Position:  Deputy Clerk                                                              

Dept: Clerk’s Office

Reports To: City Clerk 

 

Position Responsibilities (include but are not limited to the following):

  • Answers telephone and greets office visitors, determining nature of call, responding to inquiries, providing information and assistance, taking messages, and/or directing to appropriate individual or department.
  • Completes documents for Court, including processing incoming and outgoing mail and filing loose papers and filings.
  • Prepares and compiles new case files, including file marking Court documents, and assigning case/cause numbers. Gathers and prepares case histories. Receives and receipts various fees.
  • Processes various Court orders. Prepares and prints chronological case summaries (CCS).
  • Processes various court documents,
  • Maintains files and filing system, including maintaining files in chronological order.
  • Maintains order book and provides quarterly statistics.
  • Processes payments for court case fees and costs as well as bonds and trust payments.
  • Performs various clerical duties, such as typing various documents, conducting data entry, and retrieving mail and distributing as required.
  • Process City Council filings and related documents.
  • Scan documents from Court proceedings and Council proceedings.
  • Generate electronic documents as needed.
  • Performs duties of co-workers as needed or to maintain department operations.
  • Performs related duties as assigned.

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

  • Ability to meet all employer and Department hiring requirements, including passage of a drug test.
  • Working knowledge of standard office procedures and computer software programs used by the Clerk's Office, with ability to apply such knowledge to a variety of interrelated processes, tasks and operations.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Software
  • Knowledge of standard English grammar, spelling and punctuation, and ability to prepare correspondence and written reports as required.
  • Knowledge of basic filing systems and ability to create and maintain accurate and complete Department files.
  • Ability to properly operate standard office equipment, such as computer, calculator, fax machine, copier, and telephone.
  • Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with co-workers, other County departments, attorneys, and the public, including being sensitive to professional ethics, gender, cultural diversities and disabilities.
  • Ability to provide public access to or maintain confidentiality of department information and records according to state requirements.
  • Ability to comply with all employer and department policies and work rules, including, but not limited to, attendance, safety, drug-free workplace, and personal conduct.
  • Ability to understand, memorize, retain, and carry out written and oral instructions and present findings in oral or written form.
  • Ability to compile, collate, or classify data.
  • Ability to work alone with minimum supervision and with others in a team environment.
  • Ability to work on several tasks at the same time, often under time pressure.
  • Ability to occasionally apply knowledge of people and/or locations, and plan and layout assigned work projects.
  • Ability to occasionally perform arithmetic calculations.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Education/Training: High School Diploma or equivalent
  • Experience: Will train suitable candidate.

  

 Working Conditions:

  • Incumbent performs duties in a standard office environment and/or court room
  • Involving sitting/walking at will, sitting for long periods
  • Lifting/carrying objects weighing less than 25 pounds
  • Bending, crouching/kneeling, reaching, keyboarding, handling/grasping objects
  • Ability to read and speak clearly

 

Physical Requirements:

  • Ability to see within normal parameters
  • Ability to hear within normal range
  • Ability to extend hand(s) and arms(s)
  • Ability to stand for long period of time

How to Apply:  Here is the application