Office Manager REF NO: 2026/49/OCJ at Office of the Chief Justice South Africa

REQUIREMENTS :

• Applicants should be in possession of a three (3) years National Diploma / Bachelor’s Degree in Office Administration / Management / LLB or equivalent qualification at NQF level 6 as recognised by SAQA. A minimum of three (03) years’ relevant experience in an office administration environment of which one (01) year should be at supervisory level. A valid driver’s license and Legal research (post qualification) experience will serve as an added advantage.

DUTIES :

• Manage the Office of the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, attend to and record enquiries directed to the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, tracking of enquiries/duties to ensure timeous compliance with various deadlines and directives, manage and diarise all appointments and events, ensure the correct application of regulations, policies or any other relevant legal source or directive related to specific fields,
• liaise with all stakeholders with regard to matters emanating from the Office of the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, check and manage all incoming and outgoing correspondence from the President’s secretary to other stakeholders, attend to research and retrieve material from the library at the court physically and electronically, check research submitted to the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal by the Law Researchers, proof read and cite check all judgments done by the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal or any other judgment drafted by judges of appeal, manage and supervise the judge’s secretaries and support staff, manage secretaries and support staff, ensure that training needs are identified and attended to by means of informal and formal training, manage and supervise the court sittings and tea room duties of the judge’s secretaries, receive petitions filed at the court, draft detailed and competent summaries of the petitions, ensure that the details of the parties, case number and area of law are identified, compile a spreadsheet with a list of petitions received and submit to the Chief Registrar.