Accredited Police Station Representative, Cheltenham

4 months ago


Cheltenham, United Kingdom Legal Aid Agency Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 326151**Salary**:

- £32,827 - £35,678- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer- MoJ HEO**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Legal Services**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- This position is based at CHELTENHAM REGENT HOUSE LAA PDS CHELTENHAMAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Please refer to Job Description**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 face-to-face (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 rapport-building 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 test-bed 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 self-create 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**:

- Alongside your salary of £32,827, Legal Aid Agency contributes £8,896 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- 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

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), 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 baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities



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