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Court/Clerk Monitor Jobs in Kitchener, ON at Region of Waterloo
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The Role:
Assists and acts as a liaison to the presiding Justice of the Peace in the courtroom; creates and certifies accurate and complete recordings of all court proceedings; prepares, updates, and maintains carriage of charging documentation; officiates over court proceedings in the absence of a Justice of the Peace; inputs data into the Integrated Court Offences Network (ICON) provincial database; and provides related administrative support to the Provincial Offences Court Administration (POCA) Program.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Performs duties as Clerk of the Court, including opening and closing court proceedings; paging defendant, witnesses, and all other parties to court; preparing, maintaining, and posting courtroom dockets for public information; providing court dates; maintaining decorum and protocol in the court and officiating over prosecutors, lawyers, defendants, agents, enforcement officers, and the general public when a Justice of the Peace is not present. Identifies and completes all documentation and forms relevant to court proceedings and provides direction to new members of the Judiciary on proper court documentation. Arraigns accused and administers oaths to witnesses, enforcement officers, interpreters, and defendants. Escorts Judiciary in and out of the courtroom.
Maintains an accurate record of all courtroom proceedings by testing recording equipment daily, operating and troubleshooting a digital court recording system, maintaining log notes of all proceedings, detailing all persons appearing before court, witnesses, interpreters, arraignment of defendants, adjournments, trial evidence, trial dates, and disposition of proceedings, and certifying the record. Records proceedings on tape as backup for digital recording. Transfers digital recording to an electronic storage device for use in appeals, for judiciary, and for transcribing court proceedings.
Records judicial endorsement and prosecution motions for charge amendments on charging documents for review and authorization by Judiciary. Confirms accurate judicial endorsements on official court record; brings discrepancies to Judiciary’s attention.
Reviews and prepares the court docket and charging documents for all court appearances, ensuring all Informations are accounted for. Updates court docket on ICON daily for name of Judiciary, prosecutor, clerk, reporter, date, court number, court time, defendant’s name, offence date, offence, type of charge, amended charge, and disposition. Identifies/arranges for Provincial and Municipal Prosecutors’ identification codes on ICON.
Produces and certifies accuracy of verbatim court transcripts of proceedings, in accordance with Provincial guidelines and standards. Researches court related material su…
Title: Court/Clerk Monitor
Company: Region of Waterloo
Location: Kitchener, ON
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