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Working Title: Legal Administrative Assistant

Job Class: Office and Administrative Specialist, Intermediate

Agency: Direct Care and Treatment

+ **Job ID** : 90460

+ **Location** : Vadnais Heights

+ **Telework Eligible** : Yes

+ **Full/Part Time** : Full-Time

+ **Regular/Temporary** : Unlimited

+ **Who May Apply** : Open to all qualified job seekers

+ **Date Posted** : 11/25/2025

+ **Closing Date** : 12/01/2025

+ **Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit** : Direct Care and Treatment / DCT Central Office AFSCME

+ **Division/Unit** : DHS-Payroll / Gen Cnsl Ofc DCT

+ **Work Shift/Work Hours** : Day Shift / 8:00am - 4:30pm

+ **Days of Work** : Monday - Friday

+ **Travel Required** : No

+ **Salary Range:** $20.76 - $27.53 / hourly; $43,346 - $57,482 / annually

+ **Classified Status** : Classified

+ **Bargaining Unit/Union** : 206 - Clerical/AFSCME

+ **Work Area** : Vadnais Heights

+ **FLSA Status** : Nonexempt

+ Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities (https://mn.gov/mmb/careers/diverse-workforce/people-with-disabilities/connect700/) : Yes

Direct Care & Treatment (DCT) is unable to provide sponsorship for work visas. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States at the start of employment. DCT does not participate in E-Verify.

The work you'll do is more than just a job.

At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.

This position requires an employee to be onsite at 3200 Labore Rd, Ste 104, Vadnais Heights, Minnesota at least 50% of the time, with some opportunity to perform work from a telework location.

+ Telework (https://mn.gov/mmb-stat/policies/1422-telework.pdf) is available on a limited basis.

+ Only candidates residing in Minnesota or a state bordering Minnesota (Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Wisconsin) within 50 miles of the work address listed above are eligible for telework.

+ Candidates residing in Minnesota and more than 50 miles from the primary/principal work address above may be eligible to telework more than 50%.

Direct Care and Treatment (DCT) is seeking an individual to join our DCT General Counsel’s Office (GCO) for an exciting and rewarding opportunity as a Legal Administrative Assistant! As the Legal Administrative Assistant, you will provide administrative support and services to the General Counsel’s Office and its’ staff to ensure the office functions efficiently and effectively.

Responsibilities include:

+ Answer and route incoming calls for the General Counsel’s Office, providing general information, directing callers to appropriate staff, or taking messages as needed.

+ Provide administrative support by ordering supplies, managing travel needs for staff in the General Counsel’s Office, processing registrations for trainings, and arranging trainings.

+ Prepare, edit, and format reports, correspondence, and presentations for GCO leadership

Minimum Qualifications

_To facilitate proper crediting, please ensure that your resume clearly describes your experience in the areas listed and indicates each job's beginning and ending month and year._

+ Accounting/Budgeting/Expense skills sufficient to order office supplies and manage office invoices.

+ Communication skills sufficient to effectively communicate with the team.

+ Customer service skills sufficient to provide prompt, courteous, organized, and accurate information to individuals over the phone, in person, through mail and email.

+ Data Entry Performance skills sufficient to analyze, maintain, enter, and retrieve information from various databases.

+ English language skills sufficient to communicate clearly in verbal and written communication and to write and edit a variety of documents in English using correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

+ Spreadsheet skills sufficient to develop and modify spreadsheets, and sort and extract data.

+ Typing/keyboarding skills sufficient to take meeting minutes, complete a variety of reports, letters, and summaries.

+ Word Processing skills sufficient to develop, modify, format, redact, prepare, review and revise a variety of correspondence, records and reports

Preferred Qualifications

+ Our employees are dedicated to ensuring cultural responsiveness. Preferred candidates will have a variety of experiences working effectively with others from different backgrounds and cultures.

Additional Requirements

To facilitate proper crediting, please ensure that your resume clearly describes your experience in the areas listed and indicates the beginning and ending month and year for each job held.

REFERENCE/BACKGROUND CHECKS – Direct Care & Treatment will conduct reference checks to verify job-related credentials and criminal background check prior to appointment.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is an Equal Opportunity employer/educator committed to the principles of diversity. We prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their race, sex, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or membership in a local commission as defined by law. As an affirmative action employer, we actively seek and encourage applications from women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and individuals with protected veteran status.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to all qualified applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability who needs assistance or cannot access the online job application system, please contact the job information line at 651-259-3637 or email [email protected] . Please indicate what assistance is needed.