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About the Role
As the Legal Services Technician 1-2, you will work in a team environment providing legal assistance, case management, file management and secretarial/administrative support for Crown Attorneys of the Public Prosecution Service. Your knowledge of legal terminology and specialized criminal law procedures will be put to the test as you use your understanding of the prosecution process and court proceedings to support the Public Prosecution Office.
Responsibilities
- Creating, tracking and managing all Public Prosecution Service criminal and administrative files.
- Preparing legal documents including affidavits, subpoenas and orders, briefs, factums and memoranda.
- Ensuring the highest PPS and Court standards of accuracy and completeness are met in a highly confidential office setting.
- Responding to requests from all levels of government, private law firms and the public for information and assistance.
- Acting as a referral source for victims of crime to Victim Services agencies.
Requirements
- A certificate or diploma from a Paralegal program or Legal Assistant program, or an acceptable combination of education/training and experience.
- Demonstrated experience in an automated environment using Microsoft Word, Outlook or similar transferrable programs.
- Proficient and accurate transcription skills (handwritten or dicta methods).
- Strong typing skills.
- Strong attention to detail, prioritization and organizational skills with the ability to combine speed and accuracy while under pressure to meet deadlines.
- Ability to deal effectively in a multifaceted and sometimes stressful environment (often in confrontational and sensitive situations) while ensuring confidentiality.
- Fairness and impartiality must be displayed at all times with clients and other staff, police, and defense lawyers.
- All duties and responsibilities are to be carried out with the highest degree of confidentiality.
- Demonstrated excellent verbal and written skills.
- A high degree of initiative, problem solving, and independent work habits.
- Readily accept responsibility.
- Ability to pass appropriate background checks.
Skills
- Legal terminology
- Specialized criminal law procedures
- Prosecution process
- Court proceedings
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Transcription
- Typing
- Attention to detail
- Prioritization
- Organizational skills
- Speed and accuracy under pressure
- Confidentiality
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- Initiative
- Problem solving
- Independent work habits
- Exposure to the justice system and government services (asset)
- Experience with JEIN and PICS (asset)
- Working knowledge of the STAR/STOR central file management system or other filing systems (asset)
- Understanding of the prosecutions process (asset)
- Experience working with legal documents and forms (asset)
- Understanding of court proceedings (asset)
- Legal terminology (asset)
- Legal research and retrieval of relevant case law using electronic tools (e.g., Quicklaw, Westlaw, CanLII and/or legal libraries) (asset)
Location
- SYDNEY
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Legal Services Technician 1-2
Education Level
- Certificate or diploma from a Paralegal program or Legal Assistant program
Salary/Compensations
- $1,719.61 - $2,495.64 Bi-Weekly
Benefits
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan
- Health
- Dental
- Life Insurance
- General illness
- Short and Long Term Disability
- Vacation
- Employee and Family Assistance Programs
- Career development
- Career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training
- Engaging workplace
- Countless career paths
About the Company
- The Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service (PPS) was established in 1990 as the first statutorily based independent prosecution service in Canada.
- The Public Prosecution Service is responsible for all prosecutions and appeals within the jurisdiction of the Attorney General.
- The PPS prosecutes charges laid under the Criminal Code and under Nova Scotia statutes such as the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
- The Head Office is in Halifax and there are regional offices located throughout the province.
- The core functions of the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service are to represent the Crown in the conduct of criminal trials and quasi criminal appeals before all levels of courts, participate in the development of criminal law and criminal prosecutions policy, and provide advice to police in respect of prosecutions generally or in respect of specific investigations.
Equal Opportunity
- Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve.
- The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians, Persons of African Descent, Racialized Persons, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ Persons and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented.
- We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
- Candidates may request accommodations based on any grounds protected by the Human Rights Act.