Court Reporter

About the role

The Hearing Reporter provides assistance and support to Workers’ Compensation Judges and the Department of Industrial Relations in adjudication and administrative matters. Key responsibilities include taking verbatim accounts of conferences, hearings, trials, and other formal meetings in machine shorthand, taking and transcribing dictated summaries of hearings, preparing verbatim transcripts and other legal or administrative documents, entering statistical data, copying and scanning documents, and performing incidental clerical and stenographic work.

Responsibilities

• Takes verbatim accounts of conferences, hearings, trials, and other formal meetings in machine shorthand.
• Takes and transcribes dictated summaries of hearings.
• Prepares verbatim transcripts and other legal or administrative documents using computer-aided transcription and word-processing software.
• Enters statistical data in data management programs.
• Copies and scans documents using various office equipment.
• Performs incidental related clerical and stenographic work.

Requirements

• Education equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade.
• One year of experience taking and transcribing verbatim accounts of conferences, hearings, proceedings, trials, and other formal meetings in shorthand or machine shorthand writing.
• Possession of a State of California License as a Certified Shorthand Reporter.
• Possession of a Certificate of Proficiency or a Certificate of Merit issued by the National Shorthand Reporters’ Association (NSRA).

Qualifications

Experience: One year of experience taking and transcribing verbatim accounts of conferences, hearings, proceedings, trials, and other formal meetings in shorthand or machine shorthand writing; or Possession of a State of California License as a Certified Shorthand Reporter; or Possession of a Certificate of Proficiency or a Certificate of Merit issued by the National Shorthand Reporters’ Association (NSRA).

Skills

Ability to type at a rate of not less than 50 net words per minute.

Benefits

This posting may be used to fill future vacancies in accordance with 2 CCR 249.3.

Pay

To be determined based on qualifications and experience.

Schedule

To be determined based on qualifications and experience.