Judge’s Secretary at Office of the Chief Justice South Africa

REQUIREMENTS :

• Matric Certificate/Grade 12. One (01) to three (03) years; secretarial experience or as an office assistant in a legal environment.
• A valid drivers’ license. LLB degree or minimum of 20 modules completed towards an LLB, NA/Bcom Law degree will serve as an added advantage and results must accompany the application. Shortlisted candidates will be required to write a typing test.  

DUTIES :

• To ensure attendance and screening of all incoming and outgoing calls. To ensure that appointments and meetings of the Judge are diarized. To ensure that the Judgements are typed and correspondences are filled accordingly in the right sections. To ensure that signed Judgments and orders are handed down in court or virtually, sent to the typist and Library (Judgment only).
• To ensure that all visitors are received, screened and their queries are attended to. To ensure all incoming and outgoing documents are recorded and filled. To ensure that stationary for the Judge is ordered and collected. To ensure all files received from various section(s) are verified by Registrar on that section.
• To ensure that the register of reviews is up to date and signed on receipt and return of reviews to the review Clerk. To ensure that register/template of the reserved judgement is updated and notifying the Statistical officer as well as the office of the Judge President when judgment has been handed down. To ensure that the transcribed judgments from transcribers reach the Judges for approval and signature.
• To ensure that the heads of Arguments from various stakeholders are received filed and verified. Inform parties involved via-email and telephonically of time and date when reserved judgments will be handed down, further notifying them on how judgment will be handed down.
• To ensure that the bench book of the Judge is prepared and files are in court before the court start or before the Judge enters the court. To ensure that all cases are called and recorded as per the court roll.
• Calling the case number and the parties’ names on record before Judge allow parties to start with their matter. To ensure that the correct Oath ID or declaration is administered in court, when required. To ensure that the exhibits are handled, controlled and noted professionally and captured accordingly. To ensure that the correct order is endorsed on the file and or on Caselines after it was granted by Judge in court.
• To ensure that all the travel, accommodation arrangements are in order on time. To ensure that the Judge’s logbook is submitted on or before 5th of every month receive the preauthorization for the Judge’s vehicle. To remind the Judge of the invoices that need to be submission of S&T claims can be processed.
• To ensure the submission of Cell phone and 3G data claims for process purpose. To ensure that court roll(s) is submitted to the Statistical Officer on or before every Friday.