The clerk is not the highest paid, but rather prestigious position in the district court apparatus. To get a job, a candidate must have a higher legal education and have basic office work skills. Experience for this position is optional.
How to get a job?
How to find out about the existence of a vacant place? Typically, this information is held by a court consultant, manager, or the office itself. The secretary (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and other large Russian cities often omit this position in the lists of posts of district courts, and then the secretary duties are listed in the job description of a consultant or specialist of the first, second or third category) - this is the person who is assigned responsibility for the efficient organization of office work. Although approximately the same thing can be said about some other administrative posts, it should be remembered that the court clerk, for example, is responsible for filling out civil, criminal and administrative cases only in the course of the consideration of these cases by a judge. The clerk of the Chancellery either initiates proceedings (that is, draws up claims, applications and criminal materials immediately after they are submitted to the district court and before the documents are accepted for consideration by a specific judge), or takes the actions prescribed by regulatory acts in relation to cases already considered, on which decisions are made, decisions or sentences.
To get a job in the office of the district court, you should first call the court and find out about the presence or absence of a suitable vacancy. If the vacant seat is not maternity, you will have to pass an exam for knowledge of the text of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the main provisions of the federal law "On State Civil Service". Examination is held on a competitive basis, as several candidates usually apply for a vacant seat. If the vacancy was vacant as a result of the previous employee leaving on maternity leave, passing the exam is not required, since the applicant does not conclude a permanent, but an urgent service contract.
Responsibilities
Unfortunately, there is no specific list of responsibilities for this profession. The list always remains open. Nevertheless, it is possible to indicate the main activities carried out by the average secretary of the judicial office. It:
- the adoption of civil and criminal cases, as well as administrative materials from court clerks, checking the correctness of their execution and the fact of compliance with all requirements of the procedural legislation;
- storage of cases for the last two years (including the current one) in the active archive of the office;
- the preparation of writ of execution at the request of the persons participating in the case;
- putting down the date of entry into force of judicial acts;
- sending legal acts that have entered into legal force to the relevant authorities, including, for example, the cadastral chamber or prison;
- making photocopies of judicial acts at the request of the parties and their certification with the relevant judges;
- Reception of citizens on the considered cases;
- receiving phone calls from citizens, representatives of organizations and government bodies;
- fulfillment of instructions of the chairman of the court, judges, head of the clerical office, consultant, administrator.
As you might guess, the last paragraph implies almost any action falling within the competence of the clerical department in the district court, and the secretary of the office is obliged to carry out the tasks as part of his job description and regulatory documentation.
Prospects
Although not everyone considers such a profession as the secretary of the office to be quite prestigious, in fact, it is able to give a good impetus to moving up the career ladder to everyone who dreams of being a justice of the peace. It is enough to have a five-year work experience in a district court for positions requiring a higher legal education in order to meet the basic requirements of the law for candidates for the position of justice of the peace.