Administrative Specialist 4 (Confidential) TCA's office

New Jersey Courts • New Brunswick, NJ

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The New Jersey Judiciary is seeking an organized self-starter with excellent administrative, written, and verbal communication skills, who is attentive to detail, customer service-oriented, and self-motivated to perform in a fast-paced environment. This role provides high-level technical advice, analysis expertise, and coordination to the Trial Court Administrator, Assignment Judge, Division Managers, and other vicinage staff on projects, initiatives, programs, and implementation processes. The Judiciary offers a strong opportunity for growth and is committed to upholding the highest standards of independence, integrity, fairness, and quality service. This position may qualify for up to 2 days of remote work per week as part of a hybrid schedule, requiring high-speed home internet access and multifactor authentication.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and five years of professional experience, two of which shall be in purchasing, accounts payable, facilities management, operations management, records retention, transcript services, jury management, statistical reporting, investigations and/or library administration.
• Applicants who do not possess the required education may substitute additional paraprofessional and/or professional experience on a year-for-year basis with one year of such experience being equal to 30 semester hour credits.
• An associate degree from an accredited college or university and two years of additional paraprofessional and/or professional experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• A master’s degree from an accredited college or university may be substituted for one year of experience.
• A law degree from an approved American Bar Association law school may be substituted for two years of experience.
• Degrees conferred outside of the United States must be evaluated by a recognized evaluation service.
• Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.
• Selected candidate must be authorized to work in the US according to Department of Homeland Security, US Citizenship and Immigration Services regulations.
• Newly hired employees must agree to a thorough background check that will include fingerprinting.
• All persons newly hired by the Judiciary within one year must establish, and then maintain, principal residence in the State of New Jersey.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or a law degree from an accredited college or university (cannot be used as a substitution for both).

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate work in the Trial Court Administrator’s office
• Compile and analyze statistical data
• Research court rules in relation to the implementation of new procedures
• Design and edit TCA SharePoint site
• Develop and implement public access, media and communication plans
• Formulate plans with judges, case management divisions, Operations and Central Office
• Communicate with Sheriff and Counsel's Office concerning media requests
• Prepare specialized media release forms and draft informational press releases in conjunction with judges and Counsel's Office
• Develop and implement vicinage projects and coordinate event planning
• Develop internal publications, court resource guides and informational fliers
• Coordinate with the central office, vicinage, Sheriff, Bar Association, and other local officials regarding operational procedures.

Benefits

• Salary range for this position is $81,866.60 to $127,586.80 for Schedule A, and $81,866.60 to $121,207.46 for Schedule B.
• For current Judiciary employees, salary upon promotion or advancement will be an increase of 5% of base salary, not to exceed the maximum of the range, or the minimum salary of the band/level, whichever is greater.
• The Judiciary offers a strong opportunity for growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level