Case Progression and Corporate Apprentice - London, United Kingdom - Attorney General's Office

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Salary:

- £26,000

• A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
  Job grade:
• Administrative Officer
  Contract type:
• Fixed term
  Length of employment:
• 2 years
  Business area:
• AGO
• Corporate Management
  Type of role:
• Administration / Corporate Support
  Working pattern:
• Fulltime
  Number of jobs available:
• 4Contents

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Location

• London (region)About the job

Job summary:

The AGO is a ministerial department serving the Attorney General and the Solicitor General (the Law Officers). The Law Officers are the Government's chief legal advisers.

The Law Officers make important decisions that affect public life.

Among other things, they decide whether to send criminal sentences that may be too low to the Court of Appeal; whether to open inquests into deaths (for example, the Attorney General made the decision to open new inquests into the deaths at Hillsborough); are the Government's chief legal advisors, providing advice to both the Prime Minister and Secretaries of State on a range of pressing issues touching on every aspect of daily life in the UK; and they represent the Crown Prosecution Service and Serious Fraud Office in Parliament.

The Office comprises around 63 multidisciplinary, engaged and high performing team members advising and supporting the Law Officers in all aspects of their work.

We pride ourselves on our problem-solving creativity, sophisticated political and handling awareness, and smart ways of working.

• The Law Officers also work alongside the Justice Secretary and Home Secretary to provide a more efficient, effective, and accountable criminal justice system for victims and the public.
• The AGO comprises a highperforming, multidisciplinary, engaged, and resilient team that prides itself on our:
• legal professional excellence and creativity;

- role and reputation;
- team spirit, ethos, and values; and
- individual development and wellbeing.

While the workload can be demanding and there may be times of pressure, the AGO is committed to staff wellbeing and ensuring colleagues have all the support and resources they need to succeed and ensuring our staff maintain a healthy work-life balance.

AGO operates a hybrid working policy where there is a requirement 40% office attendance.

• AGO

supports the Civil Service vision of being recognised as the UK's most inclusive employer, by setting stretching diversity and equality objectives for our organisation.-
Job description:Correspondence

The Corporate Services Team (CST) is a central part of the AGO and we are looking for a motivated and high performing communications professional to lead the team and be the principal communications adviser to the two ministers and the Executive Board of the AGO.

The corporate services is responsible for all aspects of departmental communications, including providing content for the department's website, internal communications, digital, visits and media handling.

The team is also currently responsible for the correspondence unit, managing correspondence from members of the public and politicians.

Corporate & Case Progression

The Corporate Services Team (CST) provides a wide range of corporate (including Finance, HR, Project Management, IT Security, Records Management, Business Planning and Management Information) and casework services to the AGO.

The team is the central hub of the department, supporting all areas of AGO work with opportunities to develop and work across teams.

The team works collaboratively across the Law Officer's Departments (LODs) and wider Whitehall in delivery of its objectives. CST is a high functioning, enthusiastic team that delivers to the highest standards.

• To support colleagues in all administrative functions relating to corporate services which are provide to the office
• The job holder will be responsible for ensuring that they share and capture their personal knowledge/skills/expertise across the AGO, by adhering to the file storage and retention policy as well as completion of Know-How guides, training and mentoring.

The apprenticeship vacancy is for 18-20 month period with a structured training programme leading to Professional recognition.


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Realise


Level:
Level 3 Business Admin


Person specification:

Correspondence

• To support the Correspondence Officers by undertaking administrative functions relating to correspondence actions including:
• allocating matters as appropriate to the correspondence team
• Assist in the drafting of letters to be sent out relating to ULS matters and Freedom of Information requests
• Answering Public Enquiry Line calls and directing callers to relevant organisations where appropriate.

Corporate

• To support colleagues in all administrative functions relating to corporate services which are provide to the office
• The job holder will be responsibl