Immigration Litigation Specialist

Government Recruitment Service; Croydon Shire; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

The Home Office currently seeks a Litigation Caseworker for a full-time role based in Croydon, offering a permanent position with compressed hours option. The post involves managing pre-action protocols and judicial review challenges, with liaison to GLD, OAG and CSO as required.

You will develop expertise across immigration areas, prioritise deadlines, and gain experience in litigation handling while contributing to a transparent, efficient civil service environment.

Responsibilities

• Assessing the challenges set out in pre-action protocol correspondence or judicial review claims against UK immigration legislation, guidance and policy to inform decision making.
• Responding to pre-action protocol correspondence and referring to operational areas for action to remedy any original errors in the decision being challenged.
• Escalating policy or procedural issues arising from pre-action protocol correspondence, judicial review claims and private law damages claims.
• Liaising with and instructing government lawyers to achieve an agreed course of action in managing litigation, including approving grounds of defence on behalf of Secretary of State for the Home Department.
• Supporting government lawyers and counsel on defending cases at the oral or substantive hearing stages, including securing witness statements when needed.
• Making decisions to settle litigation and working with stakeholders to secure financial authority where it is appropriate to do so, to ensure the best cost outcomes.
• Maintaining accurate records of activities/work completed across a range of IT systems.

Job description

The Home Office currently seeks a Litigation Caseworker for a full-time role based in Croydon, offering a permanent position with compressed hours option. The post involves managing pre-action protocols and judicial review challenges, with liaison to GLD, OAG and CSO as required.

You will develop expertise across immigration areas, prioritise deadlines, and gain experience in litigation handling while contributing to a transparent, efficient civil service environment.