Career Opportunities

The Clerk's Office is looking for ambitious, dedicated people, interested in working for a public service oriented office. If you meet these criteria, we are interested in discussing future employment opportunities with you.

Employment Information

The Clerk of the Circuit Court, Ken Burke, is a constitutional officer elected to a four-year term by the voters of Pinellas County.

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The Clerk is ministerial officer for the Circuit and County Court and performs the Constitutional and statutory duties for both trial Courts as record keeper of all court records and pleadings filed. The Clerk of the Circuit Court serves as the Recorder of Deeds, Clerk and Accountant of the Board of County Commissioners, Custodian of County Funds (County Treasurer), County Auditor (Comptroller) and Clerk of the Water and Navigation Control Authority.

The Clerk has also assumed several other responsibilities by interlocal agreement: Printing Services, Mail and Courier Service, Records Management and Clerk's BCC Records.

There are a variety of job responsibilities allowing for a wide range of interesting work.

Microfilming and imaging of county records,
recording and indexing of public records,
processing and maintaining all court files,
providing mail services,
print shop responsibilities using modern technology and machinery,
financial accounting and clerical support

The Clerk's Office is public service oriented and many positions involve direct contact with the public either in person or by telephone. There are computerized systems throughout the departments so data entry and word processing are an important part of the operation. The Financial Information Systems section of the Finance Division uses computer programmers and analysts to maintain all computer programs necessary to support the Finance Division.

There are over 500 positions available including a variety of management and supervisory positions, professional accounting and audit positions and the office has need for clerical positions, cashiers, photo operators, couriers, mail clerks, data entry operators, programmers, analysts, and printing equipment operators. Because of the size of the Clerk's Office, there is a continued need for qualified applicants.

CLERK'S OFFICE DIVISIONS:

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Most Clerk's Office employees work from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M., Monday through Friday. However, some positions have flexible hours and overtime. In addition, some locations offer 8 hour and 4 hour night shift positions with additional compensation from 3:00 P.M. to 11:00 p.m. or from 5 P.M. to 1 A.M., Monday through Friday.

1. HOW AND WHERE DO I APPLY FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE?
2. HOW LONG WILL I HAVE TO WAIT FOR AN INTERVIEW?
3. WHAT TYPE OF SALARY CAN I EXPECT TO RECEIVE?
4. WHAT ARE THE FRINGE BENEFITS AVAILABLE?
5. WHERE CAN I GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE?
6. WHERE ARE THE CLERK'S OFFICES LOCATED?

HOW AND WHERE DO I APPLY FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE?

The Clerk's Office is a part of the Unified Personnel System of Pinellas County government. All applicants must file a completed employment application in the Personnel Department at 400 S. Ft Harrison, Clearwater or at the Judicial Building, 501 First Avenue North, Room 117, St. Petersburg. Once an application has been filed with the Personnel Department, applicants will be notified of a testing date for any position(s) for which they have applied. Applicants must be tested and receive a passing grade in order to be placed on an eligible register for a particular position. They are then contacted for an interview by the Staffing Coordinator of the Clerk's Office or by the Manager of the individual Departments.

To find out what jobs are available, follow this link.

HOW LONG WILL I HAVE TO WAIT FOR AN INTERVIEW?

The waiting time for an interview varies. Tests must be graded by the Personnel Department and the eligible register established and forwarded to the Clerk's Office before any interviews can be scheduled. Of course, a vacant position must exist before an applicant can be hired. All applicants remain on a register and are eligible for consideration for one year.

WHAT TYPE OF SALARY CAN I EXPECT TO RECEIVE?

As part of the Unified Personnel System, salaries are established in accordance with the requirements of each position classification. There is a minimum and maximum salary within each pay classification to allow for upward mobility. Regularly scheduled performance reviews are conducted and an employee is eligible for merit increase consideration following completion of the twelve month probationary period and annually thereafter. Salaries throughout the Clerk's Office are highly competitive with private industry.

WHAT ARE THE FRINGE BENEFITS AVAILABLE?

Fringe benefits offered are equivalent to an additional 40% of the employee's salary. Benefits include health, dental and life insurance for the employee, paid annual leave (for the purpose of vacation, personal business, emergencies, illness, medical and dental appointments), family leave as defined under the Federal Family Medical Leave Act, disability benefits, a deferred income program for those wishing to participate, an excellent retirement program through the Florida Retirement System, and tuition reimbursement.

For more information, visit the Personnel Benefits page.

Clerk's Offices are located throughout the county.

1. Clearwater Courthouse, 315 Court Street, Clearwater

Administrative Offices
Civil Court Records
Probate Court Records
Board Records
Accounting (Support Payments for the Courts)
Recording Services
Mail services
Marriage/Passport Department
Official Records Department

  2. AMSouth Building, 400 Cleveland St., Clearwater

Finance Division
Internal Audit Division

Circuit Criminal Court Records
Felony
Juvenile

County Criminal Court Records
Misdemeanor
Traffic

Jury Management

4. 14155 49th Street N., Clearwater

Records Center

5. 545 First Avenue N., St Petersburg

St. Petersburg Branch Office

6. 1800 66th Street N., St. Petersburg

Clerk's Tyrone Branch Office

7. 29582 U.S. 19 N., Clearwater

North County Branch Office

8. 12100 28th St. N., Clearwater

Printing Services