PART TIME INDIGENT DEFENSE WEEKEND CLERK

Pretrial Services/Indigent Defense

Pretrial Services/Indigent Defense handles interviews and applications of individuals who have been arrested and are requesting court-appointed attorneys.

Essential Functions

Assist the Indigent Defense Coordinator as directed

Travels to the McLennan County Jail on Saturday and Sunday of every other week and holidays to interview defendants who request a court appointed attorney. Time required for interviews may vary from three to four hours, sometimes longer

Minimum Requirements

EDUCATION: Required: High School Diploma or GED

SKILLS ~ EXPERIENCE: Required: Must be able to assist and communicate professionally with the public and possess good interpersonal skills. Must have reliable transportation. Ability to work effectively with and tactfully communicate with the occasional difficult and/or hostile individuals. Ability to exercise tact, courtesy, and discretion in contacts with court officials, attorneys, county employees, criminal defendants and public. Applicants must be able to read and understand departmental policies and procedures. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with Judges and county jail staff. Position requires no criminal convictions for offenses other than minor traffic violations

Beneficial: Bilingual proficiency in Spanish

Supplemental Information

All Employees Must be committed to achieving excellence in assigned duties, always in service of the county and community. Must have ability to earn and keep the trust of fellow employees and the community at large. Must be approachable and ready to help fellow employees and the general public

DISCLAIMER: McLennan County will conduct background checks on new hires that will include a criminal background check related to convictions and deferred adjudications in the past seven years and may include credit reports, motor vehicle records, employment records, and educational attainment. Candidate will be fingerprinted as part of the background check process. A conviction or deferred adjudication is not an automatic bar to employment. Each case is considered individually

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Work at the jail includes contact with inmates with supervision from the correctional officers. Continuous contact with persons accused or convicted of crimes

PHYSICAL DEMAND REQUIREMENTS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk, sit, stand; use hands to find, handle, or feel objects, reach with hands and arms; stoop and kneel. Works mostly indoors in well-lighted, air-conditioned facility

HOURS / SPECIAL CONDITIONS: The position schedule is Saturday and Sunday of every other week and holidays, times vary.

Benefits

McLennan County offers a full range of employee benefit programs for eligible employees and their families. These programs include group health plans for medical with an option to open a Health Saving Account (HSA) with a County-paid contribution of $2000 over a year. We offer dental and vision coverage, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), life and long & short term disability insurance, flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care accounts. Employees participate in the Texas County & District Retirement System (TCDRS) with a $2.50 County match for every $1.00 of employee contribution. In addition to these benefits we offer 12 paid holidays and a free gym membership program for health plan participants. Note: These benefits are for full time McLennan County employees only. Part time Mclennan County employees are only eligible to participate in the Retirement System. Community Supervision and Corrections Department (CSCD) employees recieve a different benefit package through the state.