Counsel at First Appearance Staff Supervisor/Business Analyst III

Travis County, TX

$100K — $110K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field
  • 5+ years of relevant work experience
  • Valid Texas Driver's License
  • Preferred certifications: MCSE, CNA, CNE
  • Knowledge of court policies, legal terminology, and IT systems

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate courtroom activities and assist judges and attorneys
  • Provide technical assistance for courtroom equipment and systems
  • Manage and schedule court coordinators and interpreters
  • Create and oversee CAFA Magistration hearing schedules
  • Support users with technical issues during court operations
  • Conduct regular meetings with judicial representatives

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance
  • On-site no-cost Health and Wellness clinic
  • Longevity pay after three years of service
  • Paid vacations, sick leave, and personal holidays
  • Participation in the Texas County & District Retirement System
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Credit union membership with financial benefits
Full Job Description
Salary: $100,000.00 - $110,000.00 Annually
Location : 501 West 11th Street, Austin, TX
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 26-10840
Department: Criminal Courts
Opening Date: 08/19/2026
Closing Date: 9/2/2026 11:59 PM Central

Job Summary
This position will be working in Travis County's Counsel at First Appearance (CAFA) program. Travis County will be providing attorneys (defense and prosecution) to arrested persons during the magistration process. This Business Analyst III will function as a coordinator of the court processes, will provide technical computer assistance to the judge and court participants, and will manage and schedule our Business Analyst II/CAFA Court Coordinators and Interpreters. As a part of CAFA, this position will be expected to work in the evenings, weekends, and holidays on a rotation basis.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

This is the fourth in a series of four business analyst-related job classifications within the Information Technology job family. Provides moderately complex to complex technical consulting and support services for defining, developing and improving functional or business processes to meet user and organizational needs. The Business Analyst III performs complex Information Technology functions and may perform computer hardware and software installation, network administration and database management within a department. This classification may require a flexible work schedule in order to meet the needs of the department.

Duties and Responsibilities

Performs other job-related duties as assigned including:

  • Under limited supervision, performs advanced complex legal, administrative, technical and operations assistance and research for judges and court staff.
  • Maintains order and decorum of the court during CAFA Magistration hearings.
  • Assists the judge, attorneys and the public in their interaction with the court system.
  • Coordinates activities within the courtroom and monitors and assists with daily implementation and use of electronic courtroom equipment and the document management system during magistration hearings.
  • Reviews upcoming dockets for language needs, coordinates with Spanish interpreter as needed, and schedules Language Line for defendants' needs other than Spanish.
  • Coordinates the CAFA TEAMS meeting, invites/adds individuals working on the shift, ensures Pretrial, Defense, and Prosecution teams complete docket review, communicate in person and through TEAMS.
  • Creates/Manages CAFA Magistration hearing schedule; coordinates with departments on who is working on the shifts
  • Serves as Zoom Coordinator for Magistration, creates breakout rooms and ensures all courtroom equipment is functioning
  • Manages and schedules all CAFA Court Coordinators and helps direct their training and work
  • Schedules regular business meetings with the associate judges and acts as a liaison for them with associated Travis County departments as needed
Customer Support Duties:
  • Provides on-site desktop support, endpoint management and assistance outside of core business hours, on weekends, holidays and as needed to bring resolution.
  • Creates, resets and deletes user profiles. Assists users with access or login problems.
  • Installs, configures, deploys and supports hardware cameras, printers, desktops and peripherals.
  • Installs, configures, deploys and supports new software packages, upgrades new desktop hardware for users' desktops, laptops and printers.
  • Works with varied versions of client technologies, installing and testing across many different platforms. Assists in determination of technology requirements.

Minimum Requirements

Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or a directly related field AND five (5) years of relevant work experience;

OR,

Any combination of education and experience that has been achieved and is equivalent to the stated education and experience and required knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of this job.

Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements:
Valid Texas Driver's License.

Preferred:
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) Certification.
Certified Novell Administrator (CNA) Certification.
Certified Novell Engineer (CNE) Certification.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:
  • Policies, practices, procedures and terminology of assigned function.
  • Federal, State, Local and County applicable laws, rules, regulations and guidelines.
  • Information technology hardware, software and peripherals as related to assigned function.
  • Existing automated business applications and their relationships to each other and interfaces with other automated systems.
  • Software engineering and the software development lifecycle.
  • Computer equipment to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases and a variety of software packages.
  • May be required to develop knowledge of and adhere to federal and state laws requiring the confidential handling of certain health information.
Skill in:
  • Understanding technical problems and solutions in relation to current, as well as future, business environment.
  • Problem-solving and decision-making.
  • Training users on computer applications.
  • Translating moderately complex concepts for peers and customers.
  • Network administration and maintenance.
  • Installing, maintaining and troubleshooting of hardware, software and peripherals.
  • Both verbal and written communication, including presentations and communicating technical issues in non-technical language.
Ability to:
  • Identify and analyze end-user problems and develop practical technological solutions.
  • Lead, supervise and/or work independently and efficiently and as part of a team.
  • Manage time well, perform multiple tasks and organize diverse activities.
  • Research, compile, analyze, interpret and prepare a variety of memorandums or reports.
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with departmental clientele, representatives of outside agencies and providers, other County employees and officials, and the general public.

Work Environment & Other Information

Physical requirements include the ability to lift/carry up to 35-40 pounds occasionally, visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer and office equipment. Subject to standing, sitting, walking, climbing, crawling, bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, pushing, pulling, reaching, twisting, balancing, repetitive motion, and squatting to perform the essential functions. Subject to exposure to variations in extreme heat, cold, mechanical, fume/odor, and dust/mites.

Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.

Work Hours: 8 am - 5 pm, Monday-Friday.

Location: 501 W. 11th Austin TX 78701

Department: Criminal Courts

Criminal, Driving, Education, and Employment Background Checks Required.

For updates or questions on this position, contact:

This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.
Benefits
Employment at Travis County comes with a full array of benefits. We offer comprehensive health insurance, a no-cost, on-site Health and Wellness clinic, longevity pay, paid vacations, sick time and personal holidays, not to mention an industry competitive salary structure and a friendly, stable work environment.
FY2026 Travis County Benefit Guide

In this valuable you will find benefit summaries, eligibility requirements, costs, contact numbers and addresses as well as other general information on the benefits available to Travis County Employees and Retirees.

Credit Union
Employees may join the Travis County Credit Union which offers low-interest loans, savings plans through payroll deduction, safe deposit boxes and other benefits.

Deferred Compensation
Employees may enroll in a tax- free sheltered investment plan through payroll deduction.

Direct Deposit
Employees may sign up for direct bank deposit.

Employee Assistance Program
Travis County provides a confidential counseling and referral service free of charge to county employees and their family.

Employee Organizations
Membership in the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Union is available through payroll deduction.

Employee Health & Wellness Clinic
Employees may access the clinic for a variety of wellness program and health care services with no co-pay, no deductible and no co-insurance costs.

Holidays
An average of eleven paid holidays are designated by the Travis County Commissioners Court at the beginning of each fiscal year.

Insurance
Employees may select from four plans: an Exclusive Physician Organization (EPO), Choice Plus Preferred Physician Organization (PPO), Consumer Choice or a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) with a Health Savings Account (HSA). All four options include a Pharmacy Plan. Travis County's current policy is to pay 100% of the employee's health insurance premium for the Consumer Choice and HDHP. Employees will pay a premium for both the EPO and PPO. Other insurance benefits include $50,000 Basic Life and AD&D paid by the County.

The following benefits are employee paid:
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Supplemental Life, AD&D
  • Dependent Life
  • Short Term Disability
  • Long Term Disability
  • Long Term Care

New employees are covered on the first day of the month following 28 calendar days of employment.

Longevity
Longevity pay is paid for each year completed after three years of continuous service. Peace Officers in a law enforcement activity, whose job requires state peace officer certification, receive pay after one year of certification.

On the regular payday on or after the employee's fourth and subsequent adjusted service dates, he or she receives a single payment for the previous year.

Parking
A limited number of assigned parking spaces are available to employees in the Courthouse Complex.

Personal Holidays
Regular, full-time employees are eligible for up to three paid personal holidays each calendar year. Part-time employees shall be granted personal holidays on a prorated basis. New employees earn personal holidays for the calendar year in which he/she begins employment, based on the month in which employment begins:

January - March

3 personal holidays
April - June

2 personal holidays

July - September

1 personal holiday
October - December

None

New employees are eligible to take personal holidays after 90 days of employment.
Retirement
Travis County is a member of the Texas County & District Retirement System with mandatory participation by certain classes of employees. Seven percent (7%) of the gross salary is deducted each pay period. An employee is fully vested after eight years of service. Benefits are prorated for part-time employees.

Sick Leave
Regular employees earn sick leave at a rate of eight hours per month with unlimited accrual during employment. Part-time employees earn sick leave on a pro-rated basis.

Parental Leave
Each Full-time Paid Parental Leave Eligible (PPL) Employee is entitled to a total of 320 hours of Paid Parental Leave in a 12 month period. Paid Parental Leave for Part-time PPL Eligible Employees is prorated based on the number of hours that they are regularly scheduled to work.

Tuition Refund
Certain classes of full-time employees may receive reimbursement for fees associated with pre-approved, job related course work completed satisfactorily.

Vacation
Based on years of county service, regular, full-time employees earn vacation time at the following rates:

0 to 5 years

4.0 hours per pay period

6 to 10 years

4.5 hours per pay period

11 to 15 years

5.0 hours per pay period

16 to 20 years

5.5 hours per pay period

21 plus years

6.0 hours per pay period

Part-time employees earn vacation leave on a pro-rated basis.

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