Champaign County
Job Description

Job Title: Clerk
Department: Law Library
Reports To: Court Administrator
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Employment Status: Bargaining Unit - AFSCME Courts
Prepared Date: August, 2004

SUMMARY Responsible for the day-to-day activities of the Champaign County Law Library.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Manages the activities of the Champaign County Law Library including (1) procurement of print and computer-based materials; (2) arrangement of print and computer-based materials within library; (3) maintenance and supplementation of both print and computer-based legal research materials; (4) provides assistance to members of the general public and legal community in the use of materials within the Law Library.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES None.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE High School Diploma or equivalent supplemented with 2 years of college.

LANGUAGE SKILLS Ability to read, analyze and interpret legal documents and interpretations.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume.

REASONING ABILITY Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS None.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk; or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and color vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Normal office conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to quiet.

NOTE: This document contains wording of a description of a general class of positions within the Champaign County salary administration program. The description contains examples of duties and responsibilities which may or may not be considered to be "essential functions" to a particular job or position with this job class. "Essential functions" are to be determined at the position or job level within each department.