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Superior Courtroom Clerk

Pima County · Tucson, AZ · 1 mo ago
OTHR$21.76–$29.36/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the job description. Key sections: - About the role: maybe summary paragraph: "THIS RECRUITMENT IS TO ESTABLISH A REGISTER for current and future Superior Courtroom Clerk vacancies in the Clerk of the Court's Office. A Superior Courtroom Clerk independently performs complex work involving extensive knowledge of legal procedures and court hearings, statutes and rules of Court for specific legal disciplines. The position provides exposure to the various court proceedings to which courtroom clerks are assigned. Under minimal supervision, performs specific legal clerical tasks of moderate to high difficulty, assists and/or takes and transcribes minutes of court proceedings, prepares court orders and documents, and performs related work as required. A Superior Courtroom Clerk is able to perform duties for a multiple of judicial benches as assigned" That's about the role. - Responsibilities: list of essential functions: bullet list. - Requirements: maybe "Minimum Qualifications" includes high school diploma, typing 45 wpm, demonstrated proficiency, ability to function in variety of judicial disciplines. Also maybe "Licenses and Certificates: None required." Could be part of Requirements. - Qualifications: maybe "Knowledge Of" and "Skills" sections? Actually they have "Knowledge Of KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES" then list knowledge, then "Skills Skills and Ability to:" then list abilities. Could combine into Skills section. But we have separate headings for Skills and Qualifications. We need to decide what goes where. Typically: Qualifications = minimum qualifications (education, experience). Skills = abilities list. Thus: Qualifications: high school diploma or equivalent, typing 45 wpm, demonstrated proficiency in composition, grammar and punctuation, demonstrated ability to function in a variety of judicial disciplines. Licenses and certificates: none required. Skills: English composition, grammar, punctuation and spelling; Office practices and procedures; Word processing and Windows environment; Legal terminology and legal forms; Court proceedings; Ability to take notes and transcribe/edit from recording equipment or shorthand or steno notes; Work in Word and Windows environment; Organize and prioritize multiple assignments simultaneously; Work well under pressure; Follow brief oral and written instructions quickly and accurately; Meet and communicate, both orally and in writing, with the judiciary, public, attorneys, law enforcement and court personnel and agencies. But note some overlap: "English composition, grammar, punctuation and spelling" appears both in Knowledge and Skills. We'll keep as skills. - Benefits: list benefits: Retirement Plan, Vacation, holidays, and sick leave, 100% paid parental leave, Employer-paid Short-term Disability, Tuition Reimbursement, Health Wellness discount program, Mental and Behavioral Health Benefits, Paid Training with Advancement Opportunities, Upon yearly anniversary, 56 hours of sick time accrued, less usage, may be rolled over to vacation time. Also mention that benefits same as Pima County employees, medical, dental, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, paid vacation and sick leave, some require employee contributions. Also mention Retirement Plan Participation mandatory, ASRS Contribution Rates link, Student Loan Forgiveness info. We should preserve all substantive info but not include boilerplate like links? The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Links like "Pima County Benefits Retirement Plan Participation Is Mandatory..." might be considered benefits info; we can keep the textual description but maybe drop the link? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. The link is part of the info; but it's a URL. Might be considered navigation? It's a link to benefits. Might be okay to keep as plain text? Safer to keep the description but maybe not the actual URL? The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The link is not necessarily boilerplate; it's a reference. I'd keep the sentence but maybe not the actual URL? However we must preserve all substantive info; removing the URL might be losing info. But the URL is just a reference; maybe it's okay to keep as plain text without making it a link. We'll keep the sentence: "Please see the link below for a complete description of the offerings. Pima County Benefits Retirement Plan Participation Is Mandatory For All Eligible Employees, Including a Mandatory Pre-tax Pay Deduction. Current Rates Can Be Viewed Here ASRS Contribution Rates Full-time employees of government organizations may be able to receive student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information click: Student Loan Forgiveness | Federal Student Aid." That's a lot; but it's substantive. - Pay: we have Pay Grade, Pay Range Expected Starting Pay: $21.76/Hour Full Pay Range: $21.76 - $29.36 Range Explanation etc. So we should include Pay section with that info. - Schedule: not mentioned; no schedule info. So we should NOT include Schedule section. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay. We must not repeat job title as heading. Use

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    for prose. We need to ensure we don't create empty sections. Let's craft. About the role: a paragraph summarizing the recruitment and role. Responsibilities: list essential functions. Requirements: maybe Minimum Qualifications (education, typing, ability). Also Licenses and Certificates: None required. Qualifications: maybe Knowledge Of? Actually "Knowledge Of KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES" includes knowledge list. Could be Qualifications. But we already used Requirements for minimum qualifications. Qualifications could be knowledge list. However the heading "Qualifications" might be better for knowledge and skills? But we have separate Skills heading. Let's assign: - Requirements: Minimum Qualifications (education, typing, ability to function in various judicial disciplines, licenses/certificates none). - Qualifications: Knowledge list (English composition, grammar, punctuation and spelling; Office practices and procedures; Word processing and Windows environment; Legal terminology and legal forms; Court proceedings). - Skills: Abilities list (take notes and transcribe/edit..., Work in Word..., Organize..., Work well under pressure..., Follow brief oral..., Meet and communicate...). Check for duplication: "Word processing and Windows environment" appears both in Knowledge and Skills; we can keep in both if it's in source; but maybe we should avoid duplication? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. If it's duplicated in source, we should keep both? Might be okay to keep as is; but we could note it's listed under both knowledge and skills. However to avoid redundancy we could keep each only once under appropriate section. But the source lists them under Knowledge Of and then again under Skills. It's likely they intend both. We'll keep them in both sections to preserve. But we need to ensure we don't create filler. It's fine. Now Benefits: list as ul. Pay: paragraph with details. Now produce HTML. Let's draft. About the role paragraph:

    This recruitment is to establish a register for current and future Superior Courtroom Clerk vacancies in the Clerk of the Court's Office. A Superior Courtroom Clerk independently performs complex work involving extensive knowledge of legal procedures and court hearings, statutes and rules of court for specific legal disciplines. The position provides exposure to the various court proceedings to which courtroom clerks are assigned. Under minimal supervision, performs specific legal clerical tasks of moderate to high difficulty, assists and/or takes and transcribes minutes of court proceedings, prepares court orders and documents, and performs related work as required. A Superior Courtroom Clerk is able to perform duties for multiple judicial benches as assigned.

    Responsibilities: list essential functions. We need to capture each bullet from "Essential Functions" paragraph. It's a long sentence with many items separated by periods. We'll split into list items. Essential Functions list: - Records and/or takes minutes of a variety of court proceedings, including oral motions, stipulations, avowals, rulings and orders. - Transcribes from steno machine, shorthand notes or from recordings and produces minute entries and court-related paperwork on the computer under the review and/or guidance of Courtroom Clerk Instructions. - Administers oaths to witnesses, jurors, interpreters and bailiffs/law clerks. - Assists and/or completes all chain-of-custody documentation for law enforcement. - Receives and marks exhibits (including drugs, weapons, and/or blood-borne pathogens), completes exhibit list, and ensures safekeeping of exhibits. - Releases exhibits, which have been admitted into evidence, to the jury during deliberations and/or to counsel and law enforcement after trial. - Impanels, draws alternates and polls jurors. - Reads charges and reads and records verdicts. - Assists and/or records matters taken under advisement to ensure judge’s ruling within the time limitations prescribed by law. - Prepares certified copies, orders and reports in an expedited and/or timely manner within a defined timeframe. - Develops and procures related exhibits and transcripts prior to court proceedings when necessary. - Must maintain a high level of confidentiality in everything that is done. - Performs related duties as necessary. We'll put each as
  • . Requirements: Minimum Qualifications. - A high school diploma or equivalent is required. - Typing 45 w.p.m. and demonstrated proficiency in composition, grammar and punctuation. - Demonstrated ability to function in a variety of judicial disciplines. - Licenses and certificates: None required. We'll put as list. Qualifications: Knowledge list. - English composition, grammar, punctuation and spelling - Office practices and procedures - Word processing and Windows environment - Legal terminology and legal forms - Court proceedings We'll list. Skills: Abilities list. - Take notes and transcribe/edit from recording equipment or shorthand or steno notes. - Work in Word and Windows environment. - Organize and prioritize multiple assignments simultaneously. - Work well under pressure. - Follow brief oral and written instructions quickly and accurately. - Meet and communicate, both orally and in writing, with the judiciary, public, attorneys, law enforcement and court personnel and agencies. We'll list. Benefits: list. We need to capture benefits statements. From text: "We offer exceptional benefits: Retirement Plan Vacation, holidays, and sick leave 100% paid parental leave Employer-paid Short -term Disability Tuition Reimbursement Health Wellness discount program Mental and Behavioral Health Benefits Paid Training with Advancement Opportunities Upon yearly anniversary, 56 hours of sick time accrued, less usage, may be rolled over to vacation time. The Clerk of the Superior Court in Pima County offer the same benefits as those offered to other employees working for Pima County. We offer a competitive benefits package to benefits eligible employees, which includes medical, dental, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, paid vacation and sick leave. Some benefits require employee contributions in addition to those made by the employer. Please see the link below for a complete description of the offerings. Pima County Benefits Retirement Plan Participation Is Mandatory For All Eligible Employees, Including a Mandatory Pre-tax Pay Deduction. Current Rates Can Be Viewed Here ASRS Contribution Rates Full-time employees of government organizations may be able to receive student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information click: Student Loan Forgiveness | Federal Student Aid." We need to turn into list items, but some are sentences. We'll break into logical items. Potential list: - Retirement Plan - Vacation, holidays, and sick leave - 100% paid parental leave - Employer-paid Short-term Disability

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