Courtroom Specialist- Juvenile (25-2026) (Bartow)

• 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 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 sentencing 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 files before court and perform follow-up support duties that include maintaining court files, docketing court data records, review files for accuracy and clarification, and posting information, as needed.
• Work after hours, 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 work with minimal direction and cooperatively with other employees.
• Ability to communicate well with people from varied backgrounds.
• Ability to write a correspondence.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage work to meet necessary time requirements and workload.
• Ability to accurately type 35 wpm.
• Ability to maintain attention to detail and remain calm in an anxious environment.
• Ability to operate a PC and/or mainframe-based systems.
• Proficient use of Word and the ability to learn other software.
• Ability to cover work of other employees to ensure deadlines are met.
• Ability to remain flexible as conditions change.
• Ability to make quick, objective decisions.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English.

• Applicant must have the physical, developmental and mental ability to perform job 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.

Department: Juvenile
This is a non-management position
This is a full time position