Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

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  Reviews and explains court related documents for compliance with all applicable regulations, policies, and procedures; informs attorneys and litigants relative to the completing, filing, issuing, and serving of documents, subpoenaing witnesses, and documents, appeals and post-judgment remedies and collection of fees/fines.
• Prepares documents for electronic imaging and performs post committal quality assurance of scanned documents, ensuring data integrity and image clarity. Ensures appropriate docket codes and security levels are applied so that imaged documents are available to the appropriate parties.
• Interacts with the public or others in a high visibility, high volume environment involving intense and difficult situations requiring advising parties of proper procedures, court policies and options.
• Answers questions from attorneys, judges, law enforcement officials and the public that involve searching for and abstracting technical data.
• Performs other duties as may be required.

• Modern office practices and procedures, including filing and operating office equipment including computers, printers, and scanners.
• Telephone usage and etiquette.
• Alphabetic, numeric, and chronological indexing of records and files.
• English grammar, spelling, and basic arithmetic.

• Meet court standards for data entry/typing speed and accuracy.
• Read and understand correspondence and forms.
• Learn court methods, procedures, rules, and legal terminology.
• Reason analytically and reach conclusions from factual situations.
• Accurately process detailed alphabetical and numerical information.
• Communicate clearly and work cooperatively with the public, co-workers, supervisors, law enforcement personnel, judicial officers, and others while under pressure and/or in situations requiring persuasion, tact, and interpersonal skills.
• Use computer systems to quickly locate information, and accurately input, update, and maintain court records.
• Learn to properly record monetary transactions into the computer system, issue receipts, negotiate time payment plans within court guidelines and balance cash drawer.
• See well enough to read legal documents, written correspondence, and computer screens.
• Hear well enough to understand and respond to directions and inquiries in person and on the telephone often with competing background noises.
• Use hands and arms repetitively for prolonged periods in order to perform writing, filing, document stamping and/or keyboarding.

INSURANCE PLANS: Employees have an option to enroll in one of five medical plans; three HMO's (Cigna Select, Cigna Choice, and Kaiser Choice) and two PPO's (Wellwise Choice or Sharewell Choice), both administered by Blue Shield. The employee contributions toward the HMO or PPO insurance vary based on plan, coverage level and participation in the wellness program (OC Healthy Steps). To view health plan rates and summaries of benefits and coverage, click here.

Various non-medical benefits (dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short-term disability (STD) insurance) are available and are administered by the Orange County Employees Association (OCEA).

LONG-TERM CARE: CalPERS Long-Term Care coverage is available to current and former California public employees, retirees, their spouses, parents, parents-in-law, children, siblings (including stepbrothers and stepsisters), grandparents, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law between the ages of 18 and 79 when they apply. Eligible family members may apply even if the public employee or retiree who makes them eligible does not apply or is not approved for coverage

RETIREMENT: Defined Benefit, fully-qualified plan based on the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (Government Code Section 31450 et. al.). Employee and Court contributions are based on several variables including age, hire date, and salary. The plan is administered by an independent agency, Orange County Employees Retirement System (OCERS), and has reciprocity with various California systems. Eligible new employees hired on or after January 1, 2013 will be enrolled in a defined benefit retirement plan referred to as Plan T (1.62% at 65 formula). If you were employed by an OCERS employer or reciprocal agency prior to January 1, 2013, you have less than a six month break in service, and reciprocity is established, you may be eligible to select from two other retirement pension formula options (Plan J or Plan P). See OCERS website for more information.

DEFERRED COMPENSATION: Optional deferred compensation 457 & Roth 457 Deferred Contribution Plans are available.

VACATION ACCRUAL: New full-time employees earn 80 hours of vacation after the employee has accumulated 2,080 regularly scheduled paid hours (after approximately 1 year of service). Following the first year, vacation is accrued as follows: 1-3 years, 80 hours per year; 4-9 years, 120 hours per year; 10-19 years, 160 hours per year; 20 or more year, 200 hours per year. Maximum accrual of hours: 0-9 years; 240 hours; 10 or more years, 320 hours. Part-time employees accrue vacation on a prorated basis.

HOLIDAYS: 14 paid holidays per year.

SICK LEAVE: 0-3 years accrue 72 hours of sick time per year as full-time employees. After 3 years, full-time employees accrue 96 hours per year. Part-time employees accrue sick leave on a prorated basis. Unlimited accrual. Some sick leave maybe converted to cash or vacation time

COMP TIME: All employees receive compensatory time every March. Full-time employees receive 4 hours and part-time employees receive 2 hours.

BEREAVEMENT LEAVE: 5 days of paid leave per qualifying instance.

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE: Court pays into county administered insurance fund.

OVERTIME: In addition to legally required overtime, the Court pays overtime to represented, FLSA-exempt employees for work ordered and performed in excess of 40 hours per week. Represented Court Technology employees who are FLSA-exempt earn overtime for work ordered and performed in excess of 80 hours per pay period.

WORKERS' COMPENSATION: Administered by the Judicial Council's, third party administrator.

EDUCATION REIMBURSEMENT: Court reimburses up to $3,500 per year of tuition for approved, necessary courses, subject to availability of funds.

FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT AND FORGIVENESS PROGRAMS: Employees of the Court may be eligible for Federal Student Loan Repayment and Loan Forgiveness Programs.

BILINGUAL PAY: Available at additional $0.58/hour for selected classes in selected positions.

EXCEPTIONAL BILINGUAL PAY: Available for specific classes at a rate of $1.15/hour in selected positions.