Administrative Specialist 2 (Jury-Operations)

Jury Management Assistant

The Bergen Operations Division (Jury Management) is seeking a highly organized individual with excellent customer service, total quality management, technical competence, teamwork, and written communication skills to provide effective assistance and accurate information. The selected individual will be expected to assist internal and external customers including judges, managers, court staff, attorneys, and outside agencies. Under the direction of the Court Executive 1b (Jury Manager) or other supervisory personnel, the successful candidate will display a high standard of ethical conduct; compose correspondence, reports and other written material that is clear, concise, and well organized, will be the lead for the team and keep the Jury Manager up to date on any progress, concerns etc. This individual will administer the Jury Management functions, including but not limited to summonses, jury orders, excusal, deferments, disqualifications, creating jury pools, processing jury payroll, interprets statistical reports from NJJMS, JMS and other systems. Some of the examples of duties are as follows : act as a liaison between Jury Management and other divisions such as Criminal, Civil and Finance; schedule jurors and ensure that all divisions juror needs are met; ensure zoom sessions and schedules are set and coordinated for jury selections; conduct Grand and Petit Juror orientation, communicates policies, rules, or regulations to staff and or team members; applies statutes and court rules to manage Petit and Grand Jury programs; advises management on issues with the public and other divisions and / or agencies; answer questions posed by judges, the public, clients, customers complaints co-workers, subordinates, or supervisors; determines appropriate services for summoned jurors; assisting the jury manager as needed; conducts Grand Jury Sessions in the absence of the Grand Jury Clerk(s); and perform other duties as needed.

The Judiciary currently offers a hybrid work schedule, and this position may qualify for up to 2 days of remote work outside of Judiciary buildings. To participate in this program, in addition to installing a multifactor authentication app on your phone or tablet, you will be required to have high speed home internet access.