Judiciary Clerk​/Judiciary Clerk Bilingual REPOST

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Join an 8500-member strong team that operates with the highest standards of independence, integrity, fairness, and quality service. You will be engaged with work that has purpose, meaning, and makes a difference in lives of the public we serve. We work hard every day to build the public's trust and confidence in our court system.

The salary range for this position is $45,877.84 to $69,484.11 for Schedule A, and $45,877.84 to $62,203.88 for Schedule

B. The Judiciary offers a strong opportunity for growth. This position may qualify for up to 2 days of remote work outside of Judiciary buildings.

The New Jersey Judiciary
- Hudson Vicinage, is seeking self-starters interested in performing a variety of clerical, administrative, and other support functions in connection with proceedings instituted before courts or programs administered under the supervision of the courts, in support of the business operations of such courts, and as contact representatives for clients and customers or users of the services provided by the New Jersey Courts.

Employees in these titles may function as a court clerk, performing related work including, but not limited to, preparing, calling and annotating the court calendar; provide customer service to jurors and court users in both English and Spanish languages; answering questions posed by judges, the public, clients, customers, coworkers, and supervisors in a physical or virtual environment; providing excellent customer service to external and internal customers in person, over the phone, and via written communications;

identify customer needs and conduct appropriate research; answer questions and compose routine correspondence in a physical or virtual environment; swearing in jurors; administering oaths to witnesses; maintaining custody of exhibits; operating digital recording systems accurately; compile and provide data, statistical information and reports; resolve technical issues; recording and maintaining records of court proceedings; ensure timely date entry and maintenance of information into record keeping systems completing court-related paperwork;

updating case information; and discussing daily court activities, scheduling of cases, calling of calendar, etc., with the Judge; perform other related duties as required. Regular and predictable physical presence at the worksite is an essential function of this position.

One year of experience performing a variety of clerical and support services to include keyboarding and one or more of the following: document or information processing, handling payments for fees, recording monies received, reconciling balances or accounts and/or scheduling meetings or appointments. Ability to use a keyboard, no minimum speed. Candidates selected to serve in a bilingual variant title must pass the New Jersey Civil Service Commission Bilingual Communicative Ability Test (BICAT) performance examination or provide proof of having established bilingual proficiency with the New Jersey Civil Service Commission.

For some positions, applicants must have the ability to perform work which requires climbing and prolonged standing, stretching, bending and reaching to perform the essential duties of the position. For some positions, the selected candidate must be able to frequently lift and carry supplies weighing from 30 to 50 pounds and, occasionally, materials weighing up to 75 pounds, in order to perform essential duties of the position.

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle is necessary to perform essential duties of the position. Selected candidate must be authorized to work in the US according to Department of Homeland Security, US Citizenship and Immigration Services regulations. Newly hired employees must agree to a thorough background check that will include fingerprinting.

In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14-7 (L. 2011, Chapter 70), the "New Jersey First Act," all persons newly hired by the Judiciary within one year must establish, and then maintain, principal residence in the State of New Jersey.