Role

Job Details

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and eligible citizens of Uganda to fill the vacant posts available in the Judiciary Service as specified below. Applicants will be subject to all the Terms and Conditions set out herein.

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is an equal opportunity employer.

• Duty Station: Kampala
• Employment Type: Full Time
• Salary: Not Disclosed
• Work Hours: 8 hours

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Attending to hearings, depositions, proceedings and other types of events that require a written transcript.
• Transcribing verbatim proceedings of courts using computerized recording equipment, electronic machines or steno equipment.
• Filing and storing shorthand notes and recordings of court sessions.
• Availing copies of transcriptions to the courts, legal counsels and any other involved party.
• Filing legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office.
• Maintaining the transcribing and other office equipment under his/her care.

Qualifications, Skills and Requirements

• The applicants should be Ugandans holding a Bachelor's Degree in either Secretarial Studies, Business and Office Management, Office and Information Management, Administrative and Secretarial Science or Management, Administrative and Secretarial Studies or any other relevant qualification in the field of Secretarial Studies from a recognised University or awarding Institution.
• Note: The qualification is reviewed to include qualifications that are analogous to the foundation qualifications for the post of Court Transcriber.