Court Usher

Job Description

Court Usher

We've got a great opportunity for a full- time long term temp role within the Brighton Courts, to join a fast-paced office.

• Full time 37 hrs per week
• Monday - Friday
• Long term Temporary ongoing role
• Pay - £12.21
• Location - Brighton
• Start date ASAP

• 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.

Brook Street are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.

As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.

If you are interested in this position, please apply below.