Equity/Emergency Court Scheduling Assistant

Summary

This position coordinates the scheduling of all civil equity/emergency matters requiring a hearing or processing (including but not limited to: License Suspensions, Landlord Tenant Eviction/Stay, Injunctions, Tax Matters, and Mental Health hearings) and works in conjunction with other Civil Division Staff. This position requires the exercise of independent judgment and discretion, critical thinking, and is of substantial importance to the operation of the court.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Receipt of electronic transfer of filings to the Equity/Emergency worklist generated via the Prothonotary’s Office. Creation of praecipes for scheduling. Coordinating, reviewing, monitoring and scheduling of the Civil Equity/Emergency matters is performed. Notices are processed for mailing. Computer generated lists are distributed. Daily follow-up of disposition of orders from the courtroom into the Paperless program. Review of the orders to determine if further scheduling action is needed.
• Processing of Preliminary Decrees and Stipulations for judicial review.
• Keep an accurate account of monthly statistics as reported to the Deputy Court Administrator.
• Interaction with the public regarding filing of paperwork for In Forma Pauperis, License Suspension and Landlord Tenant Eviction matters.
• Miscellaneous Office duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• General knowledge of legal standards.
• Paralegal Certificate preferred (not required).
• Analytical/reasoning skills.
• Computer knowledge/skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Communication (verbal and written).
• Organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
  
  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; and talk and hear.
• Significant and repeated use of a keyboard.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and depth perception.
  
  

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.