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Make your advanced legal clerical work make a difference with the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Wilkes Barre Referee Office! In this Legal Assistant 2 role, you will be part of a dedicated team that helps resolve complex issues and supports due process rights. Each day brings fresh challenges that let you enhance your skills while supporting fairness and efficiency. Apply with us today! This position plays a key part in preparing, organizing, and supporting unemployment compensation appeal hearings from start to finish. Work involves detailed review, careful coordination, and consistent communication with all involved parties. As a Legal Assistant 2, you will perform the following duties: Responsibilities Hearing Preparation: Review incoming appeals case work items to determine proper routing, location and type of hearing; organize case files and exhibits; and associate dockets based on claim type and issues of law. Scheduling Coordination: Prepare hearing notices for timely distribution; schedule, adjust, and reschedule times based on multiple variables to help Referees ensure due process, accessibility, and adherence to all other regulations and parameters. Document Processing: Receive and distribute documents; ensure documents are sent timely, accessible, and available for all parties at all hearing types; transcribe recorded dictation of decisions from Referees; prepare, format, proofread, and verify data for a variety of legal documents. Public Contact: Respond to phone calls, emails, and in‑person visitors; provide accurate and tactful responses about substantive and procedural matters. Record Management: Upload recorded hearings, maintain electronic and paper case files, input data into automated computer tracking systems. Office Support: Perform other office support functions including legal research, ordering supplies, and timekeeping tasks to help keep operations running smoothly. Work Schedule and Additional Information Full‑time employment. Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday–Friday, with a 30‑minute lunch. Work hours may be negotiable. Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home part‑time, after successful completion of training. To telework, you must have a securely configured high‑speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you may report to the headquarters office in Wilkes Barre. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time. Additional details may be provided during the interview. Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non‑negotiable. Qualifications Minimum Experience and Training Requirements: One year as a Legal Assistant1 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or Four years of responsible clerical, investigative or enforcement work including one year of legal clerical support experience; or An equivalent combination of experience and training. Other Requirements: You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines. You must be able to perform essential job functions. Commonwealth employees who wish to use their seniority rights must apply to the internal posting for their seniority rights to be considered. Veterans Pennsylvania law provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to and click on Veterans. Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals). If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date. The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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