What are the responsibilities and job description for the Floater Clerk position at Lasalle County?
Job Posting: Notice of Vacancy
It is the intention of the LaSalle County Circuit Clerk’s Office to fill one or more vacancies in the following job
classification.
Job Classification: Floater Clerk
Location: LaSalle County
Department: LaSalle County Circuit Clerk
707 East Etna Road
Ottawa, IL 61350
Regular Work Week: Monday through Friday
Hours of Work: 8:00am – 4:30pm.
Wage: $19.00 / hour. Salary will be based according to pay scale of the AFSCME Local 978
union handbook for the position.
Position: Union
Benefits: See LaSalle County website EMPLOYMENT page hyperlink for the job posting and full
listing at www.lasallecountyil.gov.
See Job Description for duties, minimum qualifications and physical demands
Applications may be made in the Office of the Circuit Clerk Downtown Courthouse Room 200.
For online applications, refer to the LaSalle County website under employment.
For mail in applications, resumes and cover letter; mail to:
LaSalle County Circuit Clerk Attn: Emily
119 W. Madison Street Ottawa, IL 61350
5-01-2025
LaSalle County Circuit Clerk
Job Description
Job title: Floater
Work Location: Criminal Justice Center
Division/Department: Circuit Clerk
Reports to: Criminal Office & Criminal Court Clerk Supervisor dependent on where scheduled
Employment Classifications: Salary Grade: __3__
Full-time Part-time
Exempt Nonexempt Current Employee holding position is:
Salaried Hourly _
Bargaining Unit
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
filing and processing of court cases.
- Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor
- Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures
- Update and maintain case management system with case information
- Perform a variety of responsible clerical support duties including preparing, providing, copying, collating and
- Answer phones and assist callers by directing them to the appropriate party, department, or outside agency
- Answer questions and provide information within specific guidelines to people at the counter or in courtroom
- Backup to both court and office staff clerks
- Quality Control check eFiled/scanned documents
- Receipt/Reclass appropriate payment of fines and fees at counter or through mail
- Review and balance daily batch
- Check in tickets from arresting agencies and work with agencies to amend/correct tickets
- Provide criminal history/copy requests from the public
- Receive and process pleadings through eFile
- Scan and assemble documents into case files
- Put away/Pull and run court files accordingly
- File cases into the case management system
- Assist in courtroom hearings and trials by administering oaths, entering minutes, creating and inputting
- Maintain accurate records of court proceedings for all case types
- Review and prepare court files for appeal when required
- Close out and log terminated and post-terminated cases
- Run and prepare court calls
- Prepare and if needed mail (or email) documents to litigants, attorneys and government agencies when
- Other duties as assigned in order to efficiently operate the office of the Circuit Clerk
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) required.
- Ability to type minimum of 50 words per minute
- Exhibit understanding to follow complex legal orders
- Good written and verbal communication skills with a wide variety of people
- Exhibit knowledge of the Court System
- Exhibit the ability to work with diverse groups of people
- Exhibit the ability of dealing with difficult people using strong customer service skills
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form
- Must be able to operate office equipment and have experience with Microsoft office programs.
- Ability to follow direction and work independently
- Ability to multi-task with good attention to detail
- Team player with willingness to support departmental success
- Must possess time management skills
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Requires sitting (5-8 hrs), standing/walking (2-3hrs). This position experiences occasional bending, twisting, squatting, climbing and
reaching movements. Defined Sedentary Work - May require lifting up to 25 pounds and carrying objects weighing up to 10
pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Most activities are performed indoors in an office setting. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is subject to
normal consistent temperatures. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.
This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the person in this position.
Principal duties and responsibilities are intended to describe those functions that are essential to the performance of this job, and
"other" duties and responsibilities include those that are considered incidental or secondary to the overall purpose of this job.
This job description does not state or imply that the above are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Employees
holding this position will be required to perform any other job-related duties or tasks as requested by management. All requirements
are subject to possible modification in order to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
LaSalle County reserves the right to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the County desires.
This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. Except as otherwise provided by a collective
bargaining agreement or applicable law, all employees are at-will. This job description is not intended to void, replace, or
conflict with negotiated union contracts. To the extent a collective bargaining agreement conflicts with this job description, the
collective bargaining agreement shall supersede and/or modify this job description.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I have read or had explained the essential duties, responsibilities and minimum qualifications of this position for which I am expected
to perform. I have reviewed the essential functions and work environment characteristics and I understand them completely.
Date Created: __5-1-2025___ Date Revised: Approvals:
Salary : $19
