Post Overview & Reference Numbers

Primary Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage, diarise, and maintain appointments, meetings, and official schedules for the Judge.
• Type, format, and file judgments; ensure delivered judgments and signed draft orders are submitted to the Typist for scanning and uploaded onto Case-Lines, Court-Online, and the internal library.
• Receive and screen visitors, attend to public/legal queries, track incoming/outgoing court documents, and manage stationery procurement for the Judge’s chambers.
• Collect case files from the Registrar’s Criminal Section before trial commencement; maintain review registers, reserved judgment templates, and update the Statistics Officer and Judge President’s office upon judgment hand-down.

• Prepare court rolls for Opposed Motion and Urgent Court, distributing them to relevant legal stakeholders.
• Ensure Heads of Argument filed by legal practitioners are collated and provided to the Judge ahead of hearings.
• Administer oaths or solemn declarations in court when required, prepare the Judge’s bench book, and oversee Ushers in transferring files to court.
• Ensure all legal parties and stakeholders are present before court commencement and formally call cases on record by case number and party names.
• Maintain professional control, recording, and custody of criminal court trial exhibits.

• Coordinate travel, accommodation, and logistical bookings for official judicial duties.
• Maintain the Judge’s vehicle logbook, ensuring submission to the Transport Officer by the 5th of every month, and arrange vehicle maintenance, servicing, and pre-authorisations.
• Remind the Judge of expense invoices to ensure prompt processing of S&T (Subsistence and Travelling), cellular phone, and 3G data claims.
• Maintain and update library loose-leaf legal publications in the Judge’s chambers.

Minimum Requirements

• Educational Qualification: Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree or relevant equivalent legal qualification at NQF Level 8 (480 credits) as recognized by SAQA.
• Legal Experience: Practical legal experience is required.
• Skills Assessment: Candidates must pass a compulsory typing test (including Dictaphone typing).
• Driver’s Licence: A valid driver’s licence serves as an added advantage.

• Legal Frameworks: Comprehensive knowledge of the Constitution of South Africa, legal statutes, court regulations, case law, secretariat prescripts, and Batho Pele principles.
• Digital Court Systems: Proficiency in Case-Lines, Court-Online, electronic information retrieval, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Professional Attributes: High level of meticulousness, assertiveness, attention to detail, ability to work under strict time-bound pressure, and strong analytical, research, and problem-solving capabilities.

Frequently Asked Questions – Office of the Chief Justice Vacancies

• Pretoria Posts: 2026/132/OCJ@judiciary.org.za
• Johannesburg Posts: 2026/133/OCJ@judiciary.org.za

How to Apply for This OCJ Government Vacancy

• Official Source Link: Office of the Chief Justice Careers Portal
• Pretoria Application Email: 2026/132/OCJ@judiciary.org.za
• Johannesburg Application Email: 2026/133/OCJ@judiciary.org.za
• Closing Date: 16 October 2026

Submission Methods:

• Send your complete application to the respective email address for your target court division, using the post reference number in the subject line.

• Provincial Head: Office of the Chief Justice, 12th Floor, Cnr Pritchard and Kruis Street, Johannesburg, 2001.

• The Provincial Head: Office of the Chief Justice, Private Bag X7, Johannesburg, 2000.

• Technical (Pretoria): Mr PA Nkone – Tel: (012) 492 7606
• Technical (Johannesburg): Ms S Kajee – Tel: (010) 494 8486
• HR Related: Ms T Mbalekwa – Tel: (010) 494 8515

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