Registrar (Reference NC/63/11)

Advertiser: Department of Justice and Constitutional Development

Location: Kimberley

(This post is a re- advertisement; candidates who previously applied are encouraged to re-apply)
Salary: R131 601–R 616 758 per annum (Salary to be determined in accordance with experience as OSD determination). The successful candidate will be required to sign a performance agreement.

Requirements:
LLB degree or four year legal qualification; Skills and Competencies: Case flow management; Dispute Resolution; Legal drafting; Legal research; Office management, planning and organization skills; Good communication (written and verbal); Good interpersonal relations; Computer literacy (MS Office); Ability to interpret acts and regulations; Negotiation, motivation, customer relations, self-management and stress management skills.

Duties:
Key Performance Areas: Co-ordinate Case Flow Management support services at the High Court; Issue all processes that initiate court proceedings. Issue, keep, check and analyze court statistics and orders; Process and grant judgments by default as required by the Magistrates Court Act, 1944 at the court where stationed; Manage the Civil Section, including divorce cases; Assist the public with court procedures; Process reviews and appeals; Implement rules, procedures and practices and costs periodically in co-operation with the Court Manager and Judiciary; Manage court information relating to civil and divorce cases, including the keeping of statistics and the submission of returns to the Head of Court and the Department; Exercise control over case records as well as the record room and deal with the files in terms of the Archives Code/Act; Give attention to and execute request from the judiciary in connection with cases and on other case related matters; Tax legal bills of costs and attend to the review which may follow from such taxation; Ensure annotation of relevant publications, codes, acts and rules; Provide practical training and assistance to the clerks of court

Enquiries: Ms C. Cader (053) 8390000 ext 2031

Applications:
Quoting the relevant reference number, direct your application to: Postal address: The Regional Head: Justice and Constitutional Development, Private Bag X6106, Kimberley, 8300. OR hand delivers at the New Public Buildings, (Magistrates Court) of Knight and Stead Streets, 7th floor, Kimberley, 8301. Email or faxed applications will not be considered.

The Department of Justice is an equal opportunity employer. In the filling of vacant posts the objectives of section 195 (1) (i) of the Constitution of South Africa, 1996 (Act No: 108 of 1996), the Employment Equity imperatives as defined by the Employment Equity Act, 1998 (Act No: 55 of 1998) and relevant Human Resources policies of the Department will be taken into consideration

Note:
Applications must be submitted on a Z83 form (click to download pdf form), and must be accompanied by certified copies of qualifications, identity document and driver’s license where necessary. A SAQA evaluation report must accompany foreign qualifications.

Applications that do not comply with the above mentioned requirements will not be considered. Shortlisted candidates will be subjected to a personnel vetting process. Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. If you do not hear from us within 3 months of this advertisement, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful. The department reserves the right not to fill this position.

Reference number: NC/63/11

Closing date: 29 April 2013