Working title: Prosecution Legal Assistant - DPS

Class title: Legal Assistant II

Posting No.: 1101-27

Opening Date: November 2, 2026

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

Location: North Campus, 1106 Clayton Ln., Austin, TX 78723

Class Code: 3574

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Salary Group/Salary: B18, $50,500.08 - $58,548.00/yr.

Division: Enforcement

Number of positions: 1

General Description

Performs moderately complex (journey-level) legal assistant and administrative support work in the Prosecution Section of the Enforcement Division, involving the initial review and processing of electronic DPS reports related to applicants, drafting legal documents and correspondence, and disseminating information regarding agency laws and procedures. Work also involves reviewing licensee and applicant criminal history background checks through the Department of Public Safety, and the collection, filing, retrieving, and dispatching of records for the agencys computerized Electronic Document Imaging System. Works under general supervision with limited latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. The Prosecution Legal Assistant - DPS reports to the Legal Assistant Supervisor.

Essential Job Functions

Electronically submits and retrieves batches of licensee and applicant names to and from the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Reviews criminal history record of each licensee or applicant and compares it to the Criminal Conviction Guidelines to make the initial recommendation of license revocation or denial.

Refers possible denial candidates to a prosecutor. Enters enforcement holds into licensing databases on applicants when directed by a prosecutor and clears enforcement holds in licensing databases when directed by a prosecutor. Investigates criminal background of license applicants.

Opens cases in the case management system and updates the case management system with appropriate actions reflecting case events and status. Also updates all case assignment spreadsheets when opening or assigning complaints for investigation.

Assists the attorney in managing a high volume of criminal history background checks, processes a daily input of DPS reports, and ensures the expeditious movement of new cases to the investigators.

Drafts and issues correspondence related to cases seeking more information regarding applications and Criminal History Questionnaires.

Researches and interprets statutes, rules, regulations, codes, and administrative records, and analyzes their applicability and significance under fact situations presented in cases.

Conducts internet research as needed to secure identity, location, ownership, and other background information about individuals, business entities, properties, and events.

Conducts individual criminal history background checks using the DPS website.

Responds to inquiries from applicants regarding their application filed with the agency, the agencys multiple statutes and rules, and the agencys enforcement procedures and policies. Responds to such inquiries both orally and in writing on a daily basis.

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