Clerk-Courts; Various Departments

Clerk – Courts

This position performs clerical, cashiering, and customer service related activities within the assigned department. This position reports directly to the departmental Supervisor.

• Interact professionally with customers via telephone, email, or in person, to provide support and information.
• Apply rules and procedures pertaining to the Clerk’s functions and responsibilities in the assigned department.
• Uses knowledge to make appropriate inquiries to determine the needs of the customer and answer inquiries or to forward to the appropriate staff.
• Attend Court proceedings, including the proper handling of evidence, as needed.
• Appropriately process payments of cash, checks, and credit card.
• Prepare general correspondence, as needed.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Knowledge and command of business English, spelling, arithmetic, computer skills, and office practices and procedures.
• Ability to comply with State Statutes and Clerk’s Office Rules and Regulations.
• Ability to interact professionally and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, coworkers, government officials, and the public.
• Ability to understand and carry out verbal and written instructions.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, automated environment with many interruptions.
• Ability to handle case material of a sensitive nature.
• Ability to work through breaks or take an abbreviated mid‑day break, if needed when attending court.
• Ability to work extended hours beyond the regular office hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m., if needed.

Possession of a high school or equivalency diploma issued by a State Department of Education or the United States Armed Forces.

N/A

• Acceptable eyesight (with or without correction)
• Acceptable hearing (with or without correction)
• Ability to communicate with others to exchange information.
• Prolonged periods in a stationary position, often at a desk and working on a computer.
• Repetitive motions that may include the use of wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Ability to move about to accomplish tasks or to move from one workstation to another.
• Ability to access, input, and retrieve information from a computer.
• Ability to adjust, move, or lift objects up to 30 pounds in all directions.
• Type at a minimum rate of 35 words per minute.

Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified individuals with a disability.

Section 295.07(1), Florida Statutes, provides for Veterans' Preference in employment appointment and retention, if qualified under one of the categories listed in the Application and not exempt under Section 295.07(5), Florida Statutes. If you seek Veterans' Preference, please check the appropriate box on the Application. Documentation substantiating your claim must be uploaded at the time that you submit your Application.

The Office of the Marion County Clerk of Court and Comptroller (“Clerk’s Office”) is firmly committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities and, pursuant to state and federal law, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, disability/handicap, pregnancy, marital status, citizenship, or genetic information.

Work is performed in an office environment. Some travel may be required.

FLSA Classification:
Non‑Exempt

140‑160* (Revised: 1/1/2023)