Bilingual Receptionist - Closing 10/16/2026
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Also remove application instructions? The instruction says: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we should remove "How to Apply" section, also the EEO statement, the link to citizenship requirements maybe? The citizenship requirement is part of eligibility; but it's maybe considered legal? It's a requirement about citizenship; but it's part of eligibility. The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The citizenship requirement is not EEO but it's a legal requirement; but it's still a legal statement. Might be considered boilerplate? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate". The citizenship requirement is legal; but it's a specific requirement (must be US citizen or permanent resident seeking citizenship). That is substantive info about eligibility. Should we keep? It's not EEO; it's a requirement. The instruction says remove legal boilerplate; but this is a specific eligibility requirement. Might be considered legal but it's a requirement. The posting includes: "In line with current appropriations law, applicants must be United States citizens or permanent residents seeking citizenship as described here: https://www.uscourts.gov/careers/search-judiciary-jobs/citizenship-requirements-employment-judiciary." That's a requirement. I'd keep it as part of Requirements or Qualifications.
We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include duties, requirements, selection criteria, salary/benefits, schedule (Monday-Friday 8-5, in-office, no telework). Pay: "Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience and is subject to direct deposit." That's vague; but it's still mention of salary. The instruction says: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state salary (commensurate with qualifications and experience) and benefits (health and life insurance, retirement, Thrift Savings Plan). So we can include Pay and Benefits sections. However we should avoid filler like "commensurate with experience" is considered filler? The instruction says: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD"). So we cannot have a Pay section that just says "Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience". That's considered filler/placeholder. So we should not create a Pay section if it's only that vague statement. However we could combine Pay with Benefits? But the instruction says: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. If Pay is only vague, maybe we omit Pay section entirely. The posting also says: "This is a full-time, at-will position." That's schedule? Not exactly. Schedule: Monday-Friday 8-5, in-office, no telework. That's specific. So we can have Schedule section.
Benefits: they list health and life insurance, retirement, Thrift Savings Plan. That's specific enough. So Benefits section is okay.
We need sections: About the role (maybe a summary of mission and role). Responsibilities (duties). Requirements (education, language, computer literacy, etc). Qualifications (maybe preferred experience, knowledge). Skills (selection criteria). Benefits. Schedule. Possibly also "Citizenship requirement" could be part of Requirements.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for "Receptionist". Use for each section.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all duties listed, all requirements, selection criteria, benefits, schedule, citizenship requirement, etc.
We must remove application instructions, EEO, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. The posting includes duplicated lines? Not sure.
Let's extract content:
Mission statement: "The Federal Public Defender’s Office for the Central District of California is committed to the pursuit of justice by aggressively advocating in federal court for the constitutional rights and inherent dignity of individuals who are charged with federal crimes and cannot afford their own lawyer."
Role description: "The receptionist plays an important role in supporting this mission and is often the first point of contract for clients, visitors, attorneys, court personnel, and members of the public."
Duties list (Job Duties): many items.
Requirements: "All applicants must have a high school diploma, at least." "Candidates must demonstrate strong computer literacy, including proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat." "Must be fluent in both English and Spanish, including the ability to speak, read, and write effectively in both languages." "The ideal candidate will also have comprehensive knowledge of office clerical principles, practices, methods, and techniques." "Prior experience working in a legal, court, government, or other professional office environment is preferred." "Understands and exercises care regarding attorney/client privilege and confidentiality." "All applicants must be available to work Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. This is an in-office position. Telework is not available."
Selection Criteria: list of items.
Salary/Benefits: "This is a full-time, at-will position. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience and is subject to direct deposit. Benefits include health and life insurance, retirement, and a Thrift Savings Plan. For more information on benefits, see http://www.uscourts.gov/careers/benefits."
We should not include the link maybe? It's a reference; but it's part of benefits info. Could keep as part of Benefits section but maybe it's okay to keep the URL as part of prose? It's not boilerplate; it's a link for more info. Might be okay.
Application instructions: remove.
EEO statement: remove.
Powered by JazzHR: remove.
Now decide sections:
- About the role: could combine mission statement and role description. Use
for prose.
- Responsibilities: list duties as
- .
- Requirements: include education, computer literacy, language fluency, knowledge of clerical principles, understanding confidentiality, availability schedule? Actually schedule is separate. But availability Monday-Friday 8-5 is a requirement; but we also have Schedule section. Might be redundant. Could put schedule in Schedule section and not duplicate. But the requirement includes availability; we could keep it in Requirements as a bullet? But better to avoid duplication. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we can include it in Schedule section and not duplicate. However the requirement also includes "All applicants must be available to work Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. This is an in-office position. Telework is not available." That's schedule info. So we can put that in Schedule section. Then Requirements section will not include schedule.
- Qualifications: maybe "ideal candidate will also have comprehensive knowledge of office clerical principles, practices, methods, and techniques." and "Prior experience working in a legal, court, government, or other professional office environment is preferred." Could be Qualifications.
- Skills: selection criteria list.
- Benefits: list health insurance, life insurance, retirement, Thrift Savings Plan. Also maybe note full-time at-will position? That's employment type; could be part of Benefits or About the role. But we can include in Benefits as a note.
- Schedule: Monday-Friday 8-5, in-office, no telework.
- Citizenship requirement: maybe include in Requirements or Qualifications as a bullet. It's a legal requirement; we can put in Requirements.
We must not create Pay section because salary is vague. So omit Pay.
Now ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". We'll not have Pay section.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... mission statement and role description ...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Strong computer literacy, including proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat.
- Fluent in English and Spanish (speak, read, write).
- Understands and exercises care regarding attorney‑client privilege and confidentiality.
- Must be a United States citizen or permanent resident seeking citizenship (per appropriations law).
Qualifications
- Comprehensive knowledge of office clerical principles, practices, methods, and techniques.
- Prior experience working in a legal, court, government, or other professional office environment is preferred.
Skills
- Interest in social justice, civil rights, or indigent defense.
- Excellent customer service skills and ability to interact professionally, respectfully, and courteously with clients, visitors, staff, attorneys, and the public.
- Ability to work with diverse communities and clients from different backgrounds.
- Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and technical skills.
- Ability to remain professional, calm, and courteous when interacting with individuals who may be distressed, upset, or experiencing difficult circumstances.
- Ability to organize work and set priorities to meet critical deadlines.
- Capable of learning new technological tools when needed.
- Able to work independently, take initiative, and work well in teams.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Retirement benefits
- Thrift Savings Plan
- Full‑time, at‑will employment
Schedule
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; in‑office position; telework not available.
We need to ensure we didn't miss any duties. Let's list duties from posting:
- Provides a variety of front-desk, customer service, and clerical support services.
- Receiving, screening, and directing telephone calls and visitors.
- Answering general inquiries and providing information using available reference materials.
- Monitoring interior office access and following established security procedures.
- Receiving, recording, and distributing telephone and in-person messages to personnel who are unavailable.
- Determining the urgency of messages and seeking appropriate assistance or action when necessary.
- Screening collect telephone calls from incarcerated defendants responding appropriately to requests for assistance from the general public.
- Processing ECF emails received from the Court and distributing them to appropriate staff.
- Processing incoming and outgoing mail, as needed.
- Assisting with word processing, document preparation, and other clerical assignments.
- Maintaining confidentiality and exercising appropriate care when handling information protected by attorney-client privilege and other confidentiality requirements.
- Assisting the Case Management team with opening and closing case files.
- Performing other related duties and administrative assignments as needed.
We need to include all these as - under Responsibilities.
Now check Requirements: we included high school diploma, computer literacy, language fluency, confidentiality, citizenship. Did we miss "All applicants must have a high school diploma, at least." That's covered. "Candidates must demonstrate strong computer literacy, including proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat." covered. "Must be fluent in both English and Spanish, including the ability to speak, read, and write effectively in both languages." covered. "The ideal candidate will also have comprehensive knowledge of office clerical principles, practices, methods, and techniques." that's Qualifications.
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all duties listed, all requirements, selection criteria, benefits, schedule, citizenship requirement, etc. We must remove application instructions, EEO, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. The posting includes duplicated lines? Not sure. Let's extract content: Mission statement: "The Federal Public Defender’s Office for the Central District of California is committed to the pursuit of justice by aggressively advocating in federal court for the constitutional rights and inherent dignity of individuals who are charged with federal crimes and cannot afford their own lawyer." Role description: "The receptionist plays an important role in supporting this mission and is often the first point of contract for clients, visitors, attorneys, court personnel, and members of the public." Duties list (Job Duties): many items. Requirements: "All applicants must have a high school diploma, at least." "Candidates must demonstrate strong computer literacy, including proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat." "Must be fluent in both English and Spanish, including the ability to speak, read, and write effectively in both languages." "The ideal candidate will also have comprehensive knowledge of office clerical principles, practices, methods, and techniques." "Prior experience working in a legal, court, government, or other professional office environment is preferred." "Understands and exercises care regarding attorney/client privilege and confidentiality." "All applicants must be available to work Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. This is an in-office position. Telework is not available." Selection Criteria: list of items. Salary/Benefits: "This is a full-time, at-will position. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience and is subject to direct deposit. Benefits include health and life insurance, retirement, and a Thrift Savings Plan. For more information on benefits, see http://www.uscourts.gov/careers/benefits." We should not include the link maybe? It's a reference; but it's part of benefits info. Could keep as part of Benefits section but maybe it's okay to keep the URL as part of prose? It's not boilerplate; it's a link for more info. Might be okay. Application instructions: remove. EEO statement: remove. Powered by JazzHR: remove. Now decide sections: - About the role: could combine mission statement and role description. Use
for prose. - Responsibilities: list duties as
- .
- Requirements: include education, computer literacy, language fluency, knowledge of clerical principles, understanding confidentiality, availability schedule? Actually schedule is separate. But availability Monday-Friday 8-5 is a requirement; but we also have Schedule section. Might be redundant. Could put schedule in Schedule section and not duplicate. But the requirement includes availability; we could keep it in Requirements as a bullet? But better to avoid duplication. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we can include it in Schedule section and not duplicate. However the requirement also includes "All applicants must be available to work Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. This is an in-office position. Telework is not available." That's schedule info. So we can put that in Schedule section. Then Requirements section will not include schedule.
- Qualifications: maybe "ideal candidate will also have comprehensive knowledge of office clerical principles, practices, methods, and techniques." and "Prior experience working in a legal, court, government, or other professional office environment is preferred." Could be Qualifications.
- Skills: selection criteria list.
- Benefits: list health insurance, life insurance, retirement, Thrift Savings Plan. Also maybe note full-time at-will position? That's employment type; could be part of Benefits or About the role. But we can include in Benefits as a note.
- Schedule: Monday-Friday 8-5, in-office, no telework.
- Citizenship requirement: maybe include in Requirements or Qualifications as a bullet. It's a legal requirement; we can put in Requirements.
We must not create Pay section because salary is vague. So omit Pay.
Now ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". We'll not have Pay section.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... mission statement and role description ...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Strong computer literacy, including proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat.
- Fluent in English and Spanish (speak, read, write).
- Understands and exercises care regarding attorney‑client privilege and confidentiality.
- Must be a United States citizen or permanent resident seeking citizenship (per appropriations law).
Qualifications
- Comprehensive knowledge of office clerical principles, practices, methods, and techniques.
- Prior experience working in a legal, court, government, or other professional office environment is preferred.
Skills
- Interest in social justice, civil rights, or indigent defense.
- Excellent customer service skills and ability to interact professionally, respectfully, and courteously with clients, visitors, staff, attorneys, and the public.
- Ability to work with diverse communities and clients from different backgrounds.
- Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and technical skills.
- Ability to remain professional, calm, and courteous when interacting with individuals who may be distressed, upset, or experiencing difficult circumstances.
- Ability to organize work and set priorities to meet critical deadlines.
- Capable of learning new technological tools when needed.
- Able to work independently, take initiative, and work well in teams.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Retirement benefits
- Thrift Savings Plan
- Full‑time, at‑will employment
Schedule
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; in‑office position; telework not available.
We need to ensure we didn't miss any duties. Let's list duties from posting: - Provides a variety of front-desk, customer service, and clerical support services. - Receiving, screening, and directing telephone calls and visitors. - Answering general inquiries and providing information using available reference materials. - Monitoring interior office access and following established security procedures. - Receiving, recording, and distributing telephone and in-person messages to personnel who are unavailable. - Determining the urgency of messages and seeking appropriate assistance or action when necessary. - Screening collect telephone calls from incarcerated defendants responding appropriately to requests for assistance from the general public. - Processing ECF emails received from the Court and distributing them to appropriate staff. - Processing incoming and outgoing mail, as needed. - Assisting with word processing, document preparation, and other clerical assignments. - Maintaining confidentiality and exercising appropriate care when handling information protected by attorney-client privilege and other confidentiality requirements. - Assisting the Case Management team with opening and closing case files. - Performing other related duties and administrative assignments as needed. We need to include all these as - under Responsibilities. Now check Requirements: we included high school diploma, computer literacy, language fluency, confidentiality, citizenship. Did we miss "All applicants must have a high school diploma, at least." That's covered. "Candidates must demonstrate strong computer literacy, including proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat." covered. "Must be fluent in both English and Spanish, including the ability to speak, read, and write effectively in both languages." covered. "The ideal candidate will also have comprehensive knowledge of office clerical principles, practices, methods, and techniques." that's Qualifications.
- .
- Requirements: include education, computer literacy, language fluency, knowledge of clerical principles, understanding confidentiality, availability schedule? Actually schedule is separate. But availability Monday-Friday 8-5 is a requirement; but we also have Schedule section. Might be redundant. Could put schedule in Schedule section and not duplicate. But the requirement includes availability; we could keep it in Requirements as a bullet? But better to avoid duplication. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we can include it in Schedule section and not duplicate. However the requirement also includes "All applicants must be available to work Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. This is an in-office position. Telework is not available." That's schedule info. So we can put that in Schedule section. Then Requirements section will not include schedule.
- Qualifications: maybe "ideal candidate will also have comprehensive knowledge of office clerical principles, practices, methods, and techniques." and "Prior experience working in a legal, court, government, or other professional office environment is preferred." Could be Qualifications.
- Skills: selection criteria list.
- Benefits: list health insurance, life insurance, retirement, Thrift Savings Plan. Also maybe note full-time at-will position? That's employment type; could be part of Benefits or About the role. But we can include in Benefits as a note.
- Schedule: Monday-Friday 8-5, in-office, no telework.
- Citizenship requirement: maybe include in Requirements or Qualifications as a bullet. It's a legal requirement; we can put in Requirements.
We must not create Pay section because salary is vague. So omit Pay.
Now ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". We'll not have Pay section.
Now produce HTML.
Structure: