Salary: $20.83 - $32.29 Hourly
Location : Bagdad/Yarnell, AZ
Job Type: Full Time - Non Exempt
Job Number: 202600232
Department: Justice Court - Bagdad/Yarnell
Opening Date: 06/23/2026
Closing Date: 8/7/2026 5:00 PM Arizona
Role
Under general supervision, performs a variety of specialized legal clerical work of routine difficulty in support of the operations and services of the Justice Court.
Major Duties, Responsibilities
- Performs customer service both in-person and telephonically.
- Process a variety of court-related documents.
- Performs data entry, photocopying, and filing.
- Assists with receipting, bookkeeping, collections, and other financial transactions.
- Retrieves files and documents and retrieves, opens, and delivers mail.
- Accepts and processes filings of documents.
- Accepts and receives monies paid as fines, fees, bonds and other financial obligations, issues receipt. Disburses restitution, bond refunds, and court-ordered refunds. Enters cases into the FARE collection system. Retrieves, reviews, and posts State Tax interceptions (TIPS) and lottery interceptions.
- Prepares both daily and end-of-month reconciliation and remittance reports.
- Schedules hearings, notifies parties involved, maintains court calendar, and serves as a courtroom clerk.
- Assists supervisor in preparation of statistical and financial reports and in training court personnel.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
High school diploma or equivalent.
Experience:
A minimum of three (3) years of progressively responsible general office experience.
Additional Requirements:
Must possess a valid Arizona driver's license.
Other Skills
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of:
- Legal terminology and court procedures.
- General bookkeeping and accounting principles.
- AJACS program or other court specific automated case management system.
- Business English, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and composition.
- Clerical office practices and procedures.
- Research techniques and report writing.
- Current Microsoft Office software.
- Filing and recordkeeping.
Skill in:
- Communicating effectively verbally and in writing and communicating orally in a face-to-face setting and by telephone with public and employees.
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with employees, other agencies, and the public.
- Organization and adherence to detail.
Ability to:
- Follow written and verbal instructions.
- Memorize procedures.
- Process work accurately and detect variations from the normal in documents and files.
- Type at a minimum speed of sixty (60) WPM.
- Comprehend and make inferences from written material and verbal communications.
- Effectively assist supervisor in preparing statistical and financial reports.
- Effectively assist in the training of court personnel on office procedures and use of equipment.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with associates, employees of other departments, representatives of other organizations, County officials, and the public.
- Keep management informed of key operating issues affecting the department.
- Remain current in knowledge required to perform assigned duties.
- Handle confidential matters and maintain discretion always.
- Act with courtesy, tact, and diplomacy.
Work Environment:
The work environment is associated with an office. The work area is adequately lighted, heated or cooled and ventilated.
Physical Requirements:
Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time. Sufficient vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; hearing and speech ability to communicate effective in-person and telephonically. Capable of frequent repetitive movement of arms, fingers, and wrists. Ability to lift up to 30 pounds.
Additional Job Information:
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Grade: 4
Classification: Classified
Safety Sensitive: No
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Yavapai County Government offers a comprehensive employee benefits package to
Full-Time employees working 30 or more hours per week that includes but is not limited to:
• 10 Paid Holidays Per Year
• Annual Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Health Care Insurance - Medical, Dental, Vision
• Life Insurance
• Long-Term & Short-Term Disability
• Retirement Plans
• Sick Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
ELECTIVE COVERAGE
• 457 Deferred Compensation Program
• Dependent Health Care Insurance - Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Short-Term Disability
• Supplemental Life (for employees & dependents)
PLEASE NOTE
• Part-Time, Temporary and Seasonal employees accrue Sick Leave based on hours worked.
• Part-Time employees have limited benefits available.
• Temporary and Seasonal employees are not eligible to accrue Annual Leave.
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Do you have a high school diploma or equivalent?
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Do you have a minimum of three (3) years of progressively responsible general office experience?
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