Operations Analyst - CL 25

Salary: $49,361.00 - $80,265.00 Annually
Location : Tampa, FL
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 26-37
Division: Tampa
Department: Clerk's Office
Opening Date: 06/03/2026


Representative Duties
The Middle District of Florida seeks a full-time Operations Analyst for the Tampa Division to support the Court's mission of providing fair and impartial justice to all. The ideal candidate possesses excellent interpersonal, computer, analytical, organizational, and communication skills, along with a strong work ethic, resilience, and the ability to multitask effectively.


The Operations Analyst performs a broad range of duties in support of court operations, primarily assisting the case administrators and other staff by performing the following duties:

• Receives and reviews incoming documents to determine conformity to appropriate rules, practices, and court requirements.
• Performs mail-related duties such as receiving, opening, and routing mail to appropriate parties, metering mail, and preparing packages for shipment.
• Performs case assignment and docketing.
• Performs financial duties.
• Scans documents, maintains quality control of scanned documents, and verifies that documents have been docketed to the correct case.
• Assists the public with case information, archive information, and the use of public terminals.
• Requests case files and documents from archive facilities.
• Assists with electronic records management initiatives, including scanning, digitization, and quality control of archived documents.
• Facilitates the organization, storage, retrieval, transfer, and destruction of case files and administrative records.
• Retrieves case files for the public, court staff, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, and federal agencies.
• Organizes and processes case files returned by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Reviews, performs research, and responds to inquiries and requests from judges, judicial staff, clerk's office staff, other agencies, prisoners, or the public in written or oral format.
• Prepares exemplifications, certified and non-certified copies, apostilles, and certificates of search.
• Assists with procuring and scheduling contract court reporters.
• Assists with onboarding of new court employees including, but not limited to, building access requests and scheduling fingerprinting.
• Schedules interviews, prepares paperwork, and coordinates with HR when hiring personnel.
• Prepares court-generated documents for mailing.
• Reviews print logs of court-generated documents for mailing; notifies appropriate parties of any discrepancies or errors and resolves them accordingly.
• Creates and maintains spreadsheets using Excel.
• Assigns, tracks, and processes digital transcript requests.
• Monitors divisional email boxes and processes appeals, and case/docket modifications and corrections.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualification Requirements


Requirements include a high school graduate or equivalent and a minimum of three (3) years of progressively responsible legal administrative work experience, requiring the regular and recurring application of clerical procedures involving the routine use of specialized terminology, keyboard skills, and demonstrated ability to apply a body of rules, regulations, directives, or Laws. Fast-paced position requires incumbent to present a professional demeanor at all times, be extremely detail-oriented, and possess strong organizational and communication skills. CM/ECF experience is highly desirable, but not required. Experience with Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat is helpful.

Information for Applicants

• Apply online through careers/flmd
• Submit a cover letter and resume together as one single PDF application file name must be "last name, first name" (e.g. Smith, John)

Due to the number of resumes received, only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.

Salary:
CL 25 $49,361 - $80,265
$49,361 - $61,722 New federal employees*
$49,361 - $80,265 Current or former federal employees*


*Starting salary adjustments prioritize prior federal service, with some recognition of relevant work experience and prior salary history. Applicants with prior federal court experience may be eligible for a starting salary above the minimum.-
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Applicants must be U.S. citizen or eligible to work in the United States

Employees must use the Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) for payroll deposit

The selected candidate will be subject to a background check as a condition of employment.
Employees of the United States Courts serve under excepted appointments and are considered "at-will" employees.

Federal employees are eligible for a comprehensive federal benefits package. This includes participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System (for career employees), health insurance options, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, long-term care insurance, flexible spending accounts, and up to 5% matching contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan (the federal 401(k) equivalent). Federal employees also receive generous paid time off, including paid vacation and sick leave, 11 federal holidays per year, and paid parental leave after meeting eligibility requirements. Employees may also be eligible for the Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program for qualifying federal student loans. For an overview of Federal Judiciary benefits, refer to the United States Courts website.

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida serves a 35-county area in mid-Florida with a population of more than ten million residents. The Clerk's Office, headquartered in Orlando, operates full-time divisional offices in Tampa, Jacksonville, Ocala, and Ft. Myers. The Clerk's Office provides essential clerical and administrative support to all components of the federal judicial administrative process.
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How many years of progressively responsible administrative experience do you have?

• No experience
• Less than 1 year
• 1 year to less than 2 years
• 2 years to less than 3 years
• 3 or more years

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Do you have experience in a legal setting?

• Yes
• No

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Do you have federal court experience?

• Yes
• No

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Are you a US Citizen?

• Yes
• No, but I am eligible to work in the United States

Required Question