Job Description
Court Usher
We've got a great opportunity for a full- time long term temp role within the Worthing Courts, to join a fast-paced office.
Overview:
- Full time 37 hrs per week
- Monday - Friday
- Long term Temporary ongoing role
- Pay - £12.21
- Location - Worthing
- Start date ASAP
Key responsibilities may include:
Administration
* Collecting and delivering files and bundles to the judiciary and clerks ensuring they have the necessary papers
* Providing support to colleagues & judiciary outside of court / hearing times
* General clerical work, including use of computers and Switchboard
* Filling out forms
* Operating recording equipment and maintaining records of recordings of hearings
* Sort and deliver lists of hearings for internal & external notice boards
Correspondence
* Completing standard forms, etc where the information is clearly defined.
* Straightforward drafting such as acknowledgements and receipting, confirmations, court orders, warrants etc.
Post Handling
* Opening, sorting, distributing and dispatching post as required
* Collecting and delivering post from appropriate offices
Monitoring Stock
* Ensuring Court rooms are supplied against requirements for relevant forms and stationary
* Collecting and delivering stationary around the offices
Data Entry and recording
* Resulting, checking accuracy and completeness against guidelines or a proforma, straightforward money handling e.g. issuing jury payments, spending petty cash under instruction.
Operating equipment
* Office and court equipment e.g. computers, fax machines, scanners, photocopiers, switchboards, franking machines, messaging equipment, tape, and video recorders etc.
Handling telephone calls
* Answering standard enquiries and passing messages to others.
Arranging meetings
* Preparing rooms for hearings, tribunals, trials, meetings and clearing the court / hearing room down at the end of the day etc.
* Using electronic diaries
Reception of parties to court
* Including members of the public, judiciary, juries, solicitors and barristers, the police, representatives of external Agencies etc.
* Providing information related to proceedings, escorting court users into and from the building, swearing oaths etc.
* Calling people into court / hearing rooms in priority order, discussing with Court Clerks and Legal Advisers and liaising with the Witness Service as necessary
* Answering face to face enquiries
* Keeping parties informed of changes eg, of courtrooms and hearing times
Other duties
The post holder is required to work in a flexible way and undertake any other duties reasonably requested by line management which are commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility of this post.