Salary
£25,555
Contractual hours
35
Basis
Full time
Region
Tayside, Central and Fife
Package
Standard SCTS package
Date posted
31/07/2025
Job reference
REQ00957
Dunfermline Sheriff Court are looking for a court officer to join them on a full time fixed term basis for a period of 9 months with the possibility of extension.
The main role of the Court Officers is to prepare their court, escort the Sheriff to/from court and attend to the Sheriff’s requirements in court. Court Officers assist in ensuring their court is conducted in an orderly manner, working closely with the Clerk, Police Officer and GEOAmey to ensure the decorum and efficiency of the court is maintained. They are responsible for productions in court and they also collect witnesses from the witness rooms and bring them into court. They have a great involvement in the use of Court Information Technology during proceedings and liaise with other Court users of the court you would be based in.
The key responsibilities
- Undertakes reception duties, providing a high quality service by dealing effectively with incoming phone calls, court users and contractors.
- Checks in witnesses attending court and directs to appropriate witness rooms and liaises with Witness Services as required.
- Responsible for the management of jurors and seclusion of the jurors when considering their verdict.
- Opens and closes the court building when necessary.
- Undertakes general duties within court, including calling of witnesses, handling of productions, escorting the Sheriff to and from court, liaising with witnesses and jurors as required to keep them informed of the ongoing proceedings and assisting with CCTV evidence cases.
- Helps to ensure security and appropriate standards of behaviour are maintained within the court building.
- Carries out administrative support duties to assist the smooth running of the court offices, including filing, photocopying and distributing internal court papers.
- Messenger duties including collecting DX, Legal Post and General Post Office mail daily. Collects office mail and prepares for onward delivery to the appropriate service providers.
- To obtain reference books from the library for the Sheriffs or officials during the Court proceedings.
- To undertake light portering duties as required
- Update court reference guides
- Responsible for the seclusion of the jurors when considering their verdict
- Set up audio/visual equipment and screens for cases with vulnerable witnesses
- Opening up buildings
- Reporting maintenance requirements
Applications will be accepted until 11:59pm on Thursday 14 August 2025.
You must also complete the suitability assessment by this deadline. If you dont receive your link with 30 minutes of your applciation, please contact recruitment@scotcourts.gov.uk
Interviews are expected to take place either week beginning 25 August or 1 September 2025.
The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service is exempt from the protections of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). This permits us to ask applicants details of both spent and unspent convictions, along with details of any formal cautions that you may have. Individuals without existing security clearance will always be considered as all successful applicants will require a standard level Disclosure check completed before employment can commence.
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service recruitment processes are underpinned by the recruitment principles of the Civil Service Commissioner, which outline that selection for appointment be made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition - Recruitment - Civil Service Commission (independent.gov.uk)
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the values in the Civil Service Code and/or if you feel the recruitment has been conducted in such a way that conflicts with the Civil Service Commissioner’s Recruitment Principles, you can make a complaint, by contacting us at recruitment@scotcourts.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commissioner.