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25-06 Case Manager
Company:
68102
Industry:
Non-profit
Job title:
25-06 Case Manager
Job level:
Entry
Job description:
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT – DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
Position: Case Manager
Vacancy: 25-06
Classification: CL 25
Salary Range: $49,379 – 80,237*
Career Opportunity: CL 26/61
Duty Station: Omaha
Status: Full-time permanent
Open to: All qualified candidates
Number of Positions: One (1)
Opening Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Closing Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
*Starting salary is set considering human resources policies, qualifications, experience, and applicant’s current salary or federal pay grade.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Clerk’s Office of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska is seeking a full-time case manager in Omaha. A case manager knows and follows docketing procedures; checks incoming documents for conformity with federal and local rules; performs data quality review; and provides docketing and clerical support. The case manager also assists internal and external customers.
Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Make summary entries and assure the accuracy, timeliness, and quality of all documents and proceedings in CM/ECF (Case Management/Electronic Case Filing). Perform quality assurance checks on electronically-filed documents and on opening and closing of cases. Assist in correcting errors identified in CM/ECF and advise supervisors when repetitive errors are found.
• Open cases upon receipt of initiating documents; close cases upon receipt of terminating documents.
• Receive, review, and file incoming documents to determine conformity with appropriate rules, practices, and court requirements. Scan and convert documents into imaged files. Prepare case file, when applicable.
• Prepare and transmit to appropriate parties’ letters, notices, judgments, orders, and the like.
• Answer questions on case status and assists CM/ECF users, both over the phone and at the front counter.
• Assist and advise other employees on specific tasks and docketing procedures in civil and criminal cases.
• Route paper documents to proper office or person after acceptance.
• Collect appropriate fees.
• Assure assignment of case numbers and randomly assigns cases to judges.
• Verify attorneys= authority to practice before the court.
• Assist in processing the grand jury return.
• Retrieve and transmit documents and files to and from the Federal Records Center.
• Open and distribute mail.
• Perform other duties that may be assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Qualifications must be met at the time of the application.
Must have a high school diploma or equivalent, two years of general experience, and one year of specialized experience. A college degree is preferred, but not required. Legal or court experience is preferred, but not required.
Specialized experience:
Progressively responsible clerical or administrative experience requiring the regular and recurring application of clerical procedures that demonstrates the ability to apply a body of rules, regulations, directives, or laws and involves the routine use of specialized terminology and automated software and equipment for word processing, data entry, or report generation. Such experience is commonly encountered in court judicial systems, law firms, legal counsel offices, banking and credit firms, educational institutions, social service organizations, insurance companies, and real estate and title offices.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Applicants must submit a PDF document to USDCHR@ned.uscourts.gov to include a:
• Cover letter
• Resume
• Application Form AO-78 (all sections must be completed)
• Contact information for three professional references
Application materials that do not adhere to this procedure will not be considered. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Travel reimbursement in connection with the selection process and/or relocation is not authorized.
The clerk of court reserves the right to modify the conditions of this vacancy announcement at any time or to withdraw it without prior notice.
BENEFITS PACKAGE
• Health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance
• Health and dependent reimbursement accounts
• Student loan forgiveness
• Federal Employee Retirement System
• Thrift Savings Plan with 5% match
• Flexible work schedule
• Telework
• Paid annual and sick leave
• Paid federal holidays
• Parking
• On-site fitness facility
http://www.uscourts.gov/careers/benefits
Positions available:
1
Posted on:
June 25, 2025