Typing Pool Manager
| Posting date: | 07 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £29,019 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 July 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | REQ00905 |
Summary
We are seeking applications from candidates to effectively manage the Typing Pool within the Supreme Courts in Edinburgh, ensuring the smooth and effective running of this business unit.
The Typing Pool is primarily responsible for the typing and formatting of judicial judgments and reports as well as processing transcription requests using digital recording systems.
A large part of the Supreme Courts output on the SCTS website is also managed by the typing pool, including various court rolls and the publication of judgments and Contempt of Court Orders.
The key responsibilities include:
Act as Line Manager for AO members of the Typing Support Team and to train, coach, mentor and develop staff
Conduct interim and annual reviews on staff performance in accordance with Scottish Court and Tribunals Service guidelines
Actively review processes to ensure maximum efficiency when duties are being carried out within the overall Typing Pool
Management of the typing support services to the Judiciary, SCTS management and staff to ensure effective and efficient processing of business
Ensure accuracy in preparation and typing of manuscript and audio tasks
Monitor and manage the Supreme Courts section of the SCTS website using the Umbraco Content Management System
Upload documents to the Supreme Courts section of the SCTS website including, but not limited to, Judgements, Court Rolls, Permission to Appeal List and Bail Appeals
Manage the request process for civil and criminal transcripts, ensuring audio is provided to external transcriptionists efficiently using various different programmes and any issues which arise during the request process are resolved in as timely a fashion as possible through liaison with SCTS colleagues and internal/external justice partners
Manage the contempt of court orders for the Sheriff Court and Supreme Courts by ensuring orders are issued to press in a timely manner and the relevant information on the website is updated
Responsibility for updating the avizandum registers to ensure the Depute in Charge of the Offices of Court can monitor judicial opinions which are overdue
Responsibility for updating and monitoring work flow databases in relation to work completed by Clerk Typists.
Carry out administrative duties including;
Car parking requests
Security court passes
Booking of meeting rooms within PH
Logging of maintenance queries on Concept system.
Manage and respond to all enquiries sent to generic email inboxes on a daily basis.
Undertake additional duties as may reasonably be requested within the scope of the post.
Applications will be accepted until 11:59pm on 29 July 2025.
Interviews will be held week commencing 11 August 2025.
The Typing Pool is primarily responsible for the typing and formatting of judicial judgments and reports as well as processing transcription requests using digital recording systems.
A large part of the Supreme Courts output on the SCTS website is also managed by the typing pool, including various court rolls and the publication of judgments and Contempt of Court Orders.
The key responsibilities include:
Act as Line Manager for AO members of the Typing Support Team and to train, coach, mentor and develop staff
Conduct interim and annual reviews on staff performance in accordance with Scottish Court and Tribunals Service guidelines
Actively review processes to ensure maximum efficiency when duties are being carried out within the overall Typing Pool
Management of the typing support services to the Judiciary, SCTS management and staff to ensure effective and efficient processing of business
Ensure accuracy in preparation and typing of manuscript and audio tasks
Monitor and manage the Supreme Courts section of the SCTS website using the Umbraco Content Management System
Upload documents to the Supreme Courts section of the SCTS website including, but not limited to, Judgements, Court Rolls, Permission to Appeal List and Bail Appeals
Manage the request process for civil and criminal transcripts, ensuring audio is provided to external transcriptionists efficiently using various different programmes and any issues which arise during the request process are resolved in as timely a fashion as possible through liaison with SCTS colleagues and internal/external justice partners
Manage the contempt of court orders for the Sheriff Court and Supreme Courts by ensuring orders are issued to press in a timely manner and the relevant information on the website is updated
Responsibility for updating the avizandum registers to ensure the Depute in Charge of the Offices of Court can monitor judicial opinions which are overdue
Responsibility for updating and monitoring work flow databases in relation to work completed by Clerk Typists.
Carry out administrative duties including;
Car parking requests
Security court passes
Booking of meeting rooms within PH
Logging of maintenance queries on Concept system.
Manage and respond to all enquiries sent to generic email inboxes on a daily basis.
Undertake additional duties as may reasonably be requested within the scope of the post.
Applications will be accepted until 11:59pm on 29 July 2025.
Interviews will be held week commencing 11 August 2025.
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