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Municipal Court Clerk
HIRING RANGE: $24.17 - $27.21 per hour

About the Position: 
The City of Grand Junction is searching for a Court Clerk to perform a variety of technical and administrative functions in support of municipal court services, parking ticket payments, ordinances, regulations, and records management. This position will provide assistance and customer service to the general public, as well as a variety of duties for defendants and court hearings. This position will also support and assist the Municipal Court Judge during court sessions and works closely with the City Attorney's office. The position reports to the Municipal Court Administrator.

The ideal candidate will have good time management skills and experience working in a fast-paced environment. If you have exceptional communication skills, are attentive to detail, have strong multitasking skills, and prioritize exemplary customer service, we encourage you to apply today!

About the City of Grand Junction Municipal Court: 
The City of Grand Junction is a court that handles traffic, misdemeanor, animal control, and juvenile cases. The Municipal Court Judge is appointed by the City Council. The Judge represents the judicial component of the court, the City Attorney is the prosecutorial component of the court, and the Administrator represents the business operation of the court.

What You'll Do:

• Respond to customer inquiries about ordinances, regulations, policies, and procedures; research and direct to appropriate City departments.
• Perform data entry of case and investigative information, including warrant entry, arrest, suspect, vehicle, location, property and evidence information and field interviews for in-house records management system, National Crime Information Center (NCIC)/Colorado Crime Information Center (CCIC).
• Perform computer inquiry of NCIC/CCIC systems for wanted persons, warrant information, driver history and registration, attempt to locate, property, guns, vehicles and other information; perform computer inquiry of various database systems utilizing in-house software.
• Provide customer service for municipal court and parking services, including ticket processing, payments, and coordinating court-related deadlines.

The selected candidate must comply with the City of Grand Junction's Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards for handling and securing payment card information.

To view the full job description for Municipal Court Clerk, click here.

What We're Looking For: 

• Three (3) years of administrative support experience. Experience in court, judicial and/or law enforcement or related field is preferred.
• High School Diploma or G.E.D.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid Colorado driver's license. 
• Possession of, or ability to obtain clearance to access NCIC/CCIC data.

Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.

Notice to Applicants: 
In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, we kindly request that you do not include the dates of your educationto include years of attendance or graduation on your application, resume or attachments. 

Important Notice: 
During the course of the application and hiring process, you will be asked to disclose information about your past activities. The below list of critical admissions, which may be cause for disqualification from employment with the City of Grand Junction, is provided to applicants. It is important that you be completely honest and forthright about this history. While a critical admission may or may not disqualify an applicant from a job, discovery of misleading or deceitful information provided by the applicant is immediate cause for disqualification.

• Any felony investigation or conviction
• Any conviction for a crime of violence, specifically assaults, domestic violence, etc.
• Any conviction for a "hate crime" such as ethnic intimidation
• Perjury conviction
• Any theft conviction regardless of value of item
• Theft from current employer or a previous employer
• Drug use (including marijuana) and/or current alcohol abuse
• An alcohol or drug conviction including but not limited to DUI/DWAI, depending on recency
• Hit and run accident conviction
• Being under or having been under driving restraint, cancelation, suspension or revocation of driving privileges in Colorado or any other state

Please note: The listed critical admissions are not the exclusive basis for disqualification. The City reserves the right to disqualify any applicant who may or may not have any one or all of the foregoing admissions. If you have specific questions or circumstances, you may contact the Human Resources office at 970-244-1512.

Recruitment Process:
The recruitment process will include the components below:

• Written Exercise
• Interview(s)
• Computerized Voice Stress Analysis (CVSA)
• Fingerprints/Background Investigation
• Suitability/Psychological Evaluation
• Pre-employment drug screening