Administrative Officer - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary 1
- £22,940

Number of jobs available - 1

Detail of reserve list - 12 Months

Region - West Midlands

City/Town - Birmingham

Building/Site - BIRMINGHAM CROWN COURT BIRMINGHAM, B4 7NA

Grade - AO

Organisation Grade for MoJ - AO

Post Type - Permanent

Working Pattern - Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working

Role Type - Operational Delivery

Job description 1

Proud to serve. Proud to keep justice going.

Our Admin Officers play a critical role, providing excellent administrative support and customer service to court users, judiciary and management.

About us

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family Courts and Tribunals in England and Wales.

Our roles support our court users and colleagues within HMCTS, where people and businesses access potentially life-changing justice.

We're looking for individuals who are committed to public service and making a difference in people's lives to deliver justice.

If you are interested in developing a career with a real purpose, please apply.

Your role

Crown Court Admin Officers are responsible for management of criminal digital files in preparation for hearings involving correspondence and general enquiries.

Deal with full range of serious criminal work as well as management of jurors.

You will be assigned to teams to carry out a variety of general administrative duties to progress cases through the court/tribunal system or provide support to other functions within HMCTS.

Your skills and experience

Friendly and approachable manner with excellent customer service skills.
Ability to multitask, whilst working in a fastpaced environment.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
IT proficient with the ability to learn and adapt to different technologies and software packages.
Excellent organisational skills

For a full outline of tasks please see the Job Description attached.

Further details:

Additional Information 1

Working Arrangements & Further Information

Flexible working hours

Benefits

The MoJ offers a range of benefits:

Annual Leave
Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years' service.

There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year.

Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.

Pension

The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.

Training
The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.

Networks

The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management.

There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.

Support

A range of 'Family Friendly' policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.

Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

Should you feel that the recruitment process has breached the recruitment principles you are able to raise a formal complaint in the following order

To the Civil Service Commission (details available here)

Interview dates - Interviews are expected to be held virtually via Microsoft Teams on week commencing 13th May 2024.

Closing Date:
24/04/2024, 23:55 hours.

Contact information 1

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If you do not meet the above requirements, you may still be considered if, for example:

You've been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
You were studying abroad
You were living overseas with parents

In such cases you will need to be able to provide referee cover for the period(s) of residence overseas. The duration of overseas residence and the country of abode will also be taken into account.

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