Court Case Manager ; Kodiak Criminal

The Kodiak Trial Court of the Alaska Court System (ACS) is accepting applications for a Court Case Manager 2 (salary range 12). The selected applicant will perform duties in criminal case processing, minor offense case processing, and maintain petit and grand jury panels, phones, and front counter.

Employees transferring from another State of Alaska agency may receive consideration for an advance step placement.

Major duties will include the following:

• As a criminal case manager, you are responsible for the maintenance of all criminal files including to check the daily jail roster to ensure all complaints are received by the assigned court date; prepare case files and court documents, and enter all information into the computer;
• Perform computer scheduling daily and enter necessary changes; prepare documents for the judge or magistrate judge's signature relating to the case file;
• Route all motions to the law clerk, route all urgent filings to the appropriate judicial officer, and oversee proper distribution to pertinent parties;
• Pull files for the next day's calendar, verify entries and check for any discrepancies; make necessary revisions to the calendar and print revised calendars for distribution;
• Maintain out of town files that have been transferred or where defendants have been arrested on bench warrants; obtain information from the originating court;
• Close all files after disposition, including preparation of judgments, distribution to parties, and computer entries; review the file for outstanding bail or restitution monies and prepare requests for disbursement for the bookkeeper;
• Maintain a tickler system for fines, court sanctions, and restitution; prepare failure to comply notices, fine due letters or orders to show cause if no payments have been received; receipt in monies received in the mail from defendants for fines, surcharges, restitution and sanctions;
• Maintain a separate tickler system for court-ordered community work service, which includes preparing a failure to comply notice if not completed, contacting various agencies to verify CWS completion and maintaining the court-approved CWS list;
• Serve as grand jury in-court clerk on a weekly basis and as back-up in-court for judge or magistrate judge in primary in-court's absence or unavailability;
• Perform other duties as assigned.

An ideal applicant will possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities.

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The Work Hours

Full-time court employees are currently scheduled to work 37.5 hours per week. The work hours for this position are Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a one-hour lunch break.

What benefits do we offer? Typical Benefits for Full Time Employees Include:

• 12 paid holidays per year
• Medical and dental coverage for employee and eligible dependents
• Vision plan (optional)
• Employer-paid Basic Life insurance with additional coverage available
• Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)
• Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan (SBS) in lieu of contributions to Social Security
• Alaska Deferred Compensation Plan (optional)
• Personal leave accrual

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Graduation from high school or completion of a General Education Development (GED) certificate AND one year of advanced clerical work experience equivalent to a Court Case Manager 1 with the Alaska Court System or an equivalent position with another employer.

OR

Graduation from high school or completion of a General Education Development (GED) certificate AND completion of a two-year paralegal curriculum from an accredited institution.

OR

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college.

This applies to your application submission.

Documents to be Attached to the Application (REQUIRED):

• Post-secondary transcripts, if using…