SUPERVISING MUNICIPAL COURT ATTENDANT
Supervising Municipal Court Attendant sits in the competitive class of New Jersey's local-government civil service, so reaching it runs through testing and an eligible list instead of a straight hire.
It asks for 3 years of relevant experience.
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Supervising Municipal Court Attendant is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.
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Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Examples of work
- Makes assignments to Municipal Court Attendants as to duties and hours and supervises their work.
- Receives and tabulates all reports submitted by Municipal Court Attendants.
- Receives subpoenas, summons and other court papers and assigns officers for their service and keeps records of such.
- Sees that prisoners to be tried, sentenced or arraigned are under proper guard and securely placed in the prisoner's room for processing.
- Conducts daily inspections of all courtrooms.
- Prepares daily, monthly and yearly reports.
- Maintains records.
- Assigns and supervises subordinates engaged in the apprehension, arrest and conviction of offenders against the law in accordance with State Statute.
- Supervises the escorting and guarding of prisoners in a courtroom and the subduing, restraining and physical removal of unruly individuals from a courtroom.
- Supervises the maintenance of security in the courtroom and the protection of persons therein from an attack, assault or an aggressive act.
Experience
Three years of experience in work involving the custody and/or protection of individuals and/or in maintaining order and security in the courts.
<b>Knowledge </b>
Thorough knowledge of court practices and procedures.
Of the methods which are useful in maintaining order among groups of people.
Of the methods used to prevent escape of persons assigned to the custody of the Court Attendant.
Of the techniques which are most likely to be successful in serving legal papers.
Of the apprehension, arrest, and conviction of offenders against the law.
<b>Ability: </b>
Ability to give suitable assignments and instructions to assigned personnel.
To organize assigned supervisory and other work and develop effective work methods.
To read, analyze, comprehend, interpret and apply to specific cases the laws, rules and regulations relating to proper service of writs and legal documents and papers.
To give suitable assignments and instruction to individuals and groups.
To note significant facts and conditions from observations.
To remain cool and decisive in unusual circumstances.
To use discretion and independent judgment.
To deal resourcefully with individual cases in such a manner as to enlist the understanding of the individuals concerned and avoid unnecessary fear and antagonism.
To conform to official and unofficial requirements as to laws, conduct and behavior and to prepare suitable reports.
To supervise the establishment and maintenance of needed records and files.
Ability to read, write, speak, understand or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of the position. Communication may include such forms as American Sign Language or Braille.
Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.