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$19.54 - $26.18
This position is on-site
Are you organized, customer-focused, and comfortable working in a fast-paced court environment where accuracy and attention to detail matter? As a District Court Clerk, you’ll play an important role in supporting daily court operations, assisting the public and legal professionals, and ensuring court records, schedules, payments, and proceedings are handled accurately and efficiently.
What You’ll Do
Provide clerical support for civil, criminal, traffic, probation, and administrative court proceedings.
Assist the public, attorneys, law enforcement personnel, and other court partners with questions, processes, and court-related information.
Coordinate court schedules and prepare hearing notices, probation appointments, juror summonses, and other court documents.
Receive and accurately process fines, fees, bonds, costs, and civil escrow payments using computerized systems.
Work with defendants regarding financial obligations and payment arrangements, following established court procedures.
Maintain accurate information and complete assignments using court and County technology, including CLEMIS, LEIN, cash register systems, and other department-specific software.
Assist with reports, special projects, and other administrative responsibilities that support efficient court operations.
Why You’ll Love It Here
Make an impact every day by helping the public navigate important court processes and services.
Build valuable court experience while gaining exposure to multiple areas of the judicial system.
Stay engaged with a variety of responsibilities, from customer service and scheduling to document preparation and payment processing.
Work collaboratively with judges, prosecutors, attorneys, law enforcement, probation staff, and other court professionals.
Develop specialized skills in court procedures, legal documentation, technology, and public service.
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
Under the Merit System Resolution, Section II, adopted November 8, 1966, employees in this class are excluded from the Merit System for the purpose of the manner of selection, appointment, removal from office or limitation or political activity.
NOTE: The Desirable Qualifications for this classification, when provided to the Human Resources Department will be stated on a separate page. These Desirable Qualifications may be subject to revision by the District Court Administrator and/or Chief District Court Judge.
Note: Job performance, knowledge, ability and/or previous experience may substitute for Desirable Qualifications. The District Court Administrator and/or Chief District Court Judge has the right to waive the desirable qualifications.
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
Under the Merit System Resolution, Section II, adopted November 8, 1966, employees in this class are excluded from the Merit System for the purpose of the manner of selection, appointment, removal from office or limitation of political activity.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
ADDITIONAL DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
Have at least three (3) years full-time experience in a court system or comparable qualifications that meet the Court Administrator's approval.
Have knowledge of and experience in the operations, policies, and procedures of a district court.
Familiar with current word processing, spreadsheet, database, e-mail, and Internet software.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED
Employees of this class may assist in orienting, training lower clerical employees, as well as providing guidance regarding court policies, procedures and legal matters that pertain to the workload of the civil, criminal, traffic, or probation units.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Gives information at a counter or by telephone to the general public, attorneys, and law enforcement personnel regarding civil, criminal, traffic, probation or administrative court cases and legal or internal procedures following established court rules, applicable laws and internal procedures. Assists the public in filling out standard court forms, questionnaires and applications and prepares a variety of standard court forms as required by the instant action of the proceeding.
Prepares notices of hearings, examinations, appointments, and trials, and mails them to defendants, attorneys and law enforcement personnel to give notice of the proper court dates and probation appointments. Also prepares various forms and orders of the court.
Schedules courtroom proceedings for the court, coordinating such scheduling with judges, prosecutors, attorneys, and law enforcement personnel.
Checks judicial case dockets and validates the appearance of defendants, attorneys, issuing officers and witnesses as they appear for scheduled cases.
Prepares bench warrants and/or inputs information to produce a bench warrant for signature of a judge for those individuals who fail to appear in court or fail to comply with an order of the court. Prepares warrant recalls and/or inputs information to produce a warrant recall when appropriate
Prepares and/or inputs information to produce license suspensions for those individuals who fail to appear in court or fail to comply with an order of the court. Prepares and/or inputs information to produce a clearance of license suspensions when appropriate. Prepares and/or inputs information to produce Secretary of State abstracts according to the law. Prepares and/or inputs information to produce court ordered restricted driver's licenses.
Prepares Orders of Probation and Discharges from Probation.
Monitors and ensures compliance of unsupervised probation cases and processes them accordingly.
Prepares juror summons to notify citizens of their appointment for jury duty. Prepares pay vouchers for payments of juror attendance.
Prepares Judgements of Sentence and files with all required local and state agencies.
Obtains information through the Law Enforcement Information Network (L.E.I.N.) to receive driving record information and criminal history information.
Prepares computer input of data from tickets, citations, criminal and civil cases. Operates a computer terminal and enters data according to the court rules, applicable law, and internal procedures.
Assists in gathering statistical information by reviewing case files, office activity logs or computer reports.
May provide guidance to lower clerical employees of court policies, procedures and legal matters that pertain to the workload of the civil, criminal traffic, or probation units.
May assist in the training of new and/or lower-level clerical employees.
Utilizes current Countywide and/or department specific software to complete assignments.
ESSENTIAL MENTAL & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
WORKING CONDITIONS
IMPORTANT NOTE : The primary purpose of this job description is to set a fair and equitable salary range for this job classification. Generally, only those key duties necessary for proper job evaluation and/or labor market analysis have been included. Other duties and responsibilities will be assigned by the supervisor.
*If applicable
We are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.
Oakland County is committed to welcoming applicants from all backgrounds, including those with prior convictions, as we believe in providing equal opportunities for all. We value the unique perspectives and experiences each individual brings to our team and are dedicated to fostering an inclusive, supportive workplace. If you have the skills and qualifications for the position, we encourage you to apply. All candidates are evaluated based on their ability to meet the job requirements, legal obligations and thrive in our organization. All ways, MOVING FORWARD.
