Supreme Courts Administrative Officer
| Posting date: | 25 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £26,739 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 October 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | REQ01003 |
Summary
The Scottish Land Court & Lands Tribunal for Scotland based within Supreme Courts - Edinburgh, have a fantastic opportunity to join the team as an Administrative Officer on a full time, fixed term basis until 31 March 2026 with the possibility of extension and/or conversion to permanency thereafter.
Outline of the role:
Administrative Officers carry out a variety of general administrative duties to progress cases through the court or provide support to other functions within the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.
The key responsibilities:
To undertake a number of general administrative duties including:
Processing and distributing incoming mail to colleagues
Creating and updating records on our in-house computer system and data input
Producing court documents
Preparing files for hearings
General photocopying and filing
Dealing with numerical calculations
Answering queries via phone, email and in person
Accounting for monies in accordance with financial guidelines
Undertaking light portering duties as required
Assisting during court proceedings if required
Additionally you:
will have regular contact with court users, including members of the Judiciary and the legal profession. As such, you be required to competently answer queries giving consistent and reliable advice.
will work within a team with regular management support and will be responsible for your own time.
may be required to provide advice to colleagues and carry out limited supervision of others.
will assist in clearing up of courts/hearings by issuing letters and orders as necessary.
process and enter payments onto computer system;
provide excellent customer service.
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, Thursday 9 October 2025.
You must have completed the online assessment by this time for your application to be considered.
Interviews are expected to be held 24 October 2025 onwards.
Outline of the role:
Administrative Officers carry out a variety of general administrative duties to progress cases through the court or provide support to other functions within the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.
The key responsibilities:
To undertake a number of general administrative duties including:
Processing and distributing incoming mail to colleagues
Creating and updating records on our in-house computer system and data input
Producing court documents
Preparing files for hearings
General photocopying and filing
Dealing with numerical calculations
Answering queries via phone, email and in person
Accounting for monies in accordance with financial guidelines
Undertaking light portering duties as required
Assisting during court proceedings if required
Additionally you:
will have regular contact with court users, including members of the Judiciary and the legal profession. As such, you be required to competently answer queries giving consistent and reliable advice.
will work within a team with regular management support and will be responsible for your own time.
may be required to provide advice to colleagues and carry out limited supervision of others.
will assist in clearing up of courts/hearings by issuing letters and orders as necessary.
process and enter payments onto computer system;
provide excellent customer service.
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, Thursday 9 October 2025.
You must have completed the online assessment by this time for your application to be considered.
Interviews are expected to be held 24 October 2025 onwards.
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