23717 - Legal Officer

Ministry of Justice; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry of Justice in Glasgow is recruiting a Legal Officer for the Employment Tribunal. The role involves managing complex tribunal caseloads, making informed decisions under delegated powers, and coordinating with HMCTS and external stakeholders to facilitate just outcomes.

Office-based with 37 hours per week, standard Monday to Friday. The post requires a law degree or equivalent experience, and offers opportunities to contribute to a national tribunals framework within a public sector

Qualifications

• Law degree or equivalent technical experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support the effective administration of Tribunals and assess caseloads to determine progression.
• Make case management decisions under delegated judicial powers and liaise with key stakeholders and HMCTS colleagues.
• Work within the Employment Tribunal in Glasgow and attend the office on site.
• Collaborate with the wider team to ensure timely access to justice.

Skills

Communication

Decision making

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Law degree or equivalent

Job description

Proud to serve. Proud to keep justice going.

Our Legal Officers play a critical role in helping deliver justice. If you're intent on serving the public by delivering excellent service, and are enthusiastic about working with the judiciary, then this role gives you the opportunity to play a pivotal role within HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS).

About us

Part of HMCTS, the Tribunals Directorate is responsible for the effective administration of Tribunals in England and Wales and non-devolved Tribunals in Scotland and Northern Ireland. We work with an independent judiciary across a wide range of jurisdictions to provide a fair, efficient and effective justice system.

Information Session

We will be holding a Microsoft Teams Webinar on Monday 2nd November at 2pm.

This drop-in session is an opportunity for candidates to discuss the role in more detail.

If you wish to attend, please click onto the following Teams link only at the date and time given above -

https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3584469130789465?p=EbWFrnDUUgHWdeyCpo

If you experience any difficulties with this Teams link, please email Richard Metcalf directly: [e-mail]

We look forward to welcoming you and sharing more about this exciting opportunity.

Your role

Working within a Regional Hearing Centre (RHC), you will support the effective administration of Tribunals business on a national scale by undertaking a range of complex case work and assessment activity in order to determine how best to advance caseloads and remove any barriers to effective and timely case progression.

Working independently with the support of a wider team, you will make informed decisions on how best to process appeals allowing all better access to justice. Under the supervision of a Senior Legal Officer and leadership judiciary, the Legal Officer will make case management decisions as part of their delegated judicial powers. A Legal Officer will liaise with key stakeholders and HMCTS colleagues to ensure the effective administration of justice.

This Legal Officer role will be based in the Employment Tribunal in Glasgow.

We would like to highlight that these are office-based positions, and the successful candidates will be expected to attend the office in person

The Glasgow Tribunal Centre, 20 York Street | Glasgow.G2 8GT.

About you

Are you able to reflect on an issue and take an informed and impartial approach to your work, making evidence-based decisions? If you do, this varied and challenging role is for you.

A confident communicator and decision maker, you will use your skills and abilities to effectively work and engage with all court users. You'll understand the importance of impartial decision making, and the need to understand a wide range of information at pace. You'll have the ability to communicate with multiple levels of stakeholders internal and external to the Tribunal, with varying communication methods and the ability to adapt your communication to your audience.

For a full job description, please read supporting document and candidate pack included below before applying.

Experience

A law degree or equivalent technical experience is desirable.

The equivalent technical experience has been defined as:

"The demonstration of a transferable decision-making aptitude, working within a set framework or guidance and previous precedents, under a form of supervision"

Introductory Training

All successful candidates will be expected to attend a 2-day introductory training course at a date and time to be advised.

Interview Schedule Notice

Interviews are scheduled to take place in late November 2026. Please note that rescheduling will only be considered in exceptional circumstances, and any rearrangements must still occur within the interview period.

Further Information

New recruits to the Civil Service joining MoJ are expected to join at the band minimum.

These operational roles are customer facing, requiring successful applicants to be office based to provide HMCTS services to the public. Non-contractual hybrid working may be available, but we cannot facilitate requests for a particular work from home/working in the office schedule.

Working Pattern

The roles are offered on a full-time basis. Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week Monday to Friday. However, requests for part-time/reduced hours working will be considered at the point of provisional offer, subject to meeting business requirements within the relevant business area in accordance with the MoJ's Flexible Working policy.

Occasional travel to other sites

For this post, occasional travel to other sites may be required.