The City of Coeur d'Alene is hiring a Senior Legal Assistant to refill an upcoming retirement in our Civil Department.
First review of applications will be after July 16, 2026. The filing deadline may be extended if additional applications are deemed necessary.
The Senior Legal Assistant is an advanced legal assistant position that manages the administration operations of the Civil or Criminal Divisions of the City Attorney's office. The Senior Legal Assistant could be assigned to the Civil or Criminal Divisions performing much of the same work in office management, however the Civil assignment includes complex administrative work for the City Attorney and Chief Deputy Civil Attorney and the Criminal assignment includes complex administrative work with more supervisory responsibility, including training and oversight of Legal Assistants, paralegals and interns. The Criminal assignment also develops procedures, serves as a communications facilitator with various outside agencies and city departments and must possess strong victim advocacy skills. Both positions perform administrative and professional services in the area of criminal prosecution and civil legal support and general legal office business. Work is performed independently and under the general guidance of the City Attorney or a Chief Deputy City Attorney. The job requires previous administrative and legal experience with knowledge of legal court, and judicial procedures, rules, terminology, methods, documents, practices, and objectives. The work is accomplished primarily in an office environment.
Civil Division:
- Prepares bills and monitors and administers the department budget;
- Prepares documents for Council packets;
- Makes all travel and training arrangements for department;
- Reviews department timesheets for accuracy;
- Provides legal support in civil matters;
- Updates code changes into database system; communicates changes to appropriate personnel;
- Provides direct administrative support to the City Attorney;
- Provides back-up to the Mayor's Executive Assistant.
- Supervises Legal Assistants, paralegals and interns.
Pay: $28.08 - $29.48 per hour
Benefits:
- AD&D insurance
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Free parking
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
