Deputy Clerk- Alexandria JDR

Title: Deputy Clerk- Alexandria JDR

State Role Title: Deputy Clerk

Hiring Range: $48,207 15% supplement

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Supreme Court

Location: CSU 18 - Alexandria

Agency Website: www.vacourts.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

This Deputy Clerk (grade 8) position is assigned operational responsibilities in a high volume, fast paced office with frequent deadlines. Individual must be committed to providing excellent customer service to a diverse population, responding to external and internal stakeholders and court users with a friendly, courteous, and positive can-do attitude and a desire to work in a team environment.

This position offers a competitive benefits package, which includes vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, health insurance, retirement, life insurance, deferred compensation, and short and long-term disability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties will include providing support in and out of the courtroom, ensuring that the court's instructions are executed, and all legal documents are prepared with accuracy and in accordance with appropriate policies and statutes. Assignments will include preparing court documents. Duties will also include handling a wide range of complex clerical and financial tasks, assessing, and receipting costs and fines, filing, scanning, data entry, problem solving, providing back-up for team members when needed and any other tasks assigned by management. File room duties include pulling files, shifting files, and returning them to the shelf upon conclusion of the case. The use of a step stool or step rolling ladder may be required at times. Must be able to lift up to 20 lbs.

Minimum Qualifications

High school diploma required or equivalent, some college preferred. Applicants must be able to work well in a team environment, possess an ability to pay attention to details, perform tasks with accuracy, possess the ability to follow up on matters as required, follow directions, and multitask. Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, are essential. Discretion and integrity while working with highly sensitive and confidential matters are required.

Additional Considerations

Most competitive applicants will have legal knowledge/experience or equivalent education and will demonstrate proficiency in records management and personal computers/programs.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information

Name: Val Moriconi

Phone: No Calls

Email: humanresources@vacourts.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.