Administrative Assistant-Juvenile Court-Fargo

Administrative Assistant-Juvenile Court

If you are looking for a role supporting others and being a key person who ensures the office runs smoothly, this opportunity may be right for you. The ideal candidate thrives supporting others and managing many pieces of information at the same time. Passionate about organizing, enjoys applying procedures and rules, pays strong attention to detail ensuring accuracy of work, gives excellent customer service, and easily adapts and prioritizes duties.

The ideal candidate minimum qualifications include a high school diploma and two years of secretarial experience. If assigned recording duties, then requires the DAR (Digital Audio Recording) certification or AAERT (American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers) CER (certified electronic court reporter) certification or ability to obtain within six months of assignment. A comparable certification by another state court or federal court may be substituted for the DAR or AAERT certification.

The administrative assistant-juvenile court provides a variety of administrative, secretarial, and support activities for juvenile court services or court referees. Duties, depending upon assignment, typically involve typing; processing and distributing documents in regards to hearings; scheduling of juvenile informal adjustment proceedings; answering department phones; maintaining department files and records; handling restitution payments; backup court recording responsibilities, or other administrative support activities in the office of assignment.

If assigned, makes a verbatim record of district and juvenile court proceedings using audio equipment, creates and maintains annotations/tags, notes appearances and essential events during the proceedings. Performs courtroom duties.

The essential functions of the job typically require: grasping, sitting, standing, walking, talking, hearing, seeing, feeling, reaching, and fingering requirements or other reasonable methods that accommodate an individual in completing the essential functions of the job. Work is performed in a comfortable office work environment. Employee is subject to some travel in the performance of the job. Employee has control over travel schedule and can adjust schedules due to adverse weather or travel conditions.

Physical requirements can typically be characterized as light: work involves exerting up to 20 lbs. of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 lbs. frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.