ATTORNEY GENERAL (DEPT OF LAW)

Address: 2005 N CENTRAL AVE, PHOENIX, AZ  85004

Salary: $40,496 - $65,000 

Grade: 20

Closing Date: 04/05/2026

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office Criminal Division is seeking an Executive Staff Assistant.

This position is a high-level administrative, operational, and strategic support to executive leadership within a complex criminal justice and law enforcement environment.

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office Criminal Division is seeking an Executive Staff Assistant.

This position is a high-level administrative, operational, and strategic support to executive leadership within a complex criminal justice and law enforcement environment.

This role requires a high degree of professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment when handling sensitive information, including materials relating to legal matters, personnel issues, critical incidents, and interagency operations.

This position serves as a confidential partner to leadership --whether supporting the Criminal Division Chief or Chief Special Agent in law enforcement-related issues --and ensures that executive priorities, communications, and workflows are carried out efficiently and accurately. The position is responsible for managing demanding calendars, coordinating large volumes of communication, and preparing correspondence, reports, presentations, and briefing materials for internal and external stakeholders. Responsibilities include organizing and supporting meetings, coordinating travel and reimbursements, maintaining filing and records systems, and assisting with the preparation of legal, administrative, and operational documents.

This position may research statutes, policies, or legal references; extract information from reports; and prepare materials for use by the Division Chief, staff, or law enforcement partners. This position must be able to manage multiple competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment, maintain exceptional accuracy, and adapt quickly to shifting priorities.

The role requires strong communication skills, advanced proficiency with office software, and the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with attorneys, law enforcement officials, command staff, Attorney General’s Office leadership, and community stakeholders.

This position may offer the ability to work remotely two days a week based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures.

Serves as the primary administrative support for the Chief Counsel, handling detailed and complex tasks with accuracy and efficiency. Responsibilities include drafting correspondence, managing calendars, scheduling appointments, organizing and preparing briefing materials for meetings, and managing/filtering the Division Chief's email communications.

Assists in the composition and editing of letters, reports, presentations, and legal documents. Supports the preparation of section reports, statistical summaries, and meeting packets. May draft internal memos, assist with pleadings, and research information.

Attends and participates in meetings when necessary. Provides support for initiatives, monitors workflow for Criminal Division Chief, and ensures preparation and follow up for key deliverables.

Manages or assists with various special projects as assigned by the Criminal Division Chief or Criminal Division leadership. Tasks may include research, data collection, drafting project documents, tracking progress, and preparing summaries or recommendations.

Supports the Criminal Division Chief and Chief Special Agent in maintaining professional relationships with law enforcement partners. This may include assisting in coordination with police agencies, preparing materials for law enforcement meetings, helping analyze current topics or issues in law enforcement, and contributing to recommendations or policy development relating to law enforcement and prosecution functions. These duties are supportive in nature and do not involve independent operational law enforcement activity.

Other duties as assigned as related to the position.

KNOWLEDGE
• Knowledge of the principles of public administration, organization, preparation of reports and maintenance of record filing systems.
• Working knowledge of local, state, and federal laws, regulations and legal procedures.
• Practical proficiency with computers, peripheral equipment. and computer software applications including Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point and Adobe Acrobat.
• Knowledge of legal terminology, practices in legal procedures, court systems and/or law offices, and preparation of legal forms.
• Strong understanding of public administration principles, organizational methods, report preparation and records management systems.
• Broad knowledge of law enforcement principles, practices and organization structures at the local, state and federal levels.
• Clear understanding of the attorney/client relationship including the need for confidentiality and discretion.

SKILLS
• Skill in problem solving and handling detailed work with accuracy and efficiency.
• Effective Interpersonal skills for working with agency staff, leadership and external partners.
• Managing and handling a heavy work load under pressure with multiple deadlines.
• Strong skills in oral and written communication.
• Advanced skills in grammar, punctuation, spelling, formatting and basic editing across a wide variety of documents.
• Strong research skills, including the ability to extract and analyze information from statutes, codes, legal documents and court decisions.
• Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheets, transcription and general computer/software use.
• Skill in concise and effective oral and written communication.
• Demonstrates strong initiative and works effectively with minimal supervision.
• Able to anticipate needs and take appropriate action without requiring detailed instruction.
• Displays sound judgment and independently identifies what needs to be done.
• Proactive in managing tasks and responsibilities with little oversight.
• Self directed and capable of moving work forward without continual guidance.
• Exhibits a high level of autonomy in prioritizing and completing tasks.

ABILITIES
• Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism, confidentiality and discretion.
• Ability to manage multiple complex tasks with minimal supervision.
• Ability to manage a heavy workload, perform under pressure, and meet multiple deadlines simultaneously.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and the capacity to handle detailed, complex work with accuracy and efficiency.
• Ability to organize, prioritize and manage varied tasks while tracking multiple deadlines at once, including high volume or complex workloads.
• Ability to perform word processing and prepare clear, accurate correspondence and meeting materials.
• Ability to use tact and diplomacy when working with agency employees, high-level officials, and outside entities, including law enforcement partners.
• Ability to maintain effective, cooperative working relationships across divisions, committees and partner agencies.
• Ability to plan, organize, and execute large-scale or complex projects, including those directed by the Criminal Division Chief or Criminal Division leadership.
• Ability to a variety of equipment, computers and software applications with proficiency.
• Ability to manage a high-volume workload without difficulty and sustain performance under stressful conditions.
• Ability to coordinate activities with multiple law enforcement agencies, governmental and non-governmental agencies, government entities and non-governmental partners.
• Strong research and organizational abilities.
• Capacity to work effectively with attorneys, staff, public officials and law enforcement representatives.

At least 2-4 years executive assistant experience. Legal secretary skills preferred.

• Travel is required for this position. A valid Arizona Driver’s License is required, along with consent to have your driving record run periodically.
• All applicants under serious consideration for hire with the Attorney General's Office are required to be fingerprinted by the Office and complete a criminal background check through State and Federal agencies. A job offer cannot be tendered until the candidate has successfully passed the initial background check. Your record does not automatically constitute a bar to employment. Factors such as, but not limited to, age at time of offense and age of offense, as well as the relationship between the offense and the job for which you apply will be taken into account.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

The Attorney General's Office offers a comprehensive benefits package to include:
Student Loan Assistance
Sick leave
Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program)
Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year
Health and dental insurance
Retirement plan
Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

• Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS).
• Please note, enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Human Resources at (602) 542-8056 or email us at humanresources@azag.gov.

During all phases of the selection process, people with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the AG’s Human Resources Office at (602) 542-8056 or via e-mail at HumanResources@azag.gov. The Arizona Office of the Attorney General does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age in its programs, activities or in its hiring and employment practices. The following division has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Operations Division, 2005 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004, Phone: (602) 542-8056, Fax: (602) 542-8000.
The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer.