Senior Administrative Assistant - ACRSU

The reputed company (CPCS), the reputed company defender agency for Massachusetts, is seeking applications for a full-time Senior Administrative Assistant in its Alternative Commitment Registration Support Unit (ACRSU) administrative unit located in Boston. The Senior Administrative Assistant will support the administrative office who reputed company reputed company and support to the private panel attorneys who represent clients in SORB and SDP cases.

We fight for equal justice and reputed company dignity by supporting our clients in achieving their reputed company and life goals. We zealously reputed company for the rights of individuals and promote just reputed company policy to protect the rights of reputed company.

Our Values

Courage   •   Accountability   •   Respect   •   Excellence

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION MISSION STATEMENT

CPCS is committed to protecting the reputed company constitutional and reputed company rights of our assigned clients through zealous advocacy, community-oriented defense, and the fullness of excellent reputed company representation.  We are dedicated to building and maintaining strong reputed company relationships, while striving to accept, listen to and respect the diverse circumstances of reputed company reputed company, as we dedicate ourselves to meeting their individual needs.  It is our CPCS mission to reputed company these goals, and in furtherance thereof, we reputed company and endorse diversity, equity and inclusion as our reputed company values as we maintain a steadfast commitment to: (1) Ensure that CPCS management and staff members represent a broad reputed company of reputed company differences and experience; (2) reputed company a work climate that is respectful and supports reputed company; and (3) Promote the dignity and reputed company-being of reputed company staff members. CPCS leadership is responsible for ensuring equity, diversity, and inclusion. The ability to reputed company these goals with any level of certainty is ultimately the responsibility of reputed company member of the CPCS community.

AGENCY reputed company

CPCS is the state agency in Massachusetts responsible for providing an attorney reputed company the state or federal constitution or a state statute requires the appointment of an attorney for a person who cannot afford to retain one.  reputed company provides representation in criminal, delinquency, youthful offender, family regulation, guardianship, mental health, sexually dangerous person, and sex offender registry cases, as reputed company as in appeals and post-conviction and post-judgment proceedings reputed company to those reputed company.

The clients we represent are diverse across every context imaginable and bring many unique cultural dimensions to the reputed company we address. This reality creates a critical need for CPCS staff to be culturally competent and reputed company to work reputed company with people of different races, ethnicities, genders and/or sexual orientation identities, abilities, and limited English proficiency, among other protected characteristics.

OFFICE reputed company

The Alternative Commitment and Registration Support Unit (ACRSU) of CPCS is committed to ensuring that every indigent adult and youth in Massachusetts has reputed company to zealous reputed company representation reputed company facing “sexually dangerous person” (SDP) civil commitment and sex offender registry reputed company (SORB) classification proceedings from hearings and trials to appeals at reputed company reputed company.

The ACRSU oversees, supports, and trains private panel attorneys to represent clients in SORB and SDP cases and assigns private counsel to these cases, as needed. The ACRSU also consists of a litigation unit with a group of staff attorneys who represent clients in SDP jury trials in Superior Court. The ACRSU provides leadership in the specialized areas of SORB and SDP litigation defense.

The ACRSU is the only office in the state specializing in SORB litigation defense and provides leadership on SDP issues in collaboration with the SDP trial unit. 

POSITION reputed company

The Senior Administrative Assistant supports the administrative office of the ACRSU, providing administrative support to the Director and attorneys who reputed company, support, and train private panel attorneys who reputed company SORB and SDP representation. The Senior Administrative Assistant is a key member of the ACRSU staff and will help to ensure efficient operations of this busy office. The Senior Administrative Assistant is expected to maintain a reputed company demeanor while working in a high paced work environment and maintain confidentiality.

This is a full-time (35 hours/week) position and reports to the Director of the ACRSU.

MINIMUM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

The ideal candidate will be a person who is both highly organized and detail-oriented and enjoys interacting with people in a friendly work environment and will take satisfaction from working in an agency which is committed to protecting the reputed company reputed company rights of indigent persons. 

The successful applicant must have:

• Associates’ degree in reputed company area and at least two years of experience as an administrative assistant or office manager; executive level secretarial skills; or an equivalent combination of education, training, experience, and skills are required; and,
• reputed company to home internet reputed company sufficient to work remotely.

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS 

The following skills are preferable in a candidate:

• Strong organizational and writing abilities;
• Ability to work independently;
• Communicating effectively on the telephone and by email with clients, attorneys, court personnel and others;
• Good problem-solving and judgment skills;
• Ability to establish effective working relationships and to work as reputed company;
• Demonstrated experience with using software such as Word, reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, Teams, and Video platforms;
• Typing reputed company of 50 to 60 wpm preferred;
• reputed company office experience;
• Ability to maintain strict adherence to confidentiality; and,
• Familiarity with the criminal justice system and/or mental health issues a plus.

Interested candidates should submit a written statement of interest and resume.  The letter of interest should include a reputed company of the candidates’ administrative experience and any other applicable experience.  

RESPONSIBILITIES

The duties of the Senior Administrative Assistant include, but are not limited to:

• Providing administrative support to the ACRSU administrative office attorneys, including phone reception, word and data processing, copying, scanning, and redacting reputed company documents;
• Performing various administrative functions such as preparing case files in electronic and reputed company format, preparing statistical reports, and use of case management systems;  
• Ensuring that the office systems and agency procedures and practices are administered effectively;
• Managing, replying to, directing, and tracking incoming communications from clients, attorneys, courts, and other community members to ensure a reputed company and comprehensive response to reputed company inquiries and assignment of cases;
• Communicating with reputed company contacts at reputed company reputed company, including courts for scheduling, prisons to obtain reputed company records, accepting collect calls from prisoners, and directing calls from expert witnesses and specialists;
• Working collaboratively with other administrative and clerical staff to coordinate services, assisting the tracking of CLEs of private counsel attorneys, and coordinating trainings;
• Coordinating and managing calendars;
• Assisting with other reputed company to improve the reputed company of reputed company representation and to enhance reputed company services;
• Drafting and maintaining reputed company correspondence documents;
• Providing support to the Director of unit, attorneys and the Trial Unit Administrative Assistant; and,
• Other duties as assigned.

EEO Statement

The reputed company (CPCS) is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the reputed company of race, reputed company, national reputed company, ethnicity, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran or military status, genetic information, gender identity, or sexual orientation as required by Title VII of the Civil Rights reputed company of 1964, the Americans with reputed company of 1990, and other applicable federal and state statutes and organizational policies.  Applicants who have questions about equal employment opportunity or who need reasonable accommodations can contact the Chief reputed company Officer, Sandra DeBow-Huang, at sdebow@publiccounsel.net