CLERK OF COURT - Administrative Assistant

Overview

Under general supervision of the Clerk of Court and their supervisor, an Administrative Assistant is a first level clerical worker engaged in the processing of Court matters with responsibility for entering, scanning, ordering, copying and filing different types of court documents and exhibits.

• Under occasional supervision, performs a variety of complex administrative, secretarial and clerical duties in order to ensure effective and efficient office operations; including answering the phone and directing calls to other offices.
• Provides assistance to department management, co-workers and the general public as required.
• Issues, scans and files General Session’s bench warrants, sentence sheets and indictments from court and pulls warrants.
• Orders record retention files for title searchers and the public.
• Pulls files for judge’s court rosters.
• Processes e-filed common pleas documents by making sure they are routed to the correct person for signature.
• Work as clerk in courtroom proceedings.
  • Swearing-in jurors and witnesses.
  • Keeping track of court proceedings, maintaining and logging the exhibits.
  • Reading verdicts when appropriate.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Associate degree in Secretarial Science, or equivalent and one year general office/clerical experience or high school diploma and three years of clerical/general office experience, or any equivalent combination of training, experience, knowledge and abilities.
• Must have extensive experience with computer and office software packages.