Trial Clerk- Bartow 05-2026
Hiring Rate: $16.82
Shift: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. M-F; Overtime including some weekends and holidays required
FLSA Status: Nonexempt
Department: Trial Clerks - Bartow Courthouse Essential Attributes:
- The Mission of the Clerk of Courts has a high degree of public accountability, regular attendance and punctuality is an essential function of this position.
- Support and comply with the Mission Statement and Code of Conduct of the Clerk of Courts.
- Maintain a high standard relating to attendance, appearance, accuracy and professional conduct and behavior.
- Work cooperatively with other employees of the work unit and embrace a teamwork approach to completing tasks.
- Attend court hearings and maintain accurate record of court orders, notes, or sentences by transferring information as stated by judges during court proceedings to a Memo of Court.
- Support judges, attorneys, and other agencies in the justice system and public as needed, including preparation of evidence lists, court dates, orders, directions, judgments, and other documents, administering oaths, distributing copies, as needed.
- Prepare documents before court and perform follow-up support duties that include maintaining court documents, docketing court data, reviewing documents and the case management system for accuracy, completing clarifications, and posting information as needed.
- Clerk weekend/holiday First Appearance court proceedings on a rotating basis.
- Work after hours including weekends and holidays, as needed.
- Being able to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Perform other related work as required.
- Multi-task as needed.
- Graduate of an accredited high school or possess an acceptable equivalency diploma.
- Ability to acquire or have knowledge of current procedures to accomplish tasks within areas of responsibility of department’s overall operation and workflow.
- Ability to organize, prioritize and manage work to meet necessary time requirements and workload.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
- Ability to communicate effectively with customers and employees of the organization and speak, read, and write English.
- Ability to operate a PC and/or mainframe and related software applications.
- Ability to compute ratio and percentage.
- Ability to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measurement, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to accurately type a minimum of 35 wpm.
- Six months related job experience and/or training are preferred.
- Applicant must have the physical, developmental, and mental ability to perform tasks, work efforts, responsibilities and duties of the job illustrated above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions .
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, climb, or balance. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust to focus.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Hiring rate: $16.82
Monday - Friday; 8am - 5pm; Overtime including some weekends and holidays required.
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