Judicial Services Coordinator

Agency

Adult Correction

Division

COO - Operations

Job Classification Title

Judicial Services Coordinator (S)

Position Number

Grade

NC05

About Us

The NC Department of Adult Correction is one of the largest state agencies with more than 14000 employees. It is responsible for safeguarding and preserving lives and property through prevention protection and preparation as well as the care custody and supervision of all adults sentenced for violating North Carolina laws. This department includes state prisons with custody healthcare and facility operations staff as well as probation/parole officers who supervised sentenced people in the community. Other divisions include Administration Health Services Rehabilitation & Reentry Special Operations and the Post-Release Supervision & Parole Commission. We have a mission that matters!

Description of Work

If you desire a rewarding career that has a great work/life balance with benefits please apply today!

The Department of Adult Correction Division of Community Supervision is seeking a Judicial Services Coordinator (JSC) to work with members and officials of the judicial system community agencies victims and offenders. The Judicial Services Coordinator will serve as the agencys representative in court the community and in maintaining public awareness of the community service program.

The JSC is usually located in or near the courthouse. Position is frequently in court and will associate with judges lawyers District Attorneys Clerk of Court law enforcement etc.

The JSC is responsible for the intake of all new supervised and unsupervised probation cases and in specified areas monitoring unsupervised deferred prosecution cases. They will perform a variety of administrative tasks including document preparation and tracking case status.

The JSC shall obtain information from criminal offenders regarding new probation and community service cases placed under Community Supervisions authority. This entails:
Interviewing offenders assigning them for supervision and providing them with reporting instructions
Data entry
Determining if the offender requires interpreter services or accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act
Processing intrastate and interstate transfer cases out of court

The JSC shall utilize software programs to include:
Common MS Office applications such as Word Excel Outlook
OPUS
CSAS
ICOTS
FMS
AOC

The JSC will monitor for compliance offenders sentenced to community service and may monitor a low-risk-low needs offender caseload. Work assignments may include providing technical support to staff accepting examining and processing legal documents and providing pre-sentence pre-parole post-release investigations or other special projects as assigned.

The JSC involves the interviewing placement monitoring and reporting of the compliance status of offenders who have been ordered to perform community service. The Judicial Service Coordinator recruits trains and maintains regular contact with recipient agencies to ensure appropriateness of agencies in accordance with Department policy and General Statute.

The JSC must work as a member of a team in a variety of activities to include court intake which may require travel within the district to assist as needed.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences

Salary Range: $43570.00 - $57117

To qualify for this position applicants must document on the application that they possess ALL of the following:

• The JSC shall have extensive knowledge of Structured Sentencing and how it applies to Community Supervision and knowledge of the Community Service Work Program.

  The JSC shall exhibit a working knowledge of local and regional community resources to address the placement of monitored offenders to government and nonprofit agencies in the community.

• The JSC must be able to communicate effectively both orally and in writingwith the Judiciary offenders and the general public to ensure thorough and appropriate collection analysis and utilizationof datatointerpretDivision guidelines policies and procedures.

• The JSC shall behave professionally at all times as they hold a highly visible position within the Division of Community Supervision and their actions will reflect upon the entire Division. The position is frequently in court and will associate with Judges Attorneys District Attorneys Clerk of Court Law Enforcement etc. and establish and sustain effective working relationships.

• The JSC is responsible for planning their daily work operations setting priorities scheduling and establishing deadlinesfor the caseload; they must possess exceptional time management and organizational skills and must be able to work under stressful situations. Experience in this area must be listed within your application or prior job duties.

Minimum Education and Experience

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an equivalent combination of education and experience. If that language appears below then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience OR a combination of both. See the Education and Experience Equivalency Guide for details.

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an equivalent combination of education and experience. If that language appears below then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience OR a combination of both.

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Bachelors degree in criminal justice human services psychology or related field of study from an appropriately accredited institution; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

or

Associate degree in criminal justice human services psychology or related field of study from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of experience in the court system paralegal work or other directly related experience; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

or

High school or General Educational Development (GED) diploma and four years of experience in the court system paralegal work or other directly related experience; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

EEO Statement

The State of North Carolina is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees with a work environment free from all forms of unlawful employment discrimination harassment or retaliation. The state provides reasonable accommodation to employees and applicants with disabilities; known limitations related to pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions; and for religious beliefs observances and practices.

Recruiter:

Tiffany Noel Suluki

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