CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK - DISTRICT COURT - 22000104
Requisition No: 876615
Agency: State Courts System
Working Title: CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK - DISTRICT COURT - 22000104
Pay Plan: St.Crts Syst PIB
Position Number: 22000104
Salary: agency to update
Posting Closing Date: 05/26/2026
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Job Description
The Chief Deputy Clerk/Operations Manager, at the direction of the Clerk of the Court, oversees the day-to-day operation and administration of the Clerk’s Office and serves as second-in-command to the Clerk of the Court. The essential function of the position is to assist the Clerk of the Court in overseeing the business of the Court, including case management, case processing, statistical reporting, and custody of official court records. These operations include handling inquiries regarding court policies, procedures, and cases; and managing fiscal, clerical, and administrative functions of the Clerk’s Office. The employee may perform any of the following duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Clerk of the Court:
- Supervises and manages non-attorney and attorney staff, including assisting with selection, training, assigning, and evaluating work; assisting with preparation of employee performance evaluations; and reviewing and approving timesheets and leave requests.
- Ensures compliance with court practices, procedures, laws, and appellate rules; interprets for staff as required.
- Responds to written and verbal inquiries regarding court practices, procedures, and cases from this
court’s judges, attorneys, other courts, and self-represented litigants.
- Retrieves and verifies data from the automated case management system to generate internal management, financial, and statistical reports; verifies accuracy of dispositional data in management system, posts case status changes as required.
- Periodically reviews all active cases to monitor progress and ensure compliance with the court’s practices and procedures; makes judgments on non-standard filings and pleadings.
- Interacts and exchanges information with State Courts System Information Technology staff, Supreme Court personnel, other DCAs, and lower tribunals.
- Assists the Clerk of the Court in the operation and functionality of the Court’s electronic case
management, workflow, quality control, and records management systems.
- Performs duties of the Clerk of the Court in their absence.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Experience and proficiency in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Court Case Management and Maintenance Systems, and the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal is essential.
Application Information
Please e-mail a résumé with a detailed employment and salary history to 4thDCAClerk@flcourts.org. All materials must be submitted in PDF format. Additionally, the subject line of the email must read: Chief Deputy Clerk/Operations Manager Application.
All submissions must contain all necessary paperwork.
The successful applicant will be subject to a criminal background check.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, or disability.
We hire only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers.
If you need an accommodation to participate in the application/selection process, please contact Marshal Daniel DiGiacomo at (561) 242-2000.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL, US, 33401
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Nearest Secondary Market: Miami