As an administrative assistant, you play an important role in the criminal justice process within a public organization. You are responsible for preparing, checking, and administratively processing criminal cases, monitoring progress and deadlines, and ensuring that files are complete and in order for hearings. You regularly interact with colleagues and various chain partners. You work closely with legal professionals. The tasks are varied and require you to easily switch between different tasks and priorities.
Together with your colleagues, you ensure that cases are handled carefully, timely, and correctly. The team you will work in consists of approximately 10 FTE and falls under the Administration department, which provides optimal support to legal professionals for the execution of their tasks related to cases, hearings, and other specific responsibilities.
The department ensures good management and execution of the logistical process from intake to execution, as well as timely and correct information provision and support to stakeholders.
What you do
- Processing emails, mail, camera footage, planning criminal cases, and having telephone contact with process parties.
- Administrative preparation of single hearings (police judge, juvenile judge, and subdistrict court judge): you will be assigned to various hearings, and your task is to ensure, through various checks, that the legal professional can go to the hearing with a complete file.
- Administrative preparation and reporting of hearings.
- Administrative support at a location for the rapid handling of common crime.
- Weekend shifts and working on public holidays are part of the duties.
What they ask
- Minimum MBO-4 (vocational education level 4) work and thinking level. Administrative work experience is desired.
- Excellent knowledge of the Dutch language, both verbally and in writing.
- Excellent digital skills; working in various systems and portals is not an obstacle.
- Flexible deployment for both day and weekend shifts.
- Good listening skills, empathy, and professional communication.
- Stress-resistant and a strong sense of responsibility.
- Accurate and able to maintain a good overview.
- Proactive, observant, and forward-thinking.
- Resourceful and solution-oriented when encountering unexpected situations.
- Actively seeking collaboration with colleagues and contributing to a fair distribution of tasks within the team.
- Ability to prioritize tasks.
- Ability to easily switch between different tasks and activities.
Practical
- For this position, you must be able to provide a Certificate of Conduct (VOG-P).
- Availability on Mondays is a plus.
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