Assistant Court Coordinator

Salary : $49,400.00 Annually

Location : New Braunfels

Job Type : Full-Time

Job Number : 2500005

Department : District Court

Opening Date : 01 / 13 / 2025

Closing Date : 1 / 20 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Central

Pay Grade : N8

Online applications are only accepted for current available positions.

Incomplete applications will be rejected. Resumes are not accepted in lieu of an application and / or the Work History section.

Any position posted may be closed or extended at any particular time during the advertisement period, at the discretion of Comal County.

Summary

This position requires knowledge of clerical and court procedures. This individual has daily contact with the public, governmental officials and agencies, and is responsible for providing clerical and administrative support to the District Judges and Court Coordinators.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Duties include the following :

• Assists with a variety of administrative duties for the District Courts, such as assisting with scheduling cases on the court's docket, including hearings, jury trials, and trials before the court; assisting with scheduling judges, attorneys, bailiff's and court reporter; notifying concerned parties; preparing and posting dockets.
• Assists with a variety of clerical tasks such as answering phone and directing calls to appropriate staff, greets outside persons and directs to appropriate staff, assists indigent defendants in the completion of forms requesting court appointed attorney, and maintains a card file of attorneys and rotates case assignments.
• Prepares orders for judge's signature, prepares and distributes routine correspondence, and maintains copy machine and courts library.
• Coordinate the Juvenile Dockets for three District Courts and two County Courts-at-Law.
• The Assistant Court Coordinator must perform the duties of the Court Coordinator in their absence.
• Monitors the activities of the Court Master and Associate Judge's dockets.
• Assists the Comal County Magistrate's Office with clerical and administrative duties.
• Performs research for judges and administrator via the internet and library.
• Provides assistance with computer applications to judges and staff.
• Other duties that may be assigned by the District Court Administrator.
• Attendance is an essential function of the job.

Note : The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is assigned by the supervisor.

Mandatory Qualifications

EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or general education degree (GED). The individual should possess a thorough working knowledge of clerical procedures and practices with one (1) to two (2) years in clerical operations, including computer applications and accurate typing skills of 50 wpm. Civil / Criminal law knowledge preferred, but not required. Individual to obtain certification by the Texas Center for the Judiciary through their Professional Development Program for Court Coordinators. The Assistant Court Coordinator also must acquire 15 hours of continuing education credits per year.

Desired Minimum Qualifications

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This is a sedentary position. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits are an important part of Comal County's overall compensation package. The county is pleased to offer a comprehensive array of valuable benefits to protect your helath, your family and your way of life. Benefit eligiblity requires an employee to work 30 or more hours per week.

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Salary : $49,400