Summary
The U. S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, is currently accepting applications for the position of Judicial Assistant to United States Circuit Judge Carolyn Dineen King.
The Judicial Assistant provides administrative, technical, and case-related support to the judge and is responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the judge's chambers. The Judicial Assistant plays an important role and must exemplify and foster professionalism, teamwork, and dedication to public service.
This job is open to
Clarification from the agency
This announcement will be open until filled.
Duties
The incumbent's duties include, but are not limited to:
- Managing chambers' case management system.
- Maintaining the judge's personal and court calendar.
- Answering the telephone and responding to inquiries.
- Gathering and maintaining statistical data.
- Providing general clerical and administrative assistance to the judge and law clerks.
- Arranging meetings and conferences for the judge.
- Arranging and maintaining the judge's travel itineraries.
- Receiving and reviewing correspondence.
- Locating, scanning, copying, filing, and certifying documents.
- Maintaining, updating, purging files, and tracking filed documents.
- Assisting in maintaining a legal library.
- Handling routine office matters; and
- All other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Information:
Applicants must be United States citizens or lawful permanent residents seeking United States citizenship. The selected candidate must successfully complete a background check as a condition of employment. The Court is not authorized to reimburse travel expenses for interviews or relocation. This position is subject to mandatory electronic direct deposit of salary payments. Employees serve under "Excepted Appointments" and are considered "At-Will" employees. Only selected applicants will be contacted for interviews.
The court reserves the right to modify the conditions on this job announcement, withdraw the job announcement, fill the position sooner than the closing date, or to extend the closing date, any of which actions may occur without any prior written or other notice.
Qualifications
Minimum requirements for the position include:
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to work with professionals on deadlines in a close and collaborative environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- The ability to work independently with minimum supervision; to anticipate needs and problems; and to learn, adapt, or develop, as needed.
- The ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects.
- Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail in a deadline driven environment.
- Experience using the internet and a variety of software (Word, Adobe Acrobat), and excellent computer skills.
- The ability to exercise tact, good judgment, and initiative.
- The ability to maintain strict confidence of all office and judicial matters.
- Eight years of progressively responsible clerical or secretarial experience, six of which involved responsibility as the principal office assistant to a supervisor who was dealing with law-related matters; and
- Availability for overtime and occasional overnight travel as needed.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Please read the "Next steps" section for more information.
Required Documents
Please read the "How to Apply" section.
How to Apply
Salary range for this position is $83,671 - $108,769 annually, depending on qualifications and experience. Qualified applicants may apply by submitting a cover letter referencing the position being applied for and a completed AO78 Application for Judicial Branch Federal Employment by email as a single PDF to: Clerk_HR@ca5.uscourts.gov. Incomplete submissions will not be considered. Additional information, including the AO78 application form, can be obtained under the Current Vacancies section of the Fifth Circuit website, https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/.
The U. S. Court of Appeals is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Next steps
Only the most qualified candidates will be contacted.