Court Clerk I
Travis County
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Senior Deputy Court Clerk
City of El Paso
MUNICPL CLRK ADMIN
Location
El Paso, Texas, 79901
Salary
$43,138.58 - $62,982.32
per year
Type
Full Time
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February 11, 2026
Job Description
Summary
This role involves handling administrative tasks for a municipal court, such as organizing case files, updating records, managing court schedules, and assisting during hearings.
It also includes supervising a small team and providing information to defendants, attorneys, and others about court processes.
A good fit would be someone with experience in legal or government paperwork who is detail-oriented, good at communicating, and comfortable leading others.
Key Requirements
- High School diploma, GED, or higher education
- Three years of experience in preparing or processing legal or government records
- Proficiency in maintaining court calendars, docketing cases, and updating records in automated systems
- Ability to participate in courtroom proceedings, including swearing in witnesses and recording hearings
- Skills in providing instructions and information to defendants, attorneys, and law enforcement
- Supervisory experience, including scheduling, training, and appraising staff performance
- Knowledge of court procedures, such as handling motions, warrants, payments, and dispositions
Full Job Description
MOS Code: 2254 (Navy)
Education and Experience: A High School diploma, GED or higher, and three (3) years of experience in the preparation or processing of legal or government records.
Licenses and Certificates: None.
Licenses and Certificates: None.
Requirements
Under direction, perform responsible clerical duties related to court operations in maintaining court calendars, docketing, and processing court records.
Qualifications
Maintain court calendars and perform related clerical duties. Involves: Image, Organize and prepare legal documents and administrative details of cases for court proceedings, open and update case files, maintain court calendars by adding, deleting of rescheduling arraignments, trials or special hearings. Review, verify, and update court records related to the completion of required community service or educational classes or payment arrangements. Set up payment schedules and issue commitments for failure to comply with sentencing requirements. Provide written and oral instructions to defendants regarding the disposition of each citation including community service, deferred adjudication, and alcohol/tobacco courses. Receive, date stamp, and process incoming actions such as motions, complaints, petitions, appeals, citations, warrants, expunctions, deferrals, and or proof of compliance with court orders. Participate in courtroom proceedings by calling defendants to approach the bench, swearing-in juries or witnesses, opening court sessions, and maintaining exhibits incorrect order. Record trial arrangements and court hearings. Type charges of court for jury trials explaining to jurors the nature of the charges and guidelines for juror findings. Match warrants and commitments to initiate the arrest process for defendants not present in court.
Docket cases for trial and enter the final disposition of the case in the automated case management system. Involves: Review and verify court records to ensure full information including the type of violation, the arresting officer, correct numbering sequence, and attorney. Prepare notations or comments pertaining to the docket to include all information, not on the printed docket. Prepare letters of disposition in response to ORR. Notify DPS of corrections in convictions.
Answer questions and furnish accurate information concerning court matters to defendants, their attorneys, prosecutors, law enforcement personnel, and other interested parties including criminal justice or chemical dependency agencies and City inspectors. Involves: Explain court procedures, pre-sentence activities, and notification of remand to community service, substance abuse training, or defensive driving and advice of failure to appear in person or by phone. Maintain a pending file of defendants who must return to court to furnish additional documentation such as proof of insurance or vehicle registration and issue notifications of final disposition. Notarize complaints, maintain motions and correspondence by verifying the origin and nature of the request and inform the judge and prosecutor of the history and status of the request.
Perform other duties as required. Involves: Perform duties of co-workers or subordinates to ensure continuity of operations during absences. Compile statistics and prepare periodic reports. Prepare routine correspondence.
Supervise assigned staff. Involves: Schedule, assign, instruct in, guide, and check work. Appraise employee performance. Provide for training and development; enforce personnel rules and regulations, and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate, and maintain harmony. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay, or other employee status changes.
Docket cases for trial and enter the final disposition of the case in the automated case management system. Involves: Review and verify court records to ensure full information including the type of violation, the arresting officer, correct numbering sequence, and attorney. Prepare notations or comments pertaining to the docket to include all information, not on the printed docket. Prepare letters of disposition in response to ORR. Notify DPS of corrections in convictions.
Answer questions and furnish accurate information concerning court matters to defendants, their attorneys, prosecutors, law enforcement personnel, and other interested parties including criminal justice or chemical dependency agencies and City inspectors. Involves: Explain court procedures, pre-sentence activities, and notification of remand to community service, substance abuse training, or defensive driving and advice of failure to appear in person or by phone. Maintain a pending file of defendants who must return to court to furnish additional documentation such as proof of insurance or vehicle registration and issue notifications of final disposition. Notarize complaints, maintain motions and correspondence by verifying the origin and nature of the request and inform the judge and prosecutor of the history and status of the request.
Perform other duties as required. Involves: Perform duties of co-workers or subordinates to ensure continuity of operations during absences. Compile statistics and prepare periodic reports. Prepare routine correspondence.
Supervise assigned staff. Involves: Schedule, assign, instruct in, guide, and check work. Appraise employee performance. Provide for training and development; enforce personnel rules and regulations, and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate, and maintain harmony. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay, or other employee status changes.
Additional Information
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Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.
Note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts, and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.
Important Note: The required Supplemental Questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score.
Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending a review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants who pass the Supplemental Questions exam.
Per CSC Rules & Regulations, after review of the minimum qualifications for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions exam, a passing score, combined with applicable seniority points and veteran points, will be used to create a list of candidates.
A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.
To qualify for this position, the required education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.
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