Court Operations Clerk

The Clerk’s Office of the U.S. District Court is looking for candidates to join our team as a Court Operations Clerk. The incumbent provides clerical and administrative support to the court. Representative Duties, including but not limited to: • Performing administrative and customer service work, ensuring the efficient and fair operations related to the selection, qualifications, summoning, orientation, management, and payment of jurors for petit and/or grand juries; and making determinations as to juror attendance. • Provides procedural information and forms to pro se litigants seeking to initiate and a case in the Court and responds to questions from Chambers and Clerk’s Office staff related to court practices regarding pro se litigants. • Scans, converts and makes summary entries of documents and proceedings on the electronic case management system. This includes, but is not limited to pleadings, petitions, motions, complaints, orders, etc. • Ensures that all automated entries are accurately filed, recorded, and appropriately linked for proper case management. • Prepares and informs parties about notices, judgments and orders. Forwards documents such as motions, etc. to the attention of chambers staff. • Furnishes information to the public, attorneys and litigants either in-person, by telephone or through written correspondence as to the status of cases before the Court. • Receives and examines documents submitted for filing with the court in pending actions and opens new actions. • Issues all forms of process in civil and criminal cases including summonses, subpoenas and writs. • Performs accounting functions for monies paid to the court including fees, fines and court costs. • Performs clerical and administrative support as needed to judge(s) by: empaneling juries and administers oaths to witnesses; confers with attorneys and prepares reports on the status of cases; coordinates court appearances for all parties including attorneys and interpreters; arranges for appointment of counsel pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act; calls the court calendar and takes the calendar minutes of the Court, etc. • Provides support for court naturalization ceremonies. • Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Qualifications: To qualify for the minimum starting salary (CL 23/1), an individual must have a high school diploma or equivalent, two years of general clerical or office experience (possession of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited educational institution also qualifies). Pay setting beyond the starting salary will be based on the minimum requirements noted above, plus the following experience: CL24 – 1 year of progressively responsible clerical work requiring the routine use of keyboard skills and use of specialized terminology, with demonstrated ability to apply a body of rules, regulations, directives or laws (generally found in courthouses, law firms, insurance offices, United States District Court Eastern District of New York www.nyed.uscourts.gov educational institutions, etc.).