Managing Court Reporter II

Mission Statement

The Judicial Department works to provide equal access to justice, contribute to public safety, and strengthen the rule of law across Colorado. Together our courts and probation departments are committed to impartial and timely dispute resolution; support for families, litigants, and victims; client rehabilitation; and meaningful community engagement.

STATEMENT OF DUTIES

Manages Realtime court reporting services and provides professional Realtime verbatim reporting and transcribing for court proceedings, hearings and conferences. Manages 8 or more FTE court reporters. Certification requirements are the same as for the Court Reporter III or IV.

• Supervises and plans out the work of assigned court reporters, including scheduling, assigning, and reviewing work, providing guidance, hiring, training, and conducting performance evaluations.
• Provides Realtime, verbatim court reporting services through stenographic shorthand for jury trials, preliminary hearings, motions hearings, and any applicable requested court proceedings.
• Maintains backlog of transcripts, production, distribution, and management of transcript invoicing for all requested proceedings.
• Ensures backup of all stenographic notes, rough drafts, and completed transcripts.
• Attends mandatory Judicial Department trainings and continuing education to maintain certification.
• Performs administrative and clerical duties related to the court, including maintaining files and court documents.
• Stays abreast of the latest technologies for providing Realtime reporting services.
• Ensures reporters have the tools necessary to provide Realtime to the judicial officers.
• Establishes policies and procedures to ensure reporting consistency.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Essential Functions

• Supervises and monitors performance for a regular group of employees (1 or more full-time employees) including providing input on hiring/disciplinary actions and work objectives/ effectiveness, performance evaluations, and realigning work as needed.
• Work performed by majority of employees is semi complex.
• Human Collaboration Interactions may result in decisions regarding implementation of policies.
• Contact may involve support of controversial positions or the negotiation of sensitive issues or important presentations.
• Contacts may involve stressful, negative interactions with the public requiring high levels of tact and the ability to respond to aggressive interpersonal interactions.
• Interactions have limited impact.
• Freedom To Act & Impact Of Actions Receives Limited Direction: Employee normally perform assignments according to your own judgment, requesting Supervisory assistance only when necessary. Special projects are managed with little oversight and assignments may be reviewed upon completion. Performance reviewed periodically. Impact of actions are moderate.

Knowledge & Skills

• Expert: Recognized authority in an area of expertise related to the work. Technical expertise is sought out by others across organization. Incumbent can apply technical skills in a wide and often unpredictable range of contexts. Likely impact on organization is standard.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education and Experience Equivalency: Associate's degree or 2 years of college. OR Additional work experience in these or other related fields may be substituted on a year for year basis for the required formal education.
• Work Related Experience 3 to 5 years of experience in court reporting.
• Licenses And Certifications Registered Professional Reporter certification.

Physical Effort Requirements

• Medium Work- Exerting up to 35 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly having to move objects.

Work Environment

• Good-Relatively free from unpleasant environmental conditions and/or hazards.

Exposures

• Individuals who are hostile or irate;
• Individuals with known violent backgrounds.