Court Report Superior Court 6

WORK SCHEDULE: 8:30 4:30 M-F

Incumbent serves as Court Reporter for the Porter County Superior Court 6 responsible for preserving the record of court proceedings maintaining exhibits and producing accurate and legible transcripts.

DUTIES

Preserves and creates verbatim court record of proceedings including marking and maintain exhibits for hearings and trials on stenography machine

Organize and track exhibits as required by law and retrieve information as requested

Able to follow the Indiana Rules of Appellate Procedures and deadlines for transcript preparations.

Ability to communicate with pro se litigants

Readback testimony instantly when requested from steno notes/real-time feed when requested

Maintains flow in open court proceedings as needed.

Plans and arranges schedules for reporters in his/her absence.

Perform other duties as needed or assigned.

JOB REQUIREMENTS AND DIFFICULTY OF WORK

High School diploma or GED Associates Degree in Court Reporting being proficient in shorthand stenography machine or mask/voice writing program

Working knowledge of standard English grammar spelling and punctuation; and ability to read work rules legal documents and pleadings medical encyclopedias government web sites and various detailed reports as required.

Ability to meet all departmental requirements including passage of a drug test.

Ability to comply with all employer and department policies and work rules including but not limited to attendance safety drug-free workplace and personal conduct confidentiality of department information and/or records according to state requirements.

Incumbent reports directly to Judge; Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with coworkers other county reporters other county departments attorneys litigants parties judges and the public including being sensitive to professional ethics gender cultural diversities and disabilities.

Ability to work alone with minimum supervision and with others in a team environment.

Ability to plan work projects and deadlines sometimes several at the same time and work rapidly for long periods occasionally under time pressure.

Ability to competently serve the public with diplomacy and respect including occasional encounters with irate or hostile persons.

Ability to count compute calculate and perform arithmetic operations.

Ability to understand and properly operate standard office equipment such as computer software copier printer stenography machine scanner telephone system and digital court/audio reporter. Working knowledge of standard office procedures basic computer skills including Word email department-specific software with ability to apply such knowledge to a variety of interrelated processes tasks and operations

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

Incumbent performs duties in a standard office environment and courtroom involving sitting for extended periods standing hearing sounds/communication handling grasping with fingers carrying objects up to 50 pounds speaking clearly close/far vision.

Ability to occasionally work extended hours evenings and travel out of town for special cases/trials but not overnight.

RESPONSIBILITY

Incumbent performs duties with work schedules and priorities determined by supervisor and formal schedule. Assignments and objectives are set jointly with supervisor following standard operating procedures and policies. Incumbent must have supervisors permission to deviate from standard operating procedures. Work errors are primarily detected by supervisory review and legally defined procedures. Undetected errors could result in loss of time to correct error work delays in other departments or agencies and inconvenience to other agencies or public.