Accredited Police Station Representative, Cheltenham - South West, United Kingdom - Legal Aid Agency

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Salary:

- £31,265 - £34,446
Job grade:


  • Higher Executive Officer
  • MoJ HEO
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Type of role:
  • Legal Services
    Working pattern:
  • Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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About the job


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Things you need to know

Location

  • South West EnglandAbout the job

Job summary:


  • This position is based at CHELTENHAM REGENT HOUSE LAA PDS CHELTENHAM
    Job description:

The Public Defender Service


The Public Defender Service (PDS) is a department of the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) that operates alongside private providers delivering a full range of quality, value for money services within the criminal defence market.


Informed by its participation in the market, PDS contributes credible and expert advice to the government on service and policy development affecting the sector and acts as a test-bed for innovation and quality improvements.


PDS operations provide a critical safeguard against market failure across England and Wales, thereby ensuring the LAA fulfils its statutory responsibility to ensure continuous access to justice.


Job Summary

Key Responsibilities:


  • Providing correct, appropriate and timely advice to clients by telephone and facetoface (at the police station, courts and office) and following up in writing as appropriate.
  • Preparation of Crown Court cases from allocation through to trial or sentence and briefing of appropriate counsel.
  • Provide expert input, as and when required, to various projects within the Agency and wider Government'.

Essential Criteria:


  • Accredited Police Station Representative, fully qualified to represent clients in England and Wales with excellent practical knowledge of criminal law, evidence and procedure.
  • Ability and willingness to work flexibly including during unsociable hours as part of the office 24/7 rota
  • Effective communication skills and personal presence that enables rapportbuilding with criminal defence clients, a broad range of external stakeholders and with own team members and colleagues, with the ability to challenge police and other prosecution authorities in a manner that is effective, professional and in the best interests of the client.
  • Experience in preparing a range of cases to trial in the Crown Court.
  • Personal resilience with a genuine commitment to personal care, to maintain mental and physical wellbeing of self and team members in a working environment that may present emotional and other challenges.
  • Commitment to the wider aims of the PDS to become an exemplar of best practice in criminal litigation and advocacy and its remit to act as a testbed for innovation, increased efficiencies and quality improvements for the benefit of the wider criminal defence community.
  • Enthusiasm to engage with new technologies to enhance quality and create efficiencies based on sound IT skills (particularly Microsoft Office), and the willingness to selfcreate the majority of own documentation.
  • Possession of a full driving licence and access to a motor vehicle, together with flexibility and preparedness to travel to cover cases across England and Wales if required.

Person specification:


  • Please refer to Job Description
    Qualifications:
  • Police Station Accreditation (PSQ/PSRAS)
    Behaviours:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Working Together

Technical skills:

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • Police Station Experience

Benefits:


  • Access to learning and development
  • A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
  • A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
  • Annual Leave
  • Public Holidays
  • Season Ticket Advance
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Selection process details:


  • This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
  • Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security:


  • People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks

Nationality requirements:

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements
Working for the Civil Service:

  • The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
  • We recruit by merit
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