Part-Time Bailiff

General Summary or Purpose

Applications for this position are kept on file and reviewed as openings occur. Persons interested in this position may call (701) 328-4216 or email rbarnaby@ndcourts.gov to put their name on a contact list. If emailing, they will need to include their first and last name, phone number, city and county of physical residence.

Major Responsibilities & Essential Functions

• Prepares the jury deliberation room for jurors with the items they will need, such as beverages, note taking materials, and other items allowed and provided by the assigned clerk.
• Welcome jurors and re-assemble them after recesses, at mealtimes, and when they return to the court for the next day of jury duty. Jurors must not be left unattended.
• Escorts jurors to and from the courtroom and for mealtimes or other events.
• Remains with jurors in the courtroom and attends to their needs.
• Communicates any concern or misbehavior of the jurors to the assigned clerk.
• During recesses, monitors the restrooms and corridors to prevent contact by jurors with counsel, litigants, witnesses, and spectators.
• Creates a pleasant and comfortable atmosphere while not discussing the case, commenting, or answering questions that might influence the jury.
• Performs other duties of a comparable level or type or as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications & Certification or Licensing Requirements

• Requires a United States citizenship and physical residence within the judicial district served, unless physical residence is waived by the presiding judge of the judicial district.

Knowledge, Skill, & Physical Requirements

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements:
• Courteous and cooperative.
• Understands, reads, and relays instructions.
• Manages and monitors a group of people.
• Follows and requires others to follow set rules.
• Keeps information confidential.
• Interpersonal skills to deal effectively with all levels of the public.

Physical Requirements

• The essential functions of the job typically require: grasping, sitting, standing, walking, talking, hearing, seeing, feeling, reaching, and fingering requirements or other reasonable methods that accommodate an individual in completing the essential functions of the job.
• Work is performed in an office work environment.
• Physical requirements can typically be characterized as Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Temporary Employees Information

• Temporary employees who work a minimum of 20 hours per week and at least 20 weeks each year are eligible to participate in the retirement plan and life insurance at the employee's expense.

Contact Information

• Employer: North Dakota Court System
• Address: 600 E Boulevard Ave, Mailstop 180
  Bismarck, North Dakota, 58505-0530
• Phone: (701) 328-4216
• Website: http://www.ndcourts.gov