Case Administrator

Overview of the Position The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia seeks high achievers interested in a long-term career in public service with the federal judiciary to serve as a case administrator in the exciting and growing city of Atlanta, Georgia.

The case administrator performs vital tasks to facilitate the progression of civil and criminal cases from opening to termination in federal court.

The successful candidate must be a high school graduate or equivalent and possess one or more years of specialized experience (as defined below). To be appointed at the CL 24 level, at least one year of that experience must have included duties equivalent to filing, copying, inputting data, answering phones, typing, formatting, and / or assembling reports. To be appointed at the CL 25 level, one or more years of specialized experience must have included duties equivalent to initiating and maintaining case files, reviewing documents to determine if they are consistent with applicable rules and procedures, and responding to inquiries regarding thestatus of pending matters.

Proficiency in and ability to do frequent, continuous keyboarding are requisites for the position. A skills test will be administered to qualified applicants prior to scheduling an interview.

Progressively responsible clerical or administrative experience that demonstrates the ability to apply a body of rules, regulations, directives, or laws to regular and recurring clerical procedures and involves the routine use of specialized terminology and automated software and equipment for word processing, data entry, or report generation. Such experience is commonly encountered in court clerk’s offices, law firms, legal counsel offices, banking and credit firms, educational institutions, social services organizations, insurance companies, real estate and title offices, corporate headquarters, and human resources / payroll operations.

The knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of this position include document analysis; filing; telephone usage; typing; record keeping; compiling and reporting statistical data; and making detailed, accurate entries using computer equipment.

Preference will be given to those candidates who have a college degree.

• Accrual of paid vacation and sick leave days, based on length of service
• 11 paid holidays during the year
• Pre-tax benefit programs (health, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; parking reimbursement)
• Public transportation subsidy
  
  Participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)
• Thrift Savings Plan (with employer matching a percentage of employee’s contribution)

Employees of the U.S. District Court are appointed in the excepted service, are considered “at-will” employees, and serve at the pleasure of the Court. All employees of the clerk’s office are required to adhere to a Code of Conduct, copies of which are available upon request. All employees serve a one-year probationary period. As a condition of employment, the selected candidate must successfully complete a criminal background check (see information about criminal history below) and a check of financial and credit records.

All offers of employment are provisional until a full suitability determination has been made. The Federal Financial Reform Act requires direct deposit of federal wages for court employees. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or eligible to work in the United States.

The U.S. District Court is a part of the judicial branch of the U.S. government. Although the judiciary is comparable to the executive branch (civil service) in salary, leave accrual, health benefits, life insurance benefits, and retirement benefits, judiciary employees generally are not subject to the many statutory and regulatory provisions that govern civil service positions.

Candidates will not be asked about their criminal history prior to receiving a tentative offer of employment. Candidates completing the AO-78 are not required to complete questions 18-20 regarding criminal history. Criminal history is not in itself…