Job Detail: Court Clerk - Criminal

Job Description:

The essential functions and responsibilities for this position include a broad range of courtroom and clerical duties. The Deputy Clerk must exhibit the ability to clerk trials and hearing, mark and record evidence, administer oaths, read verdicts, and conduct themselves according to courtroom decorum. Maintaining confidentiality and the ability to keep emotions under control are essential to this position.

Responsibilities:

• Prepares cases and materials for trials, evidentiary hearings, and other court proceedings
• Attends court hearings and magistrate proceedings
• Administers oaths
• Performs administrative and clerical duties during proceedings
• Dockets paperwork received throughout the proceedings, including verdicts
• Completes all necessary paperwork resulting from court hearings.
• Records actions in court records.
• Accepts exhibits and prepares exhibit list
• Secures custody, prepares, transfers and delivers evidence to evidence department.
• Ability to work overtime with little or no notice based on Judicial needs.
• Create and process new cases in case maintenance system.
• Process documents and orders; copy, certify, and distribute to required parties.
• Check files, and paperwork to determine if all needed documents are ready for court.
• Maintain case files to ensure accuracy of information.
• Assist the public and other agencies with information concerning criminal cases provided/stored by the Clerk’s office via phone and email.
• Assist with all aspects within the Criminal Department such as: consolidations, transfers, processing, various types of warrants, generating and sending court notices, redactions of confidential information and filing.
• Support organizational goals and values.
• Any additional duties that may be assigned.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customer, clients, and other deputy clerk professionals within the organization.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and possess the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated competence to handle a variety of activities with attention to detail and quality.
• Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism, confidentiality, and tactfulness.
• Ability to keep abreast of Florida Sunshine Laws and Administrative Orders that affect public records information practices and recommend necessary changes.
• Ability to perform despite frequent interruptions or distractions.
• Ability to work independently and follow through on assignments with minimal direction.
• Must be able to communicate with other court related agencies such as law enforcement, probation, State Attorney, and the Public Defender offices
• Strong computer skills with proficiency in desktop office solutions (e.g., Microsoft Office suite), database applications, email (with .pdf file attachments), and Internet search tools, as well as computer peripheral devices (e.g., printers, scanners).

Preferred:

• Knowledge of court decorum and procedures.
• Knowledge of court files, positioning of documents in the file, and what each document is.
• Prepare Judgments & Sentences, DOC Commitments, County Jail Commitments, and process.

Physical: While performing the duties of this job, the DC is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The DC is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and climb or balance. Must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.

Job Type: Full-time (Onsite)

Pay: $14.99 Hourly ($16.00 Hourly after completion of six-month probationary period)