What are the responsibilities and job description for the Administrative Support Clerk (Temporary) position at U.S. Courts?
This position is located in the Clerk's Office of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. The Scanning Clerk is a temporary position that reports to the Operations Supervisor. The incumbent performs various functions including sorting, scanning, and the quality control of a large volume of archived records. This work is performed in accordance with approved internal controls, procedures, and rules. This position is not to exceed 90 days but subject to extension.
Representative Duties
Duties to be performed include, but are not limited to the following:
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications- Candidate must be a high school graduate.
- Familiarity of and compliance with the Code of Conduct for Judiciary Employees and court confidentiality requirements.
- One-year specialized experience equivalent to work at CL-23. Specialized experience is progressively responsible clerical experience requiring the regular and recurring application of clerical procedures involving the routine use of keyboard skills, specialized terminology, and demonstrated ability to apply a body of rules, regulations, directives, or laws.
- Ability to type 50 WPM. Basic knowledge of Windows File Explorer, Adobe and Microsoft Word. Prior court experience desirable.
Responsibilities:
The Panel is a statutory national court under federal jurisdiction and is governed principally by 28 U.S.C. Section 1407. It was created by Congress in 1968. The statute provides that the Panel shall consist of seven Article III judges appointed by the Chief Justice, each of whom must reside in a different Circuit. The statute gives the Panel the authority to "centralize" related actions pending in different districts by ordering the transfer of all such actions into a single district for pretrial management. The Panel is headquartered in Washington, D.C.Representative Duties
Duties to be performed include, but are not limited to the following:
- Move boxes and unpack archived files - including removing original document packaging.
- Ensure that prior to scanning that all paper clips, staples, tape, and loose handing tape are removed from the documents.
- Sort, classify, and scan appropriate documents into pdf format from paper case files to a designated electronic file system.
- Ensure that file naming convention is accurate and consistent.
- Quality-check all scanned documents to ensure each has been correctly uploaded and numerically organized into the designated electronic location.
- Provide regular verbal feedback regarding scanning status and direct any questions or concerns to the Operations Supervisor.
- Repack files while maintaining the original numerical order format and packaging requirements.
- Perform other duties such as data entry as assigned.
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