Job Details

Job Description

The Iowa Insurance Division is now recruiting for a highly motivated Legal Assistant for our Insurance Enforcement Bureau interested in assisting attorneys in protecting consumers by enforcing the unfair trade practices law, the securities law and other laws intended to protect the integrity of the insurance and investment markets.

Responsibilities

• Prepare tentative drafts, letters, memoranda and legal documents for use in the preparation of opinions, reports, briefs, contracts, and other papers or legal documents.
• Prepare drafts of pleadings, motions and discovery documents in connection with cases.
• Attend hearings.
• Assist in the preparation of drafts of findings of fact, conclusions of law and orders based on the evidentiary record.
• Act as filing clerk in contested cases proceedings before a Division hearing officer.
• Conduct legal research in various areas as assigned.
• Request documents from other regulatory agencies and courts.
• Support attorneys in filing legal actions to enforce the Insurance Trade Practices Act, Iowa Code Chapter 507B, the Insurance Producers Law, Iowa Code Chapter 522B, the Iowa Securities Act, Iowa Code Chapter 502, and other laws under the jurisdiction of the Iowa Insurance Commissioner intended to protect the public.
• Perform administrative controls on internal and external requests for enforcement; and develop organizational program policies, processes and procedures for child support, state tax debt, or student loan default violation cases referred by the Iowa Department of Revenue (IDR), the Child Support Recovery Unit in the Department of Human Services (CSRU) or the College Student Aid Commission (CSAC).

The Iowa Insurance Division offers a strong team culture and a respect for work-life balance. We have a competitive total compensation package for all our full-time employees, including:

• Iowa Public Employees Retirement System (IPERS)
• Retirement Investors Club (RIC)
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Vacation and Sick Leave
• Paid Holidays (9 days/year)
• Hybrid Telework opportunities

E-Verify and Right to Work

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

1. Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelors degree in any field, and experience equal to one year of full-time administrative support (e.g., screening visitors and callers; opening/distributing mail, typing/proofing documents, letters, and reports; organizing files; scheduling meetings/appointments; arranging travel; processing travel claims; ordering supplies/equipment) or technical support work (e.g., determining budget, personnel, and equipment needs; compiling/evaluating statistical, historical, economic, business, financial or technical program data; interpreting or securing compliance with laws, rules and regulations; reviewing operating records/reports and evaluating their effectiveness).
2. A total of five years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in number one) where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work in any field equals one year of full-time experience.
3. Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes experience equal to 12 months of full-time work as an Administrative Assistant 1.

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Additional Qualification Requirements

Experience or education as a paralegal or legal assistant is required.