entry level clerk

National Prosecuting Authority

Very schedule orientated. Need to adhere to deadlines, statistics and correspondence - taking knowledge of the Law into account in everything done. 

Manage human resources - take steps to avoid non compliance to court hours. Meetings to be held with co-workers and stakeholders. Meetings and liason with public. Co - ordinate emploers to specific sections. Sort out last  minute problems. Ensure policy compliance.

Meetings and liason with attorneys and advocates with related matters. 

Quality control. decision making. Good governance. prosecutor guided investigations. Research.

The hardest part of the job is to interview victims especially child victims and certain female victims in gender based sexual offences cases. To create confidence in me and to start and end the matter with an huge effort not to inflict secondary trauma or any further trauma to the victim. To ensure further councelling for them and to expedite the matter.

The most enjoyable part of the job was getting justice for the victim and the public in genaral with quilty verdicts and just sentences.

The out reach projects were also very enjouable due to the fact that other needs of the community was reached and had nothing to do with the criminal element of the job. Showing we care and being able to be partt of that. To inform and reach more members of the community at large. To boost the public image of the NPA.

I share an office with a colleague, we have a great work relationship. In the morning we will mainly discuss the different cases we have and advice each other were necessary. If there is any further advice I need I will normally go to our regional court prosecutor and ask advice. About 30 minutes before court starts I call the magistrate and let him know what we have on the court roll and let him know that I am now going to court. I then go to the clerk of the court, and let the clerk now that I will be in court and tell her that she must also come to court, I then go to court where I find the court orderlies and the interpreter. I will then just chat with them on what we have on the roll, check if the all the accused that were remanded in custody are all here, who is here, who is not, I also check witnesses and the different attorneys. Then court will start from then on. Later on its tea break, which I hardly take and I use for consultation. After tea time, then we will then start with trials, until lunch time, were I will then quickly rush to a shop and buy food and eat and go back to court and we will then adjourn around 4. That time I will then go back to my office, maybe chat with a few colleagues on cases I had. I will then go to my office, instruct the dockets, and book them back with the liason officer, then take the ones that appear for tomorrow. On my way back, I take the following day's charge sheets, attach appearances and briefly read through the cases and my day will be over.

Productive and more professional. I learned that hard work does not kill, but it just builds one up even if there is no recognition from anyone, you are the end beneficiary at the end of the day.

Management is quite okay. Although sometimes it seems they lack vision in terms of Career pathing for staff or/and have little interests in career growth for the staff members. Management seems to be more concerned about production  and nothing else. Hence some of the issues like Personal Relations are left behind. This leads to good staff being lost

Co-workers are quite good. Most of them are very much co-operative and very collegial. Most co-workers are willing to assist when asked.

The hardest part of the job is to get good cases that makes one to reach his targets, especially if one is working in provinces like Limpopo.

The most enjoyable part of this job is the work itself. The law is so interesting and challenging especially because it is a new filed of law in the country.

A dedicated hard worker, organized,self supervised,initiating and ability to adapt to new and ever challenging work environment.

Able to successfully work with a team when the need arises and able to work alone with no supervision and care about people.

I look forward to work with corporate institutions, companies that practice Law in order to enhance and continue to develop my skills.

Face new challenges to strengthen my abilities.Continuously improve my knowledge base by keeping up to date with legal developments.

The hardest part of my job is when i have a difficult witness/accussed in court

The most enjoyable moment is when i channel my expertise and energy,including the vast experience that i have gained both in my paralegal and legal sphere in areas that would be beneficial to my employer

i have enjyed every moment with my team and i have liked my job because im  activive and dedicated to my job .the management that i was working with they were caring and willing to help me know the job at all times . my cor-workers were dedicated to make sure that i learned everything that i have to know about supply chain from the RFQ section to where we issue orders all the processes they have played a good part on teaching me everything. the hardest part that i have experience in my training is when i found out that i have to wait for some1 to give me a job to do but if i look around and found that my supervisor is not in the office i would go to someone and ask if he or she does not have something to do so that i can help them with their job. T he most enjyable of my job is when i finished my job on time and still want my supervisor to give me something to do after when iam done with the previous project. delivering my service at the right time, place it makes me to enjoy my job.

Depending on the specific unit of deployment, the environment is formal, highly demanding for attention to detail and confidentiality adherence.
The institutions prides itself in upholding principles of integrity, transparency, tolerance for diversity, accountability and fairness amongst a few.

The most challenging but inevitable part of the job is having to explain to complainants and victims of crime the reasons why an accused person had been acquitted by a court of law after initially the state (NPA) was convinced that it had a winnable case in court.

Excitement comes when victims of crime show a smile on their face when case outcomes are given to them and are informed that the accused had been convicted and sentenced especially after a long and a frustrating trial.

First time when I came in the NPA, I was dealing with the Staff Exit for the whole NPA national and it was so challenging and we were only two in that unit. We worked base on turnaround time whereby we had 20 working days to submit pension documents to Pensions and in the mean time, leave audit and gratuity must be done from the date of appointment immediately and most employees started in 1967, checking and verify if the employee doesn't have any debts before submission. 
In the NPA I learned that most of your time at work you don't even have time to socialize. Then I started Aerobics club for all the employees at Lunch time so that they work smart without any stress or tiredness.
It's not easy with co-workers as we are coming from different background but I managed. 
I enjoyed my work so much cause I have gained so much experience.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The ability  to assist people in need of legal help and advice in spheres of criminal labour and civil to see justice and work with professional Team players who take accountability and treat all legal professionals with dignity

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The volume of matters and working under pressure.it is not like private practice one has to be a jack of all areas of law fraud commercial cyber labour's counterfeits.tax.criminal civil. Inquests..trials ..bails..appeals.And we deal with 30 or more cases a day 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Starts at 7 45...court preparation booking back dockets requesting court dockets preparing roll ..interviewing witnesses liasing with attorneys and advocates .no enough time In the day

It's productive and fun but it's not in line with my studies (my career) I just spend my day listen to those terrible and cruel stories that are done by the perpetrators. The most enjoyable part is the fact that i work with traumatised people that the court depend on them to reveal their evidence, that is to give their testimony in court so i have to make it possible for it to happen. At the end of the day i kno i made a difference to a persons's life because most of the time accused ared convicted whereas the witness didn't want anything to do with the court because they are scared about their safety.

Manage dockets from Police Stations every morning
Deal with members of the public
Management of leave register
Telephone
Address needs of PP
Photocopies
Distribute Stationary
Secure Resources
Provide advanced/error free typing
Attend to queries of the SPP, liaise with customers including external and internal JCS roles role players and Prosecutors
Filling management
Register opened promptly of a date
Daily update of files, filling system in terms of NPA standards
Open new files
Keep pending system updated
Update Senior Public Prosecutor/Chief Prosecutor/Public Prosecutor developments. Manage the fleet of the section for those

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