District Court Administrator - 12th Judicial District
About The Position
The 12th Judicial District is a moderate-sized judicial district, as measured by caseload activity, number of court employees, number of divisions, number of counties, and population by district. The District Court Administrator serves as the chief non judicial administrator of the court, responsible for overseeing daily operations, ensuring efficient case management, and supporting judges and staff in delivering fair and timely justice. The District Court Administrator is a responsible, organized, and strategic professional who can balance the day to day operational demands with long term planning.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in court administration, public administration, business administration, or a related field supplemented by a law degree or master’s degree in judicial, public, or business administration; and one year of court administrative experience.
- Knowledge of modern principles and practices of public and court administration.
- Knowledge of court procedures, legal documents, laws, and legal factors pertaining to the court.
- Knowledge of the organization, functions, responsibilities, and procedures of the courts.
- Ability to organize, direct, and coordinate the administrative activities of a judicial district in a manner conducive to full performance and high morale.
- Ability to express ideas on technical subjects clearly and concisely, orally and in writing.
Responsibilities
- Plans and organizes administrative services; determines organizational requirements and plans office layout, space utilization, and workflow of court administrative activities.
- Assigns employees to administrative and clerical functions; develops and establishes procedures for operating and maintaining required workflow and administrative systems; procures equipment and supplies to perform administrative services of the court and disseminates information to court employees.
- Directs budgeting, accounting, personnel, payroll, statistics, purchasing, financial reporting, jury management, property and space management and other major staff services; directs employees in the preparation, reproduction, and distribution of court orders, directives, administrative publications, communications, and reports; directs employees in the identification and evaluation of court record material and in the application of proper record filing and disposition procedures; and directs the records management activities of the judicial district.
- Prepares and presents budget requests.
- Plans, organizes, and monitors special projects; prepares grant applications for funding and prepares progress reports.
- Evaluates the effectiveness of personnel and administrative programs to determine requirements for program modification and personnel training, promotion, or reassignment; establishes personnel training programs.
- Develops plans and programs for the application of electronic data processing to court processes and evaluates funding resources.
- Directs the development of programs required to achieve the objectives of the court.
- Coordinates with the Office of Judicial Administration in the development and completion of special projects or assignments.
- Conferring with judges, all levels of court staff, county commissioners, attorneys, litigants, public and private agencies, criminal justice system participants and the public to ensure adequate communication, administrative services and provide for changing or unusual demands.
- Performs related work as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
