs annually (usually each October), and/or during the year, due to a family status change (i.e., marriage, births, divorce and adoption).

Employee Benefits

Prince George’s County is proud to offer employees an attractive and comprehensive benefits program, including the following:

• Medical/Prescription/Dental/Vision Insurance Coverage (part time employees are eligible for medical insurance if they work 15 + hours, per week)
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Long & Short-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Dependent Care Assistance Program
• Health Care Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Leave (Annual, Personal, & Sick)
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Retirement Benefits
• Defined Benefit Pension Plan
• Employer Contribution Rate-11.71%
• Supplemental Pension Plan
• Employee Contribution Rate (Pre-Tax)-3.48%
• 457(b)
• 403(b)
• Employee Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary Benefits
• Critical Illness
• Whole Life Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Legal Services
  

For additional details, please visit: https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/departments-offices/human-resources-management/employees/benefits

01

I acknowledge and understand that the responses to the supplemental questions must reflect the information provided under the "Work Experience" section of the application. My responses will be used to determine whether or not I possess the minimum qualifications required for the position.

• Yes
• No
  
  

02

Which best describes your highest level of education completed?

• High School Diploma or G.E.D
• Some college, but no degree completed
• Associate's Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree or JD
• Doctorate/PHD
• Other
  
  

03

If you selected "Other" for the previous question on education, please identify/input your highest level of education.

04

What best describes your major/field of study?

• Paralegal Studies
• Criminal Justice
• Law
• Other
  
  

05

How many years of experience in performing paralegal/legal assistant work do you possess?

• I do not possess any experience.
• Less than 1 year of experience.
• 1 year of experience.
• 2 years of experience.
• 3 years of experience.
• 4 years of experience.
• 5+ years of experience.
  
  

06

Please explain your experience to the question above and list dates and places of employment where experience was obtained. Answers such as "See Resume" will not be accepted. Please do not copy your entire resume here. Only provide information that relates to the question. Otherwise, please put N/A indicating you do not have this experience.

07

Are you willing and able to participate as an essential employee? Essential employees are expected to report during standard or non-standard hours as operations necessitate, or during emergencies. Essential employees are expected to report or remain at work when other County employees are granted Administrative Leave.

• Yes
• No
• Required Question

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  Primary and Secondary Education

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