General Clerk Baltimore
General Clerk Baltimore
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Not Disclosed
Salary Not Disclosed
1 Vacancy
Job Description
SGI Global is seeking a General Clerk to provide clerical services in support of the USAO District of Maryland.
The primary purpose of the services is to support the fact witness management process by completing and processing travel vouchers; arranging for witness travel and lodging; working directly with witnesses to ensure appearance for court pretrial conferences and grand jury; and coordinating with other agencies as required among other duties. A secondary objective is to reduce the delay in witness payments and enable VictimWitness personnel to increase the quality and quantity of direct services being provided to victims.
Job Duties
- Provide witness management assistance prior to during and after trial. Typical assignments include working directly with fact witnesses assistance and support to ensure appearance for court pretrial conferences and grand jury.
- Receive visitors field phone calls questions and other inquiries from fact witnesses seeking information pertaining to court pretrial conferences grand jury appearances and expense reimbursement. Obtain pertinent information for files and documents necessary to arrange witness travel and reimbursements.
- Initiate contact/notify fact witnesses concerning travel arrangements appearance date/time and determine any special circumstances or needs of the fact witness. Use judgment to determine when AUSA should be notified of special circumstances or needs of fact witnesses.
- Confer with AUSA concerning fact witness appearance and special circumstances regarding witnesses (special authorizations international witnesses military/federal employee witnesses or hostile witnesses). Complete and submit proper documentation for special authorizations and obtain prior approval before proceeding with travel arrangements.
- Prior to fact witness appearance ensure all travel documents and appearance date and time have been provided to witness. Make necessary arrangements for fact witness travel and lodging according to Department of Justice and USAO policies and procedures.
- Meet with fact witnesses upon arrival to designated hearing or pretrial conference offer and perform courtroom orientation accompany witness to court ensure a safe waiting area is available and collect necessary documentation and signatures for fact witness reimbursement documents.
- Prepare and submit documentation for fact witness reimbursement i.e. witness vouchers and other required documentation for fact witnesses. Furnish requested information concerning pending and completed fact witness vouchers. Gather required documentation and reconcile Government Travel Accounts
- Obtain information confer and coordinate with the Court Probation Pretrial U.S. Marshals Service investigative agencies and other counterparts when necessary.
- Complete variable aspects of recurring documents in conformance with the rules governing their style and format. Compose original letters that do not require legal interpretation but require a good working knowledge of legal procedures and specialized terminology relevant to fact witness laws and regulations.
- Perform general office procedures pertaining to fact witness management including but not limited to: establish and maintain a variety of fact witness files documents and databases; assemble documents and other information for fact witness file material and retention in accordance with established procedures and Department of Justice regulations; if requested establish and maintain calendar and/or database of active and pending fact witness appearances; track hearings trial dates grand jury and scheduling conferences; perform other administrative and logistical fact witness management related duties as required/assigned.
Qualifications
- High school Diploma is required undergraduate degree is preferred
- Good communication skills
- Ability to Provide word processing and data entry/retrieval
- Ability to review and analyze data and information from multiple sources
- Ability to establish case/project files
- Ability to enter and retrieve data from databases
- Ability to prepare and format management reports
- Ability to manipulate transfer compute and print information
- Ability to prepare and correct reports and correspondence using word processing software
- Ability to schedule appointments answer inquiries regarding caserelated information as maintained in the database answer inquiries regarding caserelated status and obtain additional information from other agencies/organizations
- Ability to maintain internal status information on the disposition of designated information files and assets assure information is accurate and perform analytical computations necessary to process data
- Ability to provide administrative information and assistance concerning case or file to other agencies or organizations
- Knowledge of automated systems to use several types of software for various office needs.
- Ability to organize work and complete assignments consisting of numerous steps varying in nature and sequence.
- Good communications skills both orally and in writing are required.
- A U.S. Citizenship;
- The ability to pass a background investigation.
SGI Global provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age disability genetic information marital status amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws.
Employment Type
Full-Time
