Administrative Office of the Courts

JOB OPPORTUNITY BULLETIN
CONTRACTUAL POSITION

Posting Date: Decemeber 1, 2022 Priority Cut-off Date: Recruit Until Filled

POSITION TITLE: Digital Court Reporter
SALARY: $19/hr.

DEPARTMENT: Digital Court Reporting
CLASSIFICATION: Contractual

SUMMARY: The position is responsible for digitally recording, annotating and indexing the multi-media court
record of proceedings, hearings and trials for the 13th Judicial Circuit.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: High School diploma or GED. Relevant legal or digital court reporting experience
preferred.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, Public Administration, Sociology, etc.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES: Monitor, annotate and index the multi-media court record of all digitally recorded court
proceedings, hearings and trials for the purpose of producing verbatim non-appellate and appellate transcripts by
the digital transcription service provider.

Perform tests of digital court recording equipment located within the courtroom to ensure the equipment works
properly prior to the start of all court proceedings; advise supervisor and helpdesk of improperly functioning
equipment.

Monitor audio quality and clarity and audio recordings of court proceedings, hearings and trials whether one-to-
one, remotely or centralized. Annotate the court record.

Provide playback of portions of the audio record while on and off the record.

Process approved CD audio record requests from public/private attorneys and the public of specified court
proceedings in a professional manner.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Excellent organizational skills required. Knowledge of legal
terminology used in a court of law. Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work. Ability to communicate
effectively, orally and in writing. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships. Ability to
operate and troubleshoot the digital court reporting system utilized by the 13th circuit, including the emergency
back-up system and system(s) which interface with other electronic courtroom systems. Incumbent must be
professional in all regards.

TO APPLY: Submit 1) cover letter, 2) resume, 3) current State of Florida Application and Addendum (located
only at www.fljud13.org) in (1) PDF file via email to cprs@fljud13.org. APPLICATION PACKETS MUST
INCLUDE THE 3 REQUIREMENTS ABOVE TO BE SCREENED FOR POTENTIAL INTERVIEW.

NOTICE: Please note that future vacancies in this same classification may be filled as a result of this
recruitment. Applicants will be subject to a criminal background check. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability. Requests for
ADA accommodation to participate in the application/selection process should be directed to (813) 272-6330.