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PROCESS SERVER

City of Chicago • Chicago, IL • 5h ago

Description:

BID/JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Process Server

Department of Law

Building and License Enforcement Division

Number of Positions: 2

(Additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Starting Salary: $51,936.00 annually

This position is open to the public and all current City employees covered under the City's collective bargaining agreement with AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME) - BARGAINING UNIT 1, 3, 4 & 5. Only employees in City job titles in this bargaining unit are eligible to bid.

BID INSTRUCTIONS: Apply on the bid site: https://chicago.taleo.net/careersection/103/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en AND

Check the box on your profile titled "Currently employed by the City of Chicago"
Enter your employee ID (located on your pay stub labeled 'payee/employee number')
Select your correct bargaining unit.

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN A REJECTED BID APPLICATION.

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59 pm CDT on June 1, 202 6.

Under supervision, delivers legal documents throughout Cook County to individuals to provide official notification of summonses to appear related to pending civil litigation cases and violations of the Municipal Code, and performs related duties as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Serves summonses and complaints to individuals for violations of the City's Municipal Code.

Serves subpoenas for civil litigation cases to request the appearance of witnesses for depositions and court hearings and for the production of designated items.

Accesses applicable databases (e.g., Accurint) to locate and verify current addresses where documents are to be served.

Makes telephone calls to individuals and conducts direct interviews with their neighbors to identify current addresses of individuals to be served.

Completes affidavits of service to document legal papers have been properly served and attempts have been made to serve identified individuals.

Updates and maintains daily activity work logs to record dates and times that documents have been successfully served and attempts made at service.

Testifies at court proceedings to explain the process of serving legal documents and to provide details regarding specific assignments.

May retrieve inventoried items from the Police Department warehouse and transports them to court proceedings.

May drive Law Department attorneys to view incident scenes.

Facilitates out-of-county and out-of-state process service assignments with process serving vendors.

Maintains reports of all work assigned.

Processes invoices.

Performs data entry.

Additional duties may be required for this position.

Location: 2 N. LaSalle St., Chicago, IL 60602

Days: Monday through Friday

Hours: 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM or 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM

THIS POSITION IS IN THE CAREER SERVICE

Qualifications:

Must be a retired police officer separated from service in good standing from a law enforcement agency after an aggregate of at least ten years.

A valid State of Illinois driver's license is required.

Preference will be given to candidates possessing the following:

Experience serving summonses, complaints, and/or subpoena

Proficiency accessing databases to locate and verify information

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

This position requires applicants to successfully complete an interview. The interviewed candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities will be selected.

For Information on our employees benefits please visit our benefits website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/fin/benefits-office.html

For Information on our salary and title structure visit our classifications website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/dhr/supp\info/JobClassification/2025\Classification\and\Pay_Plan.pdf

APPLICATION EVALUATION: Initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application and the documents submitted. Department of Human Resource staff will review applications after the final posting date. Staff will follow any and all required Employment/Hiring Plan provisions, federal, state and local laws, and Collective Bargaining Agreements when applicable. Staff will apply hiring preferences as required by the municipal code. Placement on an eligibility list is not an offer or guarantee of an interview nor employment with the City of Chicago.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY: To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience the City of Chicago has adopted the following ordinances 2-74-020 and 2-74-075. The ordinances provide a preference to applicants who meet minimum qualifications and who are veterans of the Armed Forces, and/or residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA) and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates to be referred to departments for consideration. These hiring preferences do not apply to bidders, as Collective Bargaining Agreements define the hiring process for bidders. For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, bidders will be considered before external candidates. To learn more about our hiring practices click here. (https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dhr/provdrs/emp.html)

ALL REFERENCES TO POLITICAL SPONSORSHIP OR RECOMMENDATION MUST BE OMITTED FROM ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT.

The City of Chicago is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Military Friendly, and Fair Chance Employer.

City of Chicago

Brandon Johnson, Mayor

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