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JUSTICE-OF-THE-PEACE
Salary Range EO35
INTRODUCTION
This position serves as Justice-of-the-Peace of a district within Douglas County and has jurisdiction of certain crimes committed or triable within the County; serves as a department head/judge of a Justice Court and plans, organizes, directs, and evaluates the activity of that Court as prescribed by Oregon Revised Statutes. This is an elected position and as such is directly responsible to the electorate.
EXAMPLES OF PRINCIPAL DUTIES
(Duties assigned to this classification include, but are not limited to, the following examples.)
l. Arraign
cases, set
trial dates,
preside over
jury and court
trials,
determine
appropriate
action, enter
judgment,
assess fines
and/or
sentences.
2. Develop,
implement, and
evaluate
programs for
department
operation;
establish and
maintain
departmental
policy and
procedure.
3. Direct
activities of
support staff
in reporting
and record
keeping to
ensure
compliance
with Oregon
Revised
Statutes.
4. Monitor and
direct work
performance of
Justice Court
employees
maintaining
standards of
efficiency and
morale among
employees;
select, train,
and evaluate
staff; direct
office
procedures,
reporting, and
record
keeping.
5. Prepare
department
budget,
monitor and
manage fiscal
operations of
the
department.
6. Represent
Justice Court
to public,
promote
programs,
interpret
State statutes
and County
policy and
procedure to
public.
7. Perform marriages.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY REQUIRED BY THIS POSITION
Knowledge of: Thorough knowledge of laws, practices, and procedures appropriate to Justice Court operations; reasonable knowledge of principles, methods, and techniques of effective administration including public relations, personnel management, and fiscal management to develop, implement and evaluate programs. Ability to:
Make decisions
independently in
accordance with
established policy
and procedures,
establish new
policy when
applicable and use
initiative and
judgment in
completing duties
and
responsibilities;
supervise support
staff; courteously
meet and deal
effectively with
employees, Board
of Commissioners,
County department
heads, state and
local officials,
judges, attorneys,
law enforcement
and probation
personnel,
individuals
involved in
Justice Court
cases, and the
public.
Qualifications - Qualifications for the position are established in Oregon Revised Statute 51.020, 51.240, 51.250.
SUPERVISORY CONTROLS OF THIS POSITION
This classification is elected by and serves at the pleasure of the electorate.
The Justice-of-the-Peace exercises supervision over departmental employees delegating responsibility orally or in writing with final responsibility for work performed by the department.
GUIDELINES
Work is performed within established department policy and procedures; federal, state, and county statutes, rules, regulations, guidelines, ordinances; criminal codes, Rules of Professional Ethics; court procedures and rules; Oregon Court of Appeals and Supreme Court case precedents, Bar Association reference material and accepted procedures within legal profession. Incumbent has to remain current on guidelines and uses experience and seasoned independent judgment in interpreting and choosing appropriate ones. As department head, establishes or revises departmental policies and procedures.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
Regular and consistent attendance is required. Work is performed in an office and courtroom environment; work is generally sedentary and requires hearing voice conversation, keyboarding, sitting, standing and walking. A reasonable amount of driving is required.
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