Apprentice Court Clerk or Deputy Court Clerk

**\*\**Applications are reviewed on a regular basis. The posting may close prior to the listed closing date******.** **Individuals are encouraged to apply immediately.**\*\** Douglas County is seeking dedicated individuals to join their team in serving the citizens of Douglas County. Providing excellent customer service with attention to detail and commitment to compliance with all necessary processes and procedures, the Apprentice Court Clerk and Deputy Court Clerk positions serve a crucial role in ensuring the efficient functioning of the County's judicial services and court operations. **Current vacancies are available in both the EAST FORK JUSTICE COURT located at the Minden Judicial Law Enforcement Center and in the TAHOE JUSTICE COURT located in Stateline.** **May be filled as an Apprentice Court Clerk or Deputy Court Clerk, depending on qualifications.** ***The full salary range is provided as a means of communicating to prospective applicants what their growth potential over time can represent. Incumbents typically start at the beginning of the salary range.*** **Apprentice Court Clerk*:* $22.39 - $29.12 hourly** **Deputy Court Clerk** **: $28.00 - $39.20** **hourly** **Primary Objectives** **Apprentice Court Clerk:** Performs intermediate work providing general judicial court clerk assistance. Under immediate supervision, performing legal clerical work of low to moderate difficulty in support of court operations, general office support functions and other related duties as required. Incumbents in this class perform a wide variety of basic legal clerical tasks while training to successfully perform as a Deputy Court Clerk within one (1) year; performs related tasks as apparent or assigned. **Deputy Court Clerk:** Performs intermediate work and legal support to judges, judicial executive assistants, law clerks, administrative staff, state, local, and national agencies. Under varying levels of supervision, incumbents are assigned to varied clerk positions in examining, preparing, and processing a variety of legal documents in support of court operations; performs related tasks as apparent or assigned. These positions are part of a job family **Supervision Exercised** None Apprentice Court Clerk: 1. Provides and performs a wide variety of general clerk duties and court and office support functions. Incumbent may also serve as a clerk for a variety of trial types including and not limited to criminal, civil, divorce, probate, paternity, child support, adoption, traffic, domestic violence, jury trials and non-jury trials. 2. Researches, retrieves, and delivers file requests for the Court and general public requests. Assists the general public, customers, and/or county employees in person, by telephone and/or e-mail answering inquiries related to department services, programs, and records; researches questions, when appropriate, to provide accurate information; resolves issues and/or directs customers to the appropriate department/individual for resolution; maintains a high level of confidentiality as required by Nevada Revised Statutes. 3. Receives, sorts, and processes legal documents and mail; reviews documents for sufficiency of information, conformity, jurisdiction, completeness, timeliness and all required supporting documents in accordance with prescribed filing requirements; returns unacceptable documents noting discrepancies and reasons for rejection pursuant to left side filing requirements and office policy. 4. Enters into and retrieves data from automated case management tracking system; assigns applicable codes; cross references documents for future retrieval; accesses documents by using various indices; follows established procedures for updating and purging records. 5. Prepares, monitors, and updates motions calendars to support scheduling needs for judicial assistants and court operations specialists. 6. Maintains and updates clerks to do lists and other tracking items needed for maintaining office protocol.…