Office Manager / Judicial Assistant

Qualification

• Familiarity with the federal courts’ Case Management / Electronic Case Files (CM / ECF) or PACER electronic docketing
• Familiarity with court processes
• Specialized work experience is progressively responsible secretarial / administrative assistant experience that involved responsibility as the principal office assistant to a supervisor who was dealing with law-related matters (such as might be found in a law, insurance or real estate office.)
• Education in a legal or paralegal curriculum may be substituted for a maximum of two years of specialized experience on the basis of one full academic year (30 semester or 45 quarter hours) equals one year of experience. Less than one full year of study will be credited on a pro-rata basis.

Benefits

Miscellaneous

Conditions of Employment : Must be a citizen of the U.S. or meet requirements for compensation under current law. Positions with the U.S. Courts are excepted service appointments, meaning they are at will and can be terminated with or without cause by the court. Employees are subject to the judicial code of ethics and conduct, which is available to applicants for review upon request. All applicant information is subject to verification. The appointment to the position is provisional pending a suitability determination by the court based on the results of an FBI background check. Employees are required to use electronic funds transfer (EFT) for payroll deposits.

The Court reserves the right to modify the conditions of this job, to withdraw the job announcement, or to fill the position sooner than the closing date. If a closing date is shown, any of these actions may occur without any notice.

The Fourth Circuit is part of the judicial branch of the federal government. The 94 U.S. judicial districts are organized into 12 regional circuits. The Fourth Circuit consists of a Judicial Council, U.S. Court of Appeals, and nine districts, each with district and bankruptcy courts, a federal public defender office, probation and pretrial services, and a bankruptcy administrators office (NC only). The Fourth Circuit encompasses the states of Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.