Public Service Specialist - County Attorney's Office

Coconino County Attorney's Office Job Opportunity

The Coconino County Attorney's Office is a public law office in Northern Arizona located in the heart of Flagstaff. We are a team of approximately 20 attorneys and 30 legal staff who are dedicated to the vigorous and fair prosecution of crime throughout Coconino County, protection of the rights of crime victims, and effective legal representation of the County and County special districts. The CCAO is one of the largest law offices in Northern Arizona and sets the example at the State and National levels in vision and design for rural attorney offices.

Our Mission: We serve the public by advocating for justice and empowering our community to thrive.

Our Values:

• Justice: We advocate for fair and equitable outcomes.
• Service: We value working for something bigger than ourselves.
• Trust: We inspire confidence with truth, reliability, and respect.
• Integrity: We honor our commitments with courage.
• Connection: We invest in each other and our community.
• Excellence: We strive to be our best every day.

Our County: Coconino County (Pop. 145,000) lies in the northern section of Arizona and encompasses a diverse landscape of mountains and high desert, national parks, including the Grand Canyon National Park, and tribal lands of the Havasupai, Hualapai, Hopi, and Navajo Nations. It is the second-largest county by area in the continental United States and contains a large part of the Coconino National Forest, the largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest in North America. The county seat is Flagstaff, which is nestled against the San Francisco Peaks, the highest elevation in Arizona. Other communities include Page, Williams, Tusayan, and Sedona.

Under supervision, performs work of moderate difficulty in the assigned field; performs related work as assigned. Typical Duties (Illustrative Only):

• Formats, composes, and types correspondence and other documents from written drafts and dictating equipment on routine, complex and confidential matters
• Prepares reports and maintains records
• Receives, sorts, files and retrieves forms, correspondence and documents
• Updates, checks and completes records, forms and documents
• Verifies discrepancies and makes corrections
• Researches records and disburses information
• Establishes and maintains complex filing systems
• Schedules, gathers materials and prepares agenda for various meetings
• Takes and transcribes minutes of meetings and other proceedings
• Maintains control and assures availability of files and other materials
• Answers questions requiring knowledge of departmental rules and procedures
• Exercises discretion and judgment on minor administrative decisions
• Processes and distributes confidential and sensitive documents
• May maintain department budget accounting records
• May answer and route incoming phone calls

Essential functions of this position include but not limited to: sitting, walking, standing, crouching, stooping, kneeling, reaching, bending and crawling for filing; working with and around others; dealing with interruptions; repetitive motion (hand/wrist/elbow/shoulder) for computer work, filing, copying etc.; vision acuity (near) for computer work and reading documents; hearing and speech for ordinary conversation; finger dexterity and touch for typing.