Office of the Court Interpreter (Administrative Assistant I) - Municipal Court

About This Position

The Municipal Court provides equal access to justice, professional and impartial treatment, and the fair and time resolution of all court matters. Municipal Court performs their responsibilities in a manner that serves to maintain the public's trust and confidence in the Court as an institution and to enhance the public's respect for the rule of law, while preserving and protecting individual rights guaranteed under the constitution.

The Phoenix Municipal Court currently has an opening for an Administrative Assistant I position in the Management Services Division, Office of the Court Interpreter (OCI) Section. This position reports to a Court Supervisor*Interpreter and involved in planning, coordinating, implementing, evaluating, and assisting in updating the Language Access Plan (LAP) and related services for the Phoenix Municipal Court Interpreters Office.

Areas Of Responsibility Include, But Are Not Limited To

• Ensuring that language access is provided to all limited English proficiency (LEP) customers.
• Developing and maintaining programs and services to support the LAP.
• Developing and implementing procedures for full-time staff and contract interpreter scheduling.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the main dispatch line to provide immediate assistance to internal and external stakeholders while ensuring interpreters are deployed efficiently to courtrooms.
• Supervision of Lesser Used Language contract court interpreters.
• Assisting in developing and maintaining contracts and qualified provider lists.
• Reconciling billing invoices.
• Processing invoice.
• Processing Vendor Contracts.
• Acting as resource for judges, judicial staff, legal community, court management, and employees on issues and questions related to language access/interpreting needs.
• Compiling data and preparing statistical reports.
• Managing special assignments including services that improve public access.
• General office management.
  
  

IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to accomplish tasks in collaboration with individuals over whom this position has no direct authority.
• Ability to work collaboratively together with residents, other departments, and other stakeholders across the city to accomplish organizational objectives.
• Ability to pay attention to details.
• Ability to make strong judgment decisions.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others or independently, with minimal supervision.
• Strong business communication, written and oral, including public speaking experience.
• Strong attention to detail.
  
  

SALARY

Pay Range: $24.93 - $44.77per hour.

Hiring Range: $24.93 - $38.68 per hour.

Pay Range Explanation

• Pay range is the entire compensation range for the position classification.
• Hiring range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.
• Promotions occur when the last two digits of the pay grade increase.
• Demotions occur when the last two digits of the pay grade decrease.
• Lateral transfers occur when there is no change to the last two digits of the pay grade.
• When there is a change in the first digit of the pay grade, there may also be a change to your classification or unit.
  
  

Benefits

A comprehensive benefits package is offered which includes:

• Traditional pension with employer and employee contributions, click here for more details: Pension Information
• 401(a) and 457 plans with employer contributions
• Choice of generous medical HMO, PPO, or HSA/HDHP plans
• Medical enrollment includes a monthly $150 City contribution to a Post-Employment Health Plan
• Wellness incentive of up to $720 annually
• Dental, vision, and life insurance options
• Employer paid long-term disability
• Free Bus/light rail pass
• Tuition reimbursement program up to $6,500 per year
• Paid time off includes 13.5 paid holidays, 12 vacation days, and 15 sick days and personal leave days
• Paid Parental Leave for eligible employees up to 480 hours (12 weeks) of paid leave for the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child during a 12-month period
• Federal Student Loan Forgiveness offered through Savi
  
  

For more details, visit: Unit 007 Benefits

Minimum Qualifications

• One year of paraprofessional experience in governmental research and finance administration or paraprofessional experience aiding an administrative officer in technical and administrative problems and affairs.
• Bachelor's degree in public or business administration or a related field.
• Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.
• All finalists for positions are subject to a criminal background check applicable to the department or position.
• This position is subject to Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) background standards. Candidates who receive a conditional offer of employment must be fingerprinted and will have their fingerprints used to check the Criminal History Records of the State of Arizona Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Any records returned will be reviewed to determine the candidates suitability for the job.
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• The City job description can be found here.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

The minimum qualifications listed above, plus:

• Experience working with interpreters.
• Experience processing bills and invoices.
• Experience scheduling interpreter services.
• Experience processing vendor/interpreter contracts.
• Experience with the Microsoft Office Suite and standard computer uses and applications (i.e., Microsoft Office Suite, WebEx, Teams, SAP, etc.).
• Experience with office/reception area management, including providing high-quality customer service and maintaining office equipment and supplies.
• Experience handling confidential information concerning employee transfers.
• Experience onboarding new employees.
• Experience with travel and training requests.
• Experience working collaboratively with external stakeholders.
• Experience processing records requests.
• Experience with PowerPoint presentations, such as drafting and editing presentations for various audiences.
• Experience working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience conducting research and report writing.
• Experience providing customer service in person, over the phone, and via email.
• Experience with supervising, training, and/or mentoring workgroups.
• Spanish fluency highly desirable.
  
  

RECRUITMENT DATES

Recruitment closes April 15, 2026. All materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. on this date.

This is a position-based recruitment and will not result in any ongoing eligibility list. This recruitment and any selection processes resulting from this recruitment may be used to fill other related vacancies within the organization now or in the near future.

How To Apply

Apply online by completing the required information and attaching, as one document, your cover letter and resume. Please include your experience as it relates to the qualifications stated above. Only the highest qualified may be posted to the eligible to hire list. The results of the resume screening process will be sent to your primary email address.

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REFERENCE

Admin Asst I, JC:06030, ID# 61159, 04/02/26, USM, DB, Benefits:007.

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