Chief Registrar at Office of the Chief Justice South Africa

CENTRE :

• Gauteng Division of The High Court: Johannesburg Ref No: 2026/14/OCJ 
• Gauteng Division of The High Court: Pretoria Ref No: 2026/15/OCJ 

REQUIREMENTS :

• Applicants should be in possession of an LLB Degree or a Four (4) year legal qualification as recognised by SAQA. A minimum of eight (8) years’ appropriate post qualification legal experience and must be gained as a Registrar, At least eight (8) years’ post graduate legal experience gained as a Registrar. A valid driver’s license.
• An LLM Degree will serve as an added advantage. All shortlisted candidates shall undertake a pre-entry practical exercise as part of the assessment method to determine the candidate's suitability based on the post's technical and generic requirements. All shortlisted candidates shall undertake a pre-entry practical exercise as part of the assessment method to determine the candidate's suitability based on the post's technical and generic requirements.

DUTIES :

• Mentor and advice on the tracking and management of the progression of all cases filed in court, management of time and events necessary to move cases from initiation through to disposition, make inputs on amendments of court rules and practice directives to improve efficiency at the Supreme Court of Appeal, implement directives issued by the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, manage implementation of the Departmental Strategic Objectives relating to the processing of cases within the Case Flow Management Framework at the Supreme Court of Appeal, compiling of training manuals and providing of training to Registrars and Clerks.
• Stakeholder Management. Support Court and Case Flow Management/Quasi-Judicial functions, manage Service Level Agreement Framework, managing Strategic Court Efficiency Projects and Best Practices, Information and Case/Court Documentation Management System, safeguard case records in accordance with prescripts, achieve excellence in delivering planned customer service outcomes (i.e. service levels and standards) for the Department and monitoring the unit’s service delivery in order to achieve the service delivery targets, ensure the highest level of customer care and customer satisfaction, manage staff and all HR related processes.