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Provide lead supervision over Court Specialists in the Customer Service Division within the City Court. Training staff members; scheduling to ensure coverage for the assigned responsibility area; assisting with the daily operations; reviewing the work of subordinates; providing input on staff performance appraisals; working with the supervisor to address staff issues; preparing/modifying work procedures as needed; and preparing agendas and conducting staff meetings. Use full scope of court procedures and processes to interact effectively to the most difficult questions from defendants, City Prosecutor's staff, law enforcement personnel, attorneys, governmental agencies, and other City employees.

Acting Lead Court Specialist on Special Assignment over Records Management Center and Processing Center. Train staff members on job specific duties. Schedule and modify coverage for the assigned responsibility area. Assisting with the daily duties. Review work of subordinates. Work with the supervisor/Deputy Court Administrator to address staff issues. Prepare and modify work procedures as needed. This position was in addition to position as Program Assistant.

Format and prepare weekly calendars by gathering case and directive information for calendars distributed to navigators, case workers, and attorneys for Community Court. Communicate with outside agency re: mental health status of participants for Community Court. Inputting and updating statistics of participants in database for Community Court. Verify plea details to prepare and explain paperwork to defendants and other parties. Complete incoming and outgoing mail to include follow up phone calls, use my knowledge of the procedures and processes within my assigned division in order to interact effectively with the public, City Prosecutor's staff, law enforcement personnel, attorneys, governmental agencies, and other City employees. Provide information concerning court rules, state statutes, City ordinances, and general court processes. Monthly miscellaneous tasks as requested by supervisor. Duties to include Veterans Court and Rule 11 Court. Started in Specialty Court division as a Court Specialist with a job study and official title change to Program Assistant in February, 2022.

Prepare calendar dockets, verify plea details to prepare and explain paperwork to defendants and other parties. Complete incoming and outgoing mail to include follow up phone calls, use my knowledge of the procedures and processes within my assigned division in order to interact effectively with the public, City Prosecutor's staff, law enforcement personnel, attorneys, governmental agencies, and other City employees. Provide information concerning court rules, state statutes, City ordinances, and general court processes. Monthly miscellaneous tasks as requested by supervisor. Continued to perform Court Records Technician duties 50% of time between December and March. Worked specialty courts - Veterans Court and Community Court - in addition to my normal duties in Trial Courtrooms and Arraignment Courtrooms.

Perform specialized clerical work involving: the maintenance, compilation, and dissemination of complex court records. Public contact responsibilities (both by mail and telephone) providing information concerning the City Court’s processes and procedures. Duties include: filing, retrieving, and distributing court records and related confidential information; answering telephone and mail inquiries, which typically involve locating records or explaining procedures to the general public or other agencies; complying with the Supreme Court’s Administrative Order No. 99-80 regarding Records Retention Disposition Schedule for Use by Limited Jurisdiction Courts, which involves storage and destruction of off-site records; processing certified copy requests; and entering data into an automated Court records system. Run and process internal system reports; to perform records checks on a computer terminal, and to utilize various types of information to determine if there are active warrants, etc., on a court case. Performs related duties as required.

Cosmetology And Related Personal Grooming Services

Completed state required sixteen hundred hours of training in cosmetology, focusing on hair cutting, coloring, styling, and other chemical.

Communication And Media Studies

Public Administration