Job Details

Salary: $15.60 Hourly
Location : Columbus Consolidated Government, 100 10th Street, Columbus, GA
Job Type: Full-Time Regular
Job Number: 2026-00000377
Department: Superior Court
Division: Jury Manager
Opening Date: 07/08/2026
Closing Date: 8/8/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

Major Duties and Responsibilities
This position performs clerical duties in support of juror management as well as administrative duties in the coordination of jurors for all superior, state, municipal, and probate courts in Muscogee County.

• Answers the telephone and helps anyone who may have questions about their jury duty (such as deferments, non-residents, doctors' letters, and non-citizens etc.).
• Goes out to the Jury Pool to get name changes, address changes and anyone's name that may need a Certificate of Service to take back to work.
• Enters name changes and address changes in the computer.
• Keeps up with all faxes that are sent into the office and enter the information in the computer.
• Gets the mail from the mailroom and looks up the summons that is returned to see if we can find a new address to send it out to. If no address is found, then it is put in the computer as undeliverable.
• Answers all other mail correspondence that we may get.
• Sends letters out to jurors that do not have a legal excuse for getting off of jury duty but send in their affidavits asking off.
• Makes jury lists to be taken out on Mondays so they may be used to scan in jurors that are supposed to report that day.
• Must be able to cross-train with all other jobs in the office.
• Files all returned affidavits, doc letters, and any other correspondence that may come in.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of modern office procedures.
• Knowledge in basic mathematics.
• Skill in operating such standard equipment as a computer, typewriter, calculator, copier, facsimile machine and scanner.
• Skill in dealing with the public.
• Skill in oral and written communication.

Minimum Educational and Training Requirements
Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of specialized training in the occupational field, in addition to basic skills typically associated with a high school education.?Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years.

Physical Requirements
The work is typically performed while sitting at a desk. The employee occasionally lifts light objects. The work is typically performed in an office. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Balancing - maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
• Climbing - ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.
• Crawling - moving about on hands, knees, or hands, feet.
• Crouching - bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
• Feeling - perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Feeling - perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Handling - picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
• Hearing 1 - perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Hearing 2 - receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling - bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
• Lifting - raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
• Manual Dexterity - picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
• Mental Acuity - ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
• Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.
• Pushing - use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.
• Reaching - extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion - substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking - expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Standing - for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping - bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.
• Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word.
• Talking 2 - shouting to be heard above ambient noise.
• Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.
• Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of vision.
• Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.
• Visual Acuity 4 - operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.
• Visual Acuity 5 -close acuity for inspection of small defects, machines, use measurement devices, or fabricate parts.
• Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.

The work is typically performed in an office.
The Columbus Consolidated Government is proud to offer an exceptional compensation and benefits package. Benefits include the following:

• Low-cost Medical Insurance
• Prescription Drug Plan
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• Credit Union
• Direct Deposit
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Vacation Leave
• Sick Leave
• PERK Time Off
• Retirement Plan
• Supplemental Retirement Plan
• Free and Discounted Services
• Employee Assistance Program

Take advantage of these free and discounted City Services offered to all City Employees.

• Discounted Movie Tickets
• Free Notary Services
• Ride a Metra Bus for Free
• Free Mulch
• Free Fire/Safety Home Inspection
• Driver's Training for Employee Dependents
• Oxbow/Bull Creek Golf Course discounts
• River Center Discounts
• Cell Phone Carrier Discounts

Retirement Plan
The Columbus Consolidated Government offers a defined benefit retirement plan to eligible employees who work in General Government and in Public Safety. Employees in the pension plan must meet both age and years of service requirements to qualify for retirement. The current vesting period is ten years, and the current pension contribution rate is 8% of your gross salary.

Supplemental Retirement Plan
The Columbus Consolidated Government offers a Deferred Compensation Plan or supplemental retirement plan that is tax deferred. This plan allows employees to contribute a portion of their salary, before federal and state taxes, to a retirement account. Your compensation is more than a paycheck, it allows you to plan for your financial future as well.
01

Which best describes your level of education? (You will be asked to provide documentation)

• No High School Diploma
• GED
• High School Diploma
• Technical College
• Some College
• Associate's Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• Doctorate's Degree

02

Please list and explain any on-the-job or formal customer service training you have.
03

What computer software programs are you proficient in using?

• None
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Publisher
• Microsoft Word
• Other

04

Please list and explain any work experience you have with the use of computers, standard business software applications, and specialized software applications used by the courts.
05

How many years of clerical and/or administrative experience do you have?

• None
• 0 - 1 year
• 1 - 3 years
• 3 - 5 years
• 5 years or more

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