Court Reporter – Division 4

Job Title: Court Reporter - Division 4; Department: Court Services; Job Type: Full Time; Location: DeKalb County Superior Court; Closing Date: Open Until Filled.

About the role

The purpose of this classification is to record and transcribe verbatim court proceedings or other hearings.

Responsibilities

• Transcript Preparation & Court Documentation: Takes verbatim recordings of formal and/or legal proceedings; utilizes stenography and voice to text equipment; sets up, connects and verifies proper operation of equipment prior to proceedings; reiterates testimony and court records from notes upon request; ensures confidentiality of all evidence and testimony.
• Evidence & Trial Exhibit Management: Prepares certified written and electronic verbatim transcripts; proofreads, edits, and electronically files transcript; prepares trial index; includes trial exhibits in electronic form; certifies accuracy and completeness of documents; prepares certified documents for filing with Clerk of Court; produces and distributes copies of documents as appropriate; maintains confidentiality of official records. Receives, inventories, records, and trial exhibits entered as evidence in court; files case exhibits with proper agency when necessary; maintains exhibits during court hearings and trials.
• Digital Records Management & Archiving: Prepares digital media copies of transcripts; backs-up and archives electronic files and exhibits in compliance with applicable laws; responds to requests for transcripts within designated time frames. Maintains court reporting equipment and supplies used in daily work assignments; ensures proper working order of equipment; and sends equipment for major repairs as necessary.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications: Associates Degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related field required; three years of court reporting experience or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job. Must be Realtime certified or have Realtime software experience.

Qualifications

Specific License Or Certification Required: Must possess and maintain certifications as a Registered Professional Reporter (RPR) from the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) or licensure as a Certified Court Reporter (CCR) from the Board of Court Reporting of the Judicial Council of Georgia.

Skills

• Data Utilization: Requires the ability to coordinate, manage, and/or correlate data. Includes exercising judgment in determining time, place and/or sequence of operations, referencing data analyses to determine necessity for revision of organizational components, and in the formulation of operational strategy.
• Human Interaction: Requires the ability to work with others to coordinate the more complex programs and more complex problems associated with the responsibilities of the job. Often represents the department and/or organization when dealing with others.
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools, And Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
• Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.
• Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; the ability to calculate decimals and percentages; the ability to utilize principles of fractions; and the ability to interpret graphs.
• Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems.
• Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving broader aspects of organizational programs and operations, moderately unstable situations, or the direction, control and planning of an entire program or set of programs.

ADA Compliance: Physical Ability: Tasks require the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or work station. Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds, and visual cues or