About This Role
This full-time Magistrate Judge Courtroom Clerk position supports a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Located in the Clerk’s Office in Tucson, the role requires a self-starter with strong organizational, communication, and detail-oriented skills.
Responsibilities
- Manage a judge’s caseload and provide courtroom and other assistance through management of court calendars
- Attend court proceedings, record pertinent results for minutes, and prepare judgments
- Set up equipment to record court proceedings and ensure clear recording is acquired throughout
- Maintain an automated log and play back portions of proceedings as required
- Monitor filings to ensure compliance with rules and procedures
- Review cases or reports for necessary action
- Draft and prepare orders for the judge’s review
- Make entries on the court’s electronic filing system
- Attend to courtroom duties for district judges, magistrate judges, or visiting judges in the district as assigned by the Clerk of Court or designee
- Work in excess of normal duty hours without additional compensation
- Attend court proceedings that go past normal work hours
- Travel that requires overnight lodging for attending court hearings and trials set in Phoenix, Yuma, Prescott, Flagstaff, or any other designated location in the state
Requirements
- Minimum of two years of specialized experience, one year of which must be equivalent to work at the CL-25 level
- Specialized experience: progressively responsible clerical or administrative experience requiring the regular and recurring application of clerical procedures that demonstrate the ability to apply a body of rules, regulations, directives, or laws and involve the routine use of specialized terminology and automated software and equipment for word processing, data entry or report generation
- Exceptional writing skills, including excellent grammar, punctuation, spelling, and proofreading
- Skill in using applicable automated systems, including current versions of Adobe Acrobat, Word, Outlook, and Windows
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people
- Ability to analyze information and reach sound conclusions
- Ability to work under pressure and deal with change
- Work experience that demonstrates the ability to successfully manage multiple priorities
- Ability to work with limited supervision
- Skill in dealing with others in person-to-person work relationships
Nice to have:
- Courtroom experience in a similar position
- A bachelor’s degree
