Court Clerk
Court Clerk
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Job Description
TARGET CLOSE DATE:
05/16/2025PAY GRADE:
Grade 13TYPE:
Full timeJOB SUMMARY:
Court Clerks are responsible for receiving processing maintaining and safeguarding legal and financial records and monies for a municipal or county court to ensure all cases can be processed in an effective and efficient manner. Employees in this job class record judicial activities complete court and legal documents file and maintain documents and conduct research. Work includes verifying completeness of legal documents where accuracy and timeliness are of critical importance. Work is performed in an office or courtroom setting.COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
Agencies provide competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance employersponsored retirement plan (pension) generous paid holidays sick and vacation leave and more.Applications for this position will be considered for the following Merit System employing agencies. The pay range for this job varies depending upon the Merit System employing agency.
Bessemer $14.80$22.96
Birmingham $15.27$23.68
Homewood $17.05$26.45
Jefferson County$16.63$25.80
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
The following are jobrelated qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position:
No minimum qualifications are required.
TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:
Provides service to internal and/or external customers.
Communicates and collaborates with various parties and organizations (e.g. department heads employees citizens board and council members vendors etc.) by responding to inquiries tracking internal and external communications and drafting correspondence to disseminate and receive information related to department/organization activity.
Balances cash drawer (e.g. by counting and totaling cash checks and credit card payments as well as comparing the total to printouts/reports) and submits cash drawer totals and receipt printouts to the appropriate department in order to prevent shortages due to inaccurate cash handling or theft.
Furnishes certified copies of documents (e.g. legal record public record) as requested to interested parties.
Receives verifies and records receipt of legal documents physically and/or electronically (e.g. adoptions legitimations wills condemnations of land marriages estates of minors deceased protected and incapacitated persons name changes partnerships mergers maps) for compliance with court rules and laws.
Edits data for accuracy and completeness.
Reviews maps for accuracy legibility and quality.
Attends conferences seminars certification courses and workshops (including inhouse training) regarding jobrelated issues or topics to maintain current industryspecific knowledge board specialty certifications and/or obtain current continuing education units (CEUs) to maintain industry compliance.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Job is primarily sedentary involving sitting for long periods of time but may involve occasional walking or standing for brief periods.WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Work is conducted almost exclusively indoors in an office setting. Job may require working in an office environment. Work involves use of standard office equipment (e.g. computer phone copier). Job may require working on a computer exposed to glare and/or PC light. Job may require working with angry/irate customers or citizens. Job may require working with/providing services to an indigent population.EEO STATEMENT:
The Personnel Board of Jefferson Countyprovides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training. Each Merit System member city/agencyoperate its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city/agency website.
ACCOMMODATION:
To request an accommodation in the application or hiring process due to your own ongoing medical condition or disability please contact our Accommodations Coordinator at or phone at(select option 1) Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time. The accommodation process is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or accommodation in the job application process.
NOTE:
This job posting may close before or be extended beyond the listed Target Close Date based on the employment needs of the Merit System. More detail regarding this job is available by clicking Apply.
DISCLAIMER:
This job posting is not meant to be an allinclusive list of the job duties responsibilities or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.
Employment Type
Full-Time
