Regulatory Legal Assistant – Policy, Docs & IT Support

State of Montana; East Helena (MT); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Wellness programs

Vacation and holidays

Flexible schedules

Job summary

The Montana Public Service Commission seeks a legal assistant to support our agency’s regulatory oversight of essential industries. You will work with the Legal, Regulatory, and Centralized Services Divisions to maintain filings, manage docket documents, and keep information current for stakeholders.

This non-litigating role, supervised by the Chief Legal Counsel and Commission Secretary, is a fixed-term position through June 30, 2027 with priority for applications received by Sept 13, 2026.

Qualifications

• Excellent legal writing skills.
• Excellent organization, prioritization, multitasking and time management skills.
• Excellent legal research skills, including working knowledge of electronic legal research platforms (e.g. Lexis/Westlaw) and printed research materials.
• Strong digital literacy skills, including intermediate-to-advanced skills in Microsoft Office 365 and common technologies.
• Knowledge of legal terminology and concepts.
• Ability to learn, understand, and consistently utilize the agency’s online docket management system.
• Strong sense of discretion, integrity, and professional responsibility in handling confidential and/or sensitive material.
• Strong sense of the chain of command, decorum, and professionalism.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, with diverse groups of people.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team and individually.
• Ability to maintain professionalism when critiqued.

Responsibilities

• Proofreading Certifications of Service and other service documents.
• Creating, maintaining, and updating certificate of services for PSC filings.
• Preparing coversheets for PSC rulemaking filings.
• Arranging for legal ads to be placed in appropriate newspapers.
• Creating bulletins in Gov Delivery.
• Processing third-party tariff filings.
• Opening new docket in the Commission's REDDI system.
• Finalizing PSC filings for uploading into REDDI.
• Accepting/rejecting third party filings.
• Exchanging documents with document remediation contractors.
• Monitoring deadlines for the return of documents from document remediation contractors.
• Negotiating deadlines as appropriate with document remediation contractors.
• Upload public records request information to the Commission website.
• Update rulemaking information on the Commission website.
• Handle IT matters during public Commission meetings, hearings, and listening sessions.
• Provide back-up coverage for front desk services.
• Assist with trouble shooting REDDI problems.
• Prepare training materials for using REDDI.
• Create and edit website content.

Skills

Legal writing

Organization

Multitasking

Time management

Legal research

Microsoft Office 365

Legal terminology

Docket management

Discretion

Teamwork

Communication

Professionalism

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Lexis/Westlaw

Microsoft Office 365

REDDI docket system

Job description

The Montana Public Service Commission seeks a legal assistant to support our agency’s regulatory oversight of essential industries. You will work with the Legal, Regulatory, and Centralized Services Divisions to maintain filings, manage docket documents, and keep information current for stakeholders.

This non-litigating role, supervised by the Chief Legal Counsel and Commission Secretary, is a fixed-term position through June 30, 2027 with priority for applications received by Sept 13, 2026.