Law Commission - Westminster, United Kingdom - Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice

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Law Commission:
Research Assistant, Commercial and Common Law Team

£29,664 - £31,200

Westminster:

The posts are on a fixed term basis, up to 12 months.

The Law Commission:

The Law Commission is a statutory body set up under the Law Commissions Act 1965 to keep the law of England and Wales under review and to recommend reform where it is needed.

Its aims are:

To ensure that the law is fair, modern, simple and as costeffective as possible
To conduct research and consultations in order to make recommendations for reform for consideration by Parliament
To codify the law, eliminate anomalies, repeal obsolete and unnecessary enactments and reduce the number of separate statutes

The Law Commission is an independent non-departmental body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. Further information about the Law Commission and its work can be obtained from its website.

Salary:

£29,664 - £31,200

Additional Information:

Working Arrangements & Further Information:

Flexible working hours:

The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices.

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