Judicial Specialist 2 #00051858-23800, Full-Time, Perm in Raton, NM

About the role

The Judicial Specialist 2 is responsible for using the case management system to open, docket, and close cases based on judgment details. They also provide customer service information to pro se litigants, process documents, maintain files, and manage jury trials.

Responsibilities

• Uses the case management system to open, docket, and close cases based on judgment details.
• Provides customer service information to pro se litigants by offering general procedural information.
• Processes and maintains documents, files, and case materials.
• Executes on case hearings, including orders to show cause, bench warrants, recusals, excusals, pleadings, and rule extensions.
• Maintains cash till and ensures court fees are accurately assessed, paid, receipted, and correctly recorded in the case management system.
• Orders, reviews, sorts, and organizes jury summons.
• Prepares alpha list, random list, voir dire sheet, and seating chart for jury trials.
• Organizes case files for microfilming, archiving, and destruction.
• Prepares exhibits and hard copy case files.
• Researches automated, hard copy, and microfiche files for case status data.
• Certifies and prepares court records, tapes, logs, and exhibits for cases on appeal to higher courts.
• Serves as a court monitor.
• Manages jury trial calendar requests for judges to schedule upcoming jury trials.
• Coordinates program participation with Specialty Programs within the Court.
• Accepts, maintains, and files court exhibits, which may include hazardous and/or dangerous items.
• Gathers, delivers, and files recordings, receipts for log and exhibits to provide accurate record keeping procedures.
• Troubleshoots recording equipment, runs updates, and maintains technical logs.
• Acts as a liaison between court personnel, litigants, or attorneys to advance court proceedings.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of legal terminology and phrases.
• Basic knowledge of jury service.
• Filing methods.
• Case processing.
• Knowledge of Specialty Court Programs.
• Research methodology.
• Project management techniques.
• Court fee accounting practices.
• Court monitoring procedures.
• Understanding of the Court Clerk’s Procedures Manual and Code of Ethics.
• Access to the Certified Language International Interpreting Line.
• General organizational structure of the judiciary.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Rx, Short, and Long Term Disability Insurance Programs, employee assistance program (EAP).
• State paid life insurance, supplemental and dependent life insurance.
• Optional flexible spending accounts for medical, day-care, and travel expenses.
• Paid vacation and sick leave up to eight (8) weeks.
• Eleven (11) paid holidays.
• Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Deferred Compensation 457(b) plan.
• Lifetime Defined Benefits Retirement Plan.
• Flexible work schedules and alternative work locations.
• Free health care, Rx, and lab work at the facility (Stay Well Health Center) in Santa Fe, NM.
• Bilingual compensation.
• Training and career development opportunities.
• Higher education opportunities, educational leave, and tuition reimbursement.
• May qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).
• May receive overtime holiday or shift differential pay.
• May receive physical fitness leave.