Clerk Typist
| Posting date: | 22 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £26,739 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 August 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | REQ00920 |
Summary
Our Supreme Courts Typing Pool, based at Parliament House in Edinburgh have a fantastic opportunity to join the team as a Clerk Typist on a full time, permanent basis.
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:
To undertake a number of general administrative duties including:
To provide typing services (manuscript and audio) to Supreme Court staff and Judiciary.
To provide secretarial services to the Judiciary, Senior Managers and Supreme Court Staff.
To assist with Admin Officer duties in Offices of Supreme Courts when available and if required.
To provide clerical support when required to judges and management.
To provide typing and secretarial support to the Sheriff Courts when required.
To download and/or transcribe using the various digital recording systems.
Additionally you:
Will have regular contact with court users, including members of the Judiciary. As such you be required to competently answer queries giving consistent and reliable advice.
Work within a team with regular management support and will be responsible for your own time.
May be required to provide advice to colleagues.
Undertake such duties as may reasonably be requested within the scope of the post.
Applications and completed assessments will be accepted until 11:59pm on the closing date stated on the advert, Monday 11 August 2025.
You must have completed the online assessment by this time for your application to be considered.
Please note that due to essential maintenance, our recruitment platform (iTrent) will be unavailable from 7:00pm Friday 1 August – 12:00 (Midday) Sunday 3 August 2025. The closing date for applications accounts for this.
Interviews will be held week commencing 25 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:
To undertake a number of general administrative duties including:
To provide typing services (manuscript and audio) to Supreme Court staff and Judiciary.
To provide secretarial services to the Judiciary, Senior Managers and Supreme Court Staff.
To assist with Admin Officer duties in Offices of Supreme Courts when available and if required.
To provide clerical support when required to judges and management.
To provide typing and secretarial support to the Sheriff Courts when required.
To download and/or transcribe using the various digital recording systems.
Additionally you:
Will have regular contact with court users, including members of the Judiciary. As such you be required to competently answer queries giving consistent and reliable advice.
Work within a team with regular management support and will be responsible for your own time.
May be required to provide advice to colleagues.
Undertake such duties as may reasonably be requested within the scope of the post.
Applications and completed assessments will be accepted until 11:59pm on the closing date stated on the advert, Monday 11 August 2025.
You must have completed the online assessment by this time for your application to be considered.
Please note that due to essential maintenance, our recruitment platform (iTrent) will be unavailable from 7:00pm Friday 1 August – 12:00 (Midday) Sunday 3 August 2025. The closing date for applications accounts for this.
Interviews will be held week commencing 25 August 2025.
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