Incumbent serves as Deputy Prosecutor/Supervisor for the Morgan County Prosecutor/IV-D Office, responsible for supervising assigned staff and administering the contract between the Prosecutor and the Child Support Bureau. 

DUTIES: 

Supervises assigned staff, including interviewing candidates and making hiring decisions, planning, delegating, and controlling work assignments, reviewing salaries of assigned staff, keeping supervisor and assigned staff informed of organizational changes, maintaining discipline and recommending corrective action, and communicating and administering personnel programs. 

Oversees the department’s finances and conflicts, including preparing budget and appearing before County Council and Commissioners, reviewing and approving frequent financial reports to State of Indiana, managing personnel issues, making policy decisions, making large capital expenditure decisions, and responding to complaints regarding service, case workers, and other matters. 

Researches and prepares cases for upcoming hearings, determining child support arrearage and compliance with support orders. 

Attends hearings and takes a role in hearing as necessary by presenting testimony to the Court, questioning witnesses, presenting arguments to the Court, dealing with attorneys for the parties, and engaging in such other areas of the practice of law as may be necessary. Prepares orders at the conclusion of hearings. 

Drafts and files such pleadings as necessary, such as, for contempt, liens on property, modification of support, change of payee, determination of arrearage, and other documents. 

Responds to questions from case workers and direct them as needed. 

Communicates with attorneys representing custodial and non-custodial parents or any other parties in the case. 

Answers phone calls, providing information and educating clients to clarify what is going on with the legal proceedings. 

Reviews requests for modification of support, requests for release of liens on property or vehicles for unpaid support, driver’s license suspensions and other enforcement activities. 

Serves as department liaison with other departments and units of county and state government and the Courts in the Courthouse, as needed. 

Communicates and updates case law, statutory law, and IV-D procedures to other members of the bar and legal community as needed. 

Attends regional and state Title IV-D conferences sponsored by the Child Support Bureau, and Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council. 

Performs additional duties as assigned and/or required by law. 

JOB REQUIREMENTS: 

Doctor Jurisprudence with license to practice law in the State of Indiana. Must pass the Indiana State Bar Exam and be admitted to the bar, Roll of Attorneys. 

Must be at least 21 years of age. 

Ability to obtain and maintain IRS Certification. 

Ability to meet all hiring requirements, including passage of a drug test. 

Complete knowledge of and ability to apply federal, state, and local laws and ordinances to a variety of individual situations and circumstances for the preparation and prosecution of cases before the court. 

Knowledge of constitutional law, criminal and traffic law. Knowledge of Title IV-D laws and regulations. 

Working knowledge of standard office procedures and computer software programs used by the Prosecutor’s Office, with ability to apply such knowledge to a variety of interrelated processes, tasks and operations. 

Working knowledge of standard English grammar, spelling and punctuation, and ability to prepare court/legal documents and detailed written reports as required. 

Ability to supervise assigned staff, including interviewing candidates, making hiring decisions, planning, delegating, and controlling work assignments, reviewing salaries of assigned staff, keeping supervisor and assigned staff informed of organizational changes, maintaining discipline and recommending corrective action, and communicating and administering personnel programs. 

Ability to operate standard office equipment, such as telephone, computer, typewriter, calculator, and vehicle. 

Ability to effectively communicate, orally and in writing, with co-workers, other County departments, Courts, Child Support Division, State of Indiana, Morgan County Auditor, Prosecutor-Criminal Division, and the public including being sensitive to professional ethics, gender, cultural diversities and disabilities. 

Ability to provide public access to, or maintain confidentiality of, department information and records according to state requirements. 

Ability to comply with all employer and department policies and work rules, including, but not limited to, attendance, safety, drug-free workplace, and personal conduct. 

Ability to competently serve the public with diplomacy and respect, including occasional encounters with irate/hostile persons. 

Ability to understand, memorize, retain and carry out oral and written instructions and present findings in oral or written form. 

Ability to compare or observe similarities and differences between data, people or things. 

Ability to compile, analyze, and evaluate data, make determinations based on data analyses, and fabricate data to discover facts. 

Ability to work alone with minimum supervision and with others in a team environment, often amidst frequent distractions and interruptions. 

Ability to apply knowledge of people/locations, plan/layout assigned work projects, and make simple arithmetic additions/subtractions. 

Ability to occasionally work extended hours, weekends, and evenings, travel out of town for conferences, sometimes overnight, respond to emergencies on a 24-hour basis, and serve on 24- hour call. 

Possession of a valid driver’s license and demonstrated safe driving record. 

DIFFICULTY OF WORK: 

Incumbent applies a broad scope of rules and regulations in developing effective approaches for prosecution of Title IV-D offenders in Morgan County. Incumbent exercises independent judgment in adapting basic guidelines and accepted procedures to meet specific situations and fit highly complex or contradictory circumstances. 

RESPONSIBILITY: 

Incumbent receives general supervision in supervising assigned staff. Assignments are guided by broad policies and/or general objectives. Incumbent establishes procedures and performance standards and interprets policies. Incumbent has a high degree of flexibility in the job, and only refers to supervisor when interpretations of departmental policies, programs, expenditures, are thought necessary. Periodically, decisions are made in the absence of specific policies, and/or guidance from supervisor. Errors in work can result in excessive cost repercussions to the county and possible loss of individual liberty or loss of life. 

PERSONAL WORK RELATIONSHIPS: 

Incumbent maintains frequent contact with co-workers, other County departments, Courts, Child Support Bureau, and the public for the purposes of giving and receiving information, rendering service, instructing, negotiating, and mentoring. 

Incumbent reports directly to Prosecutor. 

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

Incumbent performs duties in a standard office environment and in a courtroom, involving sitting/walking at will, sitting for long periods, lifting/carrying objects weighing under 25 pounds, bending, close/far vision, color perception, driving, speaking clearly, hearing sounds/communication and handling/grasping objects. Incumbent maintains considerable contact with victims and defendants and may be exposed to irate/hostile individuals. 

Incumbent occasionally works extended hours, weekends, and evenings, travels out of town for conferences, sometimes overnight, responds to emergencies on a 24-hour basis, and serves on 24-hour call.