Case Administrator

Overview of the Position The Clerk’s Office of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nebraska is seeking a full-time case administrator in Lincoln, Nebraska. Case Administrators perform various functions and are responsible for maintaining and processing case information and managing the progression of cases from opening to final disposition, in accordance with approved internal controls, procedures and rules. The case administrator also assists members of the public and other court staff who call or visit the clerk’s office.

Career Opportunity: CL 26/61 without further competition

This job opportunity is with the Judicial Branch of the Federal Government. The judicial branch is one of the three separate and distinct branches of the U.S. government and is independent from the other two. The Clerk’s Office of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nebraska is seeking a full-time case administrator in Lincoln, Nebraska. Case Administrators perform various functions and are responsible for maintaining and processing case information and managing the progression of cases from opening to final disposition, in accordance with approved internal controls, procedures and rules.

The case administrator also assists members of the public and other court staff who call or visit the clerk’s office.

Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Process notice of appeals, and appeal-related documents. Process opinions and close appeals. Make summary entries on documents and proceedings. Perform quality control on attorney-docketed entries. Accept, review and process documents. Prepare deficiency notice. Review filed documents determine conformity and take appropriate action.
• Process adversary complaints related to bankruptcy cases.
• Inform customers of required fees.
• Process new case files. Open or quality control cases in case management system. Docket or quality control all incoming documents. Maintain integrity of the filing system by such means as monitoring proper access to records and maintaining timely and accurate filing of documents. Retrieve files and make copies of records for court personnel, attorneys, and others. Certify court documents and ensure data quality.
• Serves as the point of contact for all customer service inquiries; such as responding to phone and email questions, receiving incoming documents, processing mail, and maintaining court files.
• Tests new procedures and processes to provide necessary feedback.
• Update creditor and claims database. Transmit records to appropriate court. Transmit notices to the Bankruptcy Notice Center (BNC).
• Manage cases to ensure timely progression.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications must be met at the time of the application.

Must have a high school diploma or equivalent, two years of general experience, and one year of specialized experience. A college degree is preferred but not required. Experience with a federal or state court and/or familiarity with electronic case filing, especially the court’s automated system, is highly desirable.

Progressively responsible clerical or administrative experience requiring the regular and recurring application of clerical procedures that demonstrates the ability to apply a body of rules, regulations, directives, or laws 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 judicial systems, law firms, legal counsel offices, banking and credit firms, educational institutions, social service organizations, insurance companies, and real estate and title offices.

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