Job Title
Court Monitor
Job Responsibilities
The Court Monitor position involves several crucial duties aimed at ensuring the accurate capturing and documentation of court proceedings within the **Members Only**. The essential responsibilities include:
- Conducting tests on digital recording equipment prior to court proceedings to ensure operational status.
- Operating digital recording equipment to capture a verbatim record of court proceedings.
- Confidently monitoring proceedings through the use of headphones to ensure recording accuracy.
- Annotating the record with log notes entered directly into the system.
- Marking exhibits during court proceedings and submitting them to the Clerk of Court.
- Retaining all court paperwork, including case information sheets, exhibit lists, and witness lists, and scanning these to a supervisor. If a scanner is unavailable, organizing paperwork by week to provide to a supervisor during court visits.
- Performing any additional duties as assigned.
Education and Experience Information
Minimum Qualifications (Education and Experience)
- A High School Diploma or its equivalent and two (2) years of related legal/court work experience are required.
- An Associate Degree or higher may substitute for the required work experience on a year-for-year basis.
- Candidates must have computer and word processing experience and the ability to operate digital recording equipment.
- The ability to maintain concentration and sit in a courtroom for extended periods is necessary.
- Dependable transportation is required, as the role may involve occasional travel to courthouses throughout the circuit.
- Punctuality and avoidance of excessive absences are mandatory.
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics
- Knowledge of the legal system and court proceedings.
- Understanding of grammatical rules, spelling, and language use.
- Ability to operate digital recording equipment to capture a verbatim record of court proceedings, annotate recordings, and mark exhibits during court proceedings. Specific training on the organization's digital recording equipment and courtroom procedures will be provided.
- Competence in communicating courteously and effectively, both orally and in writing, with co-workers, judges, attorneys, and the general public.
- Ability to maintain concentration and sit in a courtroom for extended periods.
- Capability to maintain effective working relationships with judicial staff, court personnel, and the general public.
Preferred Qualifications
Desirable (Preferred) Requirements (Education and/or Experience)
- Training and/or experience in legal terminology and court procedures, and legal practices such as those gained by paralegals, legal secretaries, and legal assistants.
- Experience working in a court or legal setting.
Salary Information
The salary for the Court Monitor position is $41, annually.
Additional Comments
The **Members Only** provides an exceptional benefits package for FTE positions, including:
- Health, Dental, Vision, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and Children.
- State Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Programs (with an option for temporary positions to enroll).
- 15 days of paid annual (vacation) leave per year.
- 15 days of paid sick leave per year.
- Option to designate 10 days of earned paid sick leave per year as family sick leave.
- Paid parental leave.
- 13 paid state holidays.
- Workers’ Compensation Benefits.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
The **Members Only** is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants. Discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, pregnancy, age, or disability is not tolerated.
Please note that the language used in this document does not create an employment contract between the employee and the agency. The agency reserves the right to revise this document's content, in whole or in part. No promises or assurances, whether written or oral, contrary to or inconsistent with this paragraph, create any contract of employment.
