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Douglas County is seeking dedicated individuals to join their team in serving the citizens of Douglas County. Providing excellent customer service with attention to detail and commitment to compliance with all necessary processes and procedures, the Apprentice Court Clerk and Deputy Court Clerk positions serve a crucial role in ensuring the efficient functioning of the County's judicial services and court operations.
Current vacancies are available in both the EAST FORK JUSTICE COURT located at the Minden Judicial Law Enforcement Center and in the TAHOE JUSTICE COURT located in Stateline.
May be filled as an Apprentice Court Clerk or Deputy Court Clerk, depending on qualifications.
The full salary range is provided as a means of communicating to prospective applicants what their growth potential over time can represent. Incumbents typically start at the beginning of the salary range.
Apprentice Court Clerk: $22.39 - $29.12 hourly
Deputy Court Clerk: $28.00 - $39.20 hourly
Primary Objectives
Apprentice Court Clerk:
Performs intermediate work providing general judicial court clerk assistance. Under immediate supervision, performing legal clerical work of low to moderate difficulty in support of court operations, general office support functions and other related duties as required. Incumbents in this class perform a wide variety of basic legal clerical tasks while training to successfully perform as a Deputy Court Clerk within one (1) year; performs related tasks as apparent or assigned.
Deputy Court Clerk:
Performs intermediate work and legal support to judges, judicial executive assistants, law clerks, administrative staff, state, local, and national agencies. Under varying levels of supervision, incumbents are assigned to varied clerk positions in examining, preparing, and processing a variety of legal documents in support of court operations; performs related tasks as apparent or assigned.
These positions are part of a job family
Supervision Exercised
None
WORKING CONDITIONS
The characteristics listed below are representative of the physical demands, physical agility, sensory requirements, and environmental exposures required by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
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This work requires the frequent exertion of up to 10 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 50 pounds of force.
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Work regularly requires sitting, speaking or hearing, using hands, reaching with hands and arms and repetitive motions; frequently requires standing and walking; occasionally requires climbing or balancing, kneeling or crawling and pushing or pulling.
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Work requires close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to receive detailed information through oral communication and/or to make fine distinctions in sound.
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Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities.
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Work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).
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Work occasionally requires exposure to bloodborne pathogens (may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment).
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Work is regularly performed in an office/courtroom environment requiring sitting/standing for extended periods of time. Frequent use of computers.
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Will work under the stress of deadlines and/or with irate members of the public.
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Occasionally handles emergency/crisis/chaotic situations.
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Frequently subject to interruptions and multiple calls and inquiries.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Continued employment is contingent upon all required licenses and certificates being maintained in active status without suspension or revocation.
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Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background/screening.
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Douglas County participates in E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each applicant’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. All candidates who are offered employment must complete Section 1 of the Form I-9 along with the required proof of their right to work in the United States and proof of their identity prior to starting employment. Please be prepared to provide required documentation as soon as possible after the job offer is made.
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This job description indicates, in general, the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities and other essential functions expected of the incumbent. The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as required.
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This position is an unclassified position in accordance with the Order Establishing the Court Personnel regulations. Any individual appointed to an unclassified position serves at the will of the Judges and may be removed at will by the Judges without notice, cause or hearing.
