Assistant Clerk

Title: Assistant Clerk

Hiring Range: $40,000-$45,000

Agency: Virginia State Bar

Location: 1111 E. Main Street

Agency Website: www.vsb.org

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Virginia State Bar is looking for a highly professional team player with a can-do attitude to provide administrative support to the disciplinary system. In this role, you will perform challenging administrative and paralegal tasks, including researching and managing case records, issuing and tracking legal notices, orders, and official documents, generating statistical reports, monitoring cases on appeal before the Virginia Supreme Court, preparing monthly dockets for volunteers and staff, calculating cost assessments and processing payments, and serving as clerk and bailiff at Disciplinary Board hearings. This position is required to work in the Richmond office.

Minimum Qualifications

The successful candidate will have a legal background and the following requirements:

• the ability to learn and apply Supreme Court of Virginia Rules and Regulations
• the ability to prioritize and organize work, exercise good judgment, take initiative, and work under pressure
• experience working with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat and proficiency with databases and other computer processes
• a proven self-starter who is dependable and detail-oriented
• comfortable working within a paperless office environment and dealing with people in person and on the phone.
• strong verbal and written communication skills

The selected candidate must also pass a criminal background check and disclose COVID-19
vaccination status as a condition of employment.

Preferred Qualifications:

None.

Special Instructions: 

RMS provides a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your RMS account to check the status of your application for this position.

DO NOT COMPLETE STATE APPLICATION. Send resume with salary requirements and cover letter outlining how you match our job requirements to: hr@vsb.org.

Contact Information:

Name: VSB HR office

Phone: 804-775-0500

Email: hr@vsb.org

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities, or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.