16th Judicial Circuit Job Description |
| Administrative Assistant II | |
| Department: | Case Management |
| Reports To: | Judge Luis Garcia |
| FLSA Status: | Included |
| Prepared By: | Cheryl Alfonso, Court Operations Manager |
| Prepared Date | 02/08/2019 |
| Approved By: | Trial Court Administrator, Holly Elomina |
| Approved Date: | 02/11/2019 |
| Amended Date: | 5/5/2022 |
| Summary This position provides administrative and clerical duties assisting the Mediation Services Coordinator in managing the daily operations and support functions for the delivery of mediation services throughout the Circuit. Duties include answering phones, making copies, maintaining and compiling records, files, and statistical data, assisting with the scheduling of mediation sessions in all three court locations, providing notice to parties, preparing orders for the Court, and liaison with contract providers. The Administrative Assistant II provides clerical support to the Mediation Services Coordinator and assist with data collection, maintenance of a mediator rotation list, coordination of volunteer mediator schedules, and tracking compliance with mediation orders and analysis of results. This position also provides temporary clerical support for the Judges’ Offices in Marathon and Plantation Key. Travel to Marathon Branch Courthouse is required. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES There are no supervisory responsibilities associated with this position. QUALIFICATIONS 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. EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE Education Refers to job specific training and education that is recommended for entry into the position. Additional relevant experience may substitute for the recommended educational level on a year-for-year basis. Bachelor’s degree. Experience Refers to the amount of related work experience that is recommended for entry into the position that would result in reasonable expectation that the person can perform the required tasks. Additional relevant education may substitute for the recommended experience on a year-for-year basis, excluding supervisory experience. Two years of work experience in business administration, office skills, or related field. LANGUAGE SKILLS Knowledge of and ability to use correct English grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability of and ability to perform basis mathematical operations, bookkeeping and simple statistics. Ability to plan and prepare budgets, reports, correspondence and charts in a variety of formats. COMPUTER SKILLS Ability to use a personal computer and Microsoft Products such as Microsoft 365, Outlook, Word, and Excel. REASONING ABILITY Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS Valid Florida Driver's license is required for needed travel. 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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb or balance and crawl under desks. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The 16th Judicial Circuit has the right to revise this class specification at any time. This description does not represent in any way a contract of employment. |