Class Concept

Minimum Qualifications:
Juris Doctorate degree and seven or more years of experience practicing law, including four or more years of supervisory experience.

Specific License or Certification Required: Member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia. May require valid Georgia Driver's License.

Specific Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities: Requires knowledge of principles and practices of leadership, supervision, and budget development and administration. Theories and principles of court administration. Legal research methods. Court practices and procedures. Federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations governing area of assignment. Techniques used to analyze and evaluate programs supporting legal services. General office practices, procedures, equipment, and technology including court-specific technology.

Requires skill in supervising staff. Organizing and prioritizing work. Developing and managing budgets. Resolving problems and making decisions. Conducting legal research. Delivering high quality, customer-focused service. Preparing and delivering effective presentations. Communicating effectively in writing. Developing, implementing, interpreting, and enforcing goals, objectives, policies, and procedures. Using spreadsheet, database, word processing, presentation, and other software. Understanding, using, and explaining Court-specific computer applications to create reports, generate statistics, and prepare graphics. Building sustainable working relationships with other County personnel, officials, and the public. Generating enthusiasm and support for program objectives. Communicating effectively with coworkers, supervisor, and the public.
Examination:
The examination will consist of an evaluation of education and experience, accomplished by analysis of the application. Application must document that the applicant possesses the minimum knowledge, skills, education, and experience as listed to be rated as qualified. If selected, an official, accredited college transcript is required, at time of employment, for all degrees/coursework used to qualify for this position.

ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED IN FULL BEFORE THEY ARE SUBMITTED. PLEASE REVIEW ALL APPLICATIONS FOR ACCURACY AND MAKE ALL CORRECTIONS BEFORE SUBMITTAL BECAUSE ERRORS CAN RESULT IN NOT MEETING THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

Example of Duties

Purpose of Classification
Serves as chief legal and administrative officer for Probate Court managing court programs, staff, operations, facilities, and security for Fulton County Probate Court.

Essential Functions:

Leads an organization of 35 employees and oversees the day-to-day operations of the Probate court at three locations. Supports the Probate Court Judge. Drafts legislation as required. Oversees compliance with regulations, policies and procedures. Identifies organizational problems and implements procedural and administrative changes as needed.

Participates in discussions with other courts to identify and align with best practices. Functions as liaison to Board of Commissioners, Judge, court staff, other County departments, third-party service contractors, and and the public to coordinate court-related activities, review status of work, exchange information, resolve problems, and participate in public relations activities.

Maintains a current, comprehensive knowledge and awareness of applicable laws, regulations, principles and practices relating to Probate Court administration and operations. Works to continuously improve policies and procedures including making changes required by appellate court decisions and legislative changes.

Directs the flow of cases through the Probate Court system. Evaluates pending caseloads. Develops and implements automated and procedural systems that support effective calendar management.

Prepares and administers court budgets. Administers accounting, purchasing, payroll and financial controls. Guides budget through the review process, approves or denies specific expenditures, and monitors expenditures for compliance with approved budget.

May perform various judicial functions as designated by the Probate Court Judge in accordance with state law, including holding hearings, taking evidence, ruling on points of law, entering final judgments, and exercising judicial discretion on certain matters before the court.

Supervises assigned staff, including training, establishing workloads, prioritizing work assignments, evaluating performance, interpreting and enforcing policies and procedures, resolving issues, making hiring or termination recommendations, and administering disciplinary action as required. Serves as escalation point for customer complaints.

Additional Functions:
Performs other related duties as required

Minimum Qualifications

Performance Aptitudes:

Factor 1: Decision-Making
Programmatic: In determining strategic plans, overall purpose, and staffing, there are choices in formulating or adjusting programs, specifying program objectives, and allocating human and fiscal resources among constituent programs. Evaluates what has been done, determines what can be done, proposes long-term policy, and estimates what new resources are required.

Factor 2: Complexity
Unprecedented: Originates models, concepts, and theories that are new to the professional field AND where no prototype exists.

Factor 3: Purpose of Contact
Arbitrate or Authorize Action: Purpose is to arbitrate, resolve differences, and authorize action that directly determines the agency's mission. The result directly affects agency policy.

Factor 4: Line/Staff Authority
Senior Manager: Accountable for multiple units through the direct supervision of at least two subordinate Managers

Physical Requirements:
Work is typically performed in an office-like environment. May work in high conflict situations and with difficult, sometimes dangerous parties. Positions in this class typically require sitting, standing, fingering, driving, talking, hearing, and seeing. Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Supplemental Information

It is the policy of Fulton County that there will be equal opportunity for every citizen, employee and applicant, based upon merit without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, genetics, disability or sexual orientation.