Legal Filings Clerk - 60024496

About the Department

Are you an experienced professional looking for new opportunities to further your career?  The South Carolina Public Service Commission is seeking a hardworking and dependable candidate just like you to apply!  This position will offer great benefits with the state, including 15 days of annual and sick leave per year or more depending on applicable state service.

The purpose of this job is to assist in the Clerk’s Office by performing routine and complex legal clerical work and providing excellent customer service to the public. The Clerk’s Office of the Public Service Commission assists the Commissioners with managing the administrative, non-judicial functions and maintenance of the Commission records. The job duties of this position include but are not limited to the following:

• Will provide professional and courteous customer service to staff and the general public by assisting with and responding to questions from incoming phone calls, electronic inquires and/or face to face.
• Assist with project-related work in the Legal Department. to include assisting with drafting, typing, revising, processing, copying, filing, transiting and/or distributing a variety of forms, records, reports, legal documents, notices and correspondence.
• Assists with proofreading legal document filings and construct clerk’s office documents (e.g. Notices, Prefile, Summaries).
• Organize and process legal filings from intake to database filings to paper filings. Become proficient in Web based Docket Management Filing and electronic and mail service. Maintains strict confidentiality of records at all times. Assists with preparing, processing indexing, filing, transmitting matter documents and records, which include all various forms of documentation.
• Perform other duties and related work as required and assigned.

Position Duties

• Associate degree in related field and one (1) year of professional experience and employment at the Public Service Commission.

• Requires proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Microsoft Windows, and ability to quickly learn web-based programs and databases.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Knowledge of modern office practice, procedures and operation of standard office equipment. 
• Ability to communicate effectively with excellent verbal and written skills. Must have strong editing and proofreading skills and have excellent multitasking ability.
• Well organized and able to independently coordinate diverse functions and duties. Must be able to work in a team environment with capacity to adapt with an ever-changing regulatory environment.
• Be able to work in a team environment where all clerk’s office staff can back up each other and jump into their duties if needed. Must be willing to lend a hand to any PSC staff member if needed.

Applicants indicating college credit or degree(s) on the application will be required to bring a copy of college transcript to the interview.  A copy of the transcript may also be uploaded as an attachment to the application, if required by the hiring department or if desired by the applicant.  Please note that some areas of the Agency may require an official, certified copy of the transcript prior to hiring or within a specific timeframe required by that area, after hiring.  Failure to produce an official, certified transcript may result in not being hired or termination.

Other Qualifications

The South Carolina Public Service Commission is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions, including, but not limited, to lactation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Supplemental questions are considered part of your official application. Any misrepresentation will result in your disqualification from employment. Please complete the state application to include all current and previous work history and education. A resume will not be accepted nor reviewed to determine if an applicant has met the qualifications for the position.
 

The South Carolina Public Service Commission offers an exceptional benefits package for full time (FTE) employees: 

1. Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance for employees, spouse, and children. Click here for additional information.
2. 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
3. 15 days sick leave per year
4. 13 paid holidays
5. Paid Parental Leave
6. S.C. Deferred Compensation Program available(S.C. Deferred Compensation)
7. Retirement benefit choices *
   1. State Retirement Plan(SCRS)
   2. State Optional Retirement Program (State ORP)

*Enrollment in one of the listed plans is required for all FTE employees; please refer to the contribution section of hyperlinked retirement sites for the current contribution rate of gross pay.

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Agency Information

EmployerState of South CarolinaAgency Public Service Commission Address 101 Executive Center Dr., Saluda Bldg. Suite 100

Columbia, South Carolina, 29210 Phone803-896-5100