Judicial Assistant

Countywide Recruitment

This is the front-line position in the Court. People in the Judicial Assistant I position may work in different units, such as Civil, Criminal, Jury, Juvenile, Records, or Traffic, helping members of the public with filing and questions they may have about the status of their case. You will work in the Court's Case Management System reviewing and updating legal documents and case information.

The people in these positions help to keep the Court running smoothly and provide valuable service to the public.

ADDITIONAL MONETARY/BENEFIT VALUE:
In addition to the base wage listed, employees in this classification receive:

• The Court pays 100% of employee health premium
• 100% of the health premium for Employee + Dependent
• 100% of the health premium for Employee + Family
• 14 Paid Holidays + 1 Floating Holiday
• Paid Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• The Court pays 100% of employee dental premium
• Biweekly Court contribution up to $58.78 towards the cost of the dental premium for dependents
• Biweekly Court contribution of approximately 30.84% of gross wages towards employee's mandatory retirement account. SBCERS Plan 8.
• Additionally, employees from current public employers (federal, state and/or local government) may qualify for:
• Retirement reciprocity
• Time and service credit towards vacation accrual rate

Under general supervision, performs a variety of courtroom, judicial and/or program support duties including, but not limited to legal processing, records, jury services, calendaring, pre-trial, probate, family law, juvenile, customer service, intake/screening and other court-wide clerical, administrative and technical support work; and performs related duties as required.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:
This is the entry and journey level of the Judicial Assistant series. This is a very broad court clerical, administrative and technical support series that includes a wide range of court support functions. Positions may be assigned to perform support duties in a singular area of emphasis or may be assigned a variety of courtroom support, judicial support and/or court program support and court program-related support services.

Experienced and/or knowledgeable employees in the Judicial Assistant I/II classification may be assigned to provide peer training and/or act as a resource for less experienced and/or knowledgeable Judicial Assistants, but are distinguished from the Judicial Assistant III – Office Assignment classification in that the Judicial Assistant I/II is not assigned formal and/or primary responsibility for leading, training and assigning the work of subordinate Judicial Assistants within an office-based work unit, and/or formal responsibility for overseeing, leading, training, and/or assigning a unique or specialty workload.

Experienced and/or knowledgeable employees in the Judicial Assistant I/II classification may occasionally be assigned to provide in-courtroom support, but is distinguished from the Judicial Assistant III – Courtroom assignment in that the Judicial Assistant I/II is not assigned formal and/or primary responsibility of in-courtroom judicial support work.