Clarification from the agency

This announcement will be open until filled.

The incumbent's duties include, but are not limited to:

• Managing chambers' case management system.
• Maintaining the judge's personal and court calendar.
• Answering the telephone and responding to inquiries.
• Gathering and maintaining statistical data.
• Providing general clerical and administrative assistance to the judge and law clerks.
• Arranging meetings and conferences for the judge.
• Arranging and maintaining the judge's travel itineraries.
• Receiving and reviewing correspondence.
• Locating, scanning, copying, filing, and certifying documents.
• Maintaining, updating, purging files, and tracking filed documents.
• Assisting in maintaining a legal library.
• Handling routine office matters; and
• All other duties as assigned.

Conditions of employment

Information:
Applicants must be United States citizens or lawful permanent residents seeking United States citizenship. The selected candidate must successfully complete a background check as a condition of employment. The Court is not authorized to reimburse travel expenses for interviews or relocation. This position is subject to mandatory electronic direct deposit of salary payments. Employees serve under "Excepted Appointments" and are considered "At-Will" employees. Only selected applicants will be contacted for interviews.

The court reserves the right to modify the conditions on this job announcement, withdraw the job announcement, fill the position sooner than the closing date, or to extend the closing date, any of which actions may occur without any prior written or other notice.

Qualifications

Minimum requirements for the position include:

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to work with professionals on deadlines in a close and collaborative environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• The ability to work independently with minimum supervision; to anticipate needs and problems; and to learn, adapt, or develop, as needed.
• The ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail in a deadline driven environment.
• Experience using the internet and a variety of software (Word, Adobe Acrobat), and excellent computer skills.
• The ability to exercise tact, good judgment, and initiative.
• The ability to maintain strict confidence of all office and judicial matters.
• Eight years of progressively responsible clerical or secretarial experience, six of which involved responsibility as the principal office assistant to a supervisor who was dealing with law-related matters; and
• Availability for overtime and occasional overnight travel as needed.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Please read the "Next steps" section for more information.