Clerk I - Justice of the Peace Pct 1

General Summary:
Performs receptionist duties, including answering phones and greeting the public; enters class C misdemeanors and traffic citations into the computer; receives payments, posts funds, and issues receipts for fines, court costs, and other documents; explains payment options and established installment plans for payment of ticket violations, fines, and court costs; sets up and maintains court docket and assures no schedules conflict with Judge's schedule; files cases; and issues failure to appear notices and warrants.

Essential Duties:
Performs receptionist duties, including greeting the public, answering the telephone, providing information, transferring calls, and taking messages; Receives payments for ticket violations, fines, and court costs, posts funds, and issues receipts; Explains payment options to customers and establishes installment plans for payment of ticket violations, fines, and court costs; Receives, sorts, and distributes department mail; Enters class C traffic citations into the computer; Schedules show cause and open hearings in accordance with Judge’s schedule, including assuring that they are properly staffed; Maintains court docket; Schedules summons dates, and addresses and mails notices to affected defendants; Files current and disposed cases; and Issues Failure to Appear Notices and warrants. Prepares all the paperwork for the Judge during Magistration/Jail Run week.

Other Duties as assigned

Supervision
Received: From Justice of the Peace
Given: This is a non-supervisory position.

Education
Required: High school graduation or its equivalent.
Preferred:

Experience
Required: 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.
Preferred:

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Required: None.
Preferred:

Physical Demands
Typical: 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; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee must frequently stand and walk. The employee must frequently lift and/or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds, such as files, stacks of records, or other similar objects. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Typical: Computers; general bookkeeping practices and procedures; standard office practices and procedures; and principles of customer service. Operate computers, especially to perform basic word processing functions; read and understand manuals, codes, and statutes; perform basic mathematical functions; operate office equipment, such as copy machine and facsimile machine; communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers and the public.

Work Environment
Typical: 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. While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is constantly required to work closely with others apart of a team. The employee is frequently required to work under time pressures to meet deadlines and to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.

Brazos County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The population as of the 2020 US Census was 233,849. The county seat is Bryan. Along with Brazoria County, the county is named for the Brazos River, which forms its western border.