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Case Manager Judicial Branch U.S. Courts U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Summary The position is loced in the Clerk's Office of the United Stes District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division. The case manager maintains the official case events summary on the docket sheet from opening to final disposition and performs quality control of all assigned electronic cases within established time frames. Learn more about this agency Summary The position is loced in the Clerk's Office of the United Stes District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division. The case manager maintains the official case events summary on the docket sheet from opening to final disposition and performs quality control of all assigned electronic cases within established time frames. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on May 31, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Richmond, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $51,562 - $83,844 per year Actual starting salary dependent upon qualificions. Pay scale & grade CL 25 Promotion potential 25 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0341 Administrive Officer Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
FY26-21R
Control number 870435700 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Help Provide frontline customer service by answering and routing incoming phone calls and assisting customers the public counter. Provide approprie procedural informion to litigants, the public, chambers, and clerk's office staff. Assist the public in the use of computerized dabases. Receive, stamp and review incoming paper case-reled documents to determine conformity with approprie rules, practices, and court procedures. Examine all pleadings and accept those th conform to federal and local rules of practice. Check for prior or prohibited filing(s). Open civil cases in the Case Management/Electronic Case Files system (CM/ECF) upon receipt of initiing documents, such as complaints. Assign case numbers to new cases, randomly assign cases to judges, and prepare case files, by scanning, entering da, and uploading documents into CM/ECF. Route to approprie case manager. Perform cashier duties. Collect approprie fees and issue receipts. Secure funds in the cash register and balance cash drawer the end of the day. Process credit card payments. Enter judgments into JIFMS financial system. Sort, classify, and file case documents and records, including ste court records. Retrieve, scan, and/or copy files for the public, court personnel, torneys, and others. Certify court documents. Maintain the integrity of the filing system by monitoring proper access to sealed records. Ensure records maintained in secure areas meet audit guidelines, by upding and maintaining the sealed log in a timely manner. Prepare and ship records to the approprie Federal Records Center and retrieve records from the center when required. Prepare FedEx and UPS shipments in a timely manner. Post outgoing mail. May scan mail and electronically deliver to other divisions. Opere postage and other equipment, such as the mail meter, and upde the meter log, as needed. Utilize various computer programs, various electronic dabases, and informion systems to obtain case informion to respond to inquiries, track the movement of files and records, genere bar labels, and perform word processing. Opere personal computer, mailing, copying, records, and scanning equipment. Perform other operional, administrive, or technical support duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Employees must be United Stes citizens or eligible to work in the United Stes. Employees hired provisionally pending the results of a background investigion. Employees are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct for Judicial Employees . Employees are required to use Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) for payroll deposit. Qualificions Applicants must have two years of progressively responsible clerical or administrive experience requiring the regular and recurring applicion of clerical or administrive procedures. This experience must have included the demonstred ability to apply a body of rules, regulions, directives, or laws and involved the routine use of specialized terminology and automed software and equipment for word processing, da entry or report generion. Experience in a court environment is preferred but not required. The successful candide a people-oriented professional who is responsible, friendly, organized, and has the following: The ability to communice effectively, exercising good judgement and tact. The ability and sincere desire to meet the public in a professional and courteous manner, work harmoniously with others in a team-based organizion, and handle confidential mters professionally. The ability to multitask, meet stringent deadlines, and be detail-oriented. The ability to think critically and apply emotional intelligence in all situions. Applicants with a sincere desire to serve the public are encouraged to apply. Educion High School graduion or equivalent required. College degree preferred. Additional informion Positions with the United Stes District Court Clerk's Office are Excepted Service appointments. Excepted service appointments are will and can be termined with or without cause by the Court. To view the full job announcement please our website www.vaed.uscourts.gov/jobs . The United Stes District Court is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A generous benefits package is available and includes: A minimum of 11 paid holidays per year Paid annual leave and Paid sick leave Retirement benefits Optional participion in the Thrift Savings Plan Optional participion in choice of Federal Employees' Health Benefits Optional participion in choice of Supplemental Dental and Vision Insurance Optional participion in choice of Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Optional participion in the Flexible Benefits Program Situional telework as authorized Credit for prior government service Review our benefits How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. All applicions reviewed to identify the best qualified candides. Only applicants selected for an interview notified. Applicants not selected for an interview will not receive notice concerning the stus of their applicion. Preference given to candides who are able to start as soon as possible. Benefits Help A generous benefits package is available and includes: A minimum of 11 paid holidays per year Paid annual leave and Paid sick leave Retirement benefits Optional participion in the Thrift Savings Plan Optional participion in choice of Federal Employees' Health Benefits Optional participion in choice of Supplemental Dental and Vision Insurance Optional participion in choice of Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Optional participion in the Flexible Benefits Program Situional telework as authorized Credit for prior government service Review our benefits Required documents Required Documents Help a cover letter; a resume; a list of professional references; and a completed Applicion for Judicial Branch Federal Employment ( AO78 ). See 'How to Apply' for instructions. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Interested applicants must submit four (4) items combined into a single PDF :
a cover letter; a resume; a list of professional references; and a completed Applicion for Judicial Branch Federal Employment ( AO78 ). Submit merials electronically to Jobbox3@vaed.uscourts.gov . Hard and faxed copies of applicions will not be accepted. Incomplete applicions will not be Only applicants who are selected for an interview contacted. Priority review for applicions received by May 31, 2026 . Agency contact informion Human Resources Phone 757-222-7303 Jobbox3@vaed.uscourts.gov Address US District Court and US Probion Office - Eastern District of Virginia 701 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 US Next steps Only applicants selected for an interview notified. Applicants not selected for an interview will not receive notice concerning the stus of their applicion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help a cover letter; a resume; a list of professional references; and a completed Applicion for Judicial Branch Federal Employment ( AO78 ). See 'How to Apply' for instructions. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Interested applicants must submit four (4) items combined into a single PDF :
a cover letter; a resume; a list of professional references; and a completed Applicion for Judicial Branch Federal Employment ( AO78 ). Submit merials electronically to Jobbox3@vaed.uscourts.gov . Hard and faxed copies of applicions will not be accepted. Incomplete applicions will not be Only applicants who are selected for an interview contacted. Priority review for applicions received by May 31, 2026 . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Human Resources Phone 757-222-7303 Jobbox3@vaed.uscourts.gov Address US District Court and US Probion Office - Eastern District of Virginia 701 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 US Next steps Only applicants selected for an interview notified. Applicants not selected for an interview will not receive notice concerning the stus of their applicion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on May 31, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Richmond, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $51,562 - $83,844 per year Actual starting salary dependent upon qualificions. Pay scale & grade CL 25 Promotion potential 25 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number FY26-21R
Control number 870435700
