Clerk III (Warrants)

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Summary

Under the general supervision of the Office Manager, the Warrants Clerk processes, reviews, and researches warrants. This individual communicates with other agencies to apprehend wanted subjects in other jurisdictions. The Warrants Clerk helps the public and supports law enforcement personnel.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Duties include the following:

Documents civil and criminal warrants received, including date stamping, entering them into the county database, processing, sending courtesy letters, and filing.

Enters warrants in TCIC/NCIC and validates warrants.

Researches and confirms warrant requests from other agencies.

Prepares paperwork for officers when an individual has been arrested or placed in jail, clears subject from county and state computer systems, and re-files warrant when another agency serves, verifying a detainer is in place. Forwards out of county bond with a warrant to records division.

Processes and notates recall warrants and returns to the proper court.

Answers the telephone, assists callers, transfers calls, or takes messages as appropriate.

Communicates with other agencies to attempt to apprehend wanted individuals in other jurisdictions.

Serves as backup to the Administrative Assistant I when needed.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Attendance is an essential function of the job.

Note: The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the supervisor assigns the work.

Mandatory Qualifications

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

A High School Diploma or GED equivalent is required; and one (1) year of clerical experience or any combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions and duties.

Desired Minimum Qualifications

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This is a sedentary position. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

*If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, any pre-employment testing, the interview process, or otherwise participating in the selection process, please direct your inquires to Comal County Human Resources at or .