B1/EO Paralegal Office in Cardiff
3 weeks ago
This is an exciting role within our Legal Services Directorate. As a Paralegal Officer you will work closely with our lawyer teams to facilitate the delivery of our criminal and civil enforcement outcomes.
Responsibilities
As a Paralegal Officer you will:
- Be responsible for managing your own caseload of administrative tasks concerning prosecution and civil cases from issue of proceedings to court result and closure.
- Compile documentary evidence for service on courts, defence solicitors and barristers;
- Liaise with all parties involved in criminal and civil casework, including witnesses, defence solicitors, barristers and the courts to ensure that cases are properly prepared and ready for trial;
- Attend criminal courts throughout England & Wales when required. While at court the Paralegal Officer is often the sole representative of the Department and assists in the day-to-day administration of a Crown Court trial or civil proceedings.
- Be responsible for updating internal case management systems and document storage and management systems
- Support the wider team when required through working collaboratively on cases to ensure that key legal milestones are achieved.
- Contribute to wider directorate and agency initiatives as required.
If intending to work on a part-time basis, a minimum of 34 hours will be required.
Person specification
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:
- You will have strong organisational skills, with an ability to proactively self-manage, prioritising caseloads and work to tight deadlines
- You will have the ability to work as a team player, with strong interpersonal skills and an ability to work flexibly and effectively across teams to support colleagues in times of increased workload or reduced resource
- You will have a willingness to adapt to change and promote the positive benefits of a culture of continuous improvement.
- You have excellent IT skills and confidence in using the Microsoft Office suite
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- You will be willing to travel to various court locations, if required. Please note that this could involve overnight stays.
- Any successful candidate would need to undergo police vetting and be cleared at NPVV2 level as they will have access to police information
- If based at a location other than Stratford you will be willing to travel to this location on a frequent basis for training, team meetings and to assist the wider team
Essential Criteria
- You will have previous experience of working in an operational civil or criminal litigation team
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £24,283, Insolvency Service contributes £6,556 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
We want you have a good work-life balance and want to support you in all that you do so we offer a great benefits package:
- Flexible working arrangements and flexi-time.
- Full time new entrants to the Civil Service and those Civil Servants on modernised terms and conditions will be entitled to 25 days leave increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years' service.
- In addition to this you are entitled to 8 public/bank holidays plus an additional day of privilege leave.
- Competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave.
- 5 days paid leave for learning and development
- 5 days paid for volunteering
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Staff have access to an employee assistance programme, Workplace Wellness, for confidential, independent support and advice during difficult times in either their professional or personal life.
- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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