Advocacy Clerking Manager

Crown Prosecution Service; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Annual leave

Volunteering leave

Privilege day

Learning budget

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work

Discounts

Job summary

The Crown Prosecution Service is recruiting an Advocacy Clerking Manager based in Middlesbrough or Newcastle-upon-Tyne. You will lead a team of clerking assistants within the Crown Advocacy Unit, ensuring the team delivers on the advocacy strategy and manages day-to-day performance and stakeholder engagement.

Desirable that you have line management experience and knowledge of clerking teams; full training and development opportunities are provided to support your career progression.

Qualifications

• Line management experience is desirable.
• Prior knowledge of clerking teams is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of clerking assistants within the Crown Advocacy Unit.
• Responsible for day-to-day management of the clerking team, performance and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Line management experience

Knowledge of clerking teams

Job description

The Crown Prosecution Service is recruiting an Advocacy Clerking Manager based in Middlesbrough or Newcastle-upon-Tyne. If you’re looking for a career with real purpose, this is an opportunity for you.

The role

As an Advocacy Clerking Manager, you lead a team of clerking assistants within the Crown Advocacy Unit, ensuring the team delivers on the Crown Prosecution Service advocacy strategy. You are responsible for day-to-day management of the clerking team, performance and stakeholder engagement.

Your skills and experience

You don’t need specific qualifications or experience to apply – if you share our values and commitment to public service, we’d like to hear from you. We provide full training and a range of learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

It is desirable that you have the below experience, but this is not required to apply:

• Line management experience
• Previous knowledge of clerking teams

The benefits

At the Crown Prosecution Service, we pride ourselves on providing benefits that ensure our employees’ needs are central. We want to ensure you can thrive at work and home, offering support to achieve a balance. We also offer a range of benefits including:

• flexible and family-friendly working
• competitive salary
• Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.9%
• 25 days leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
• 3 days paid volunteering leave
• an extra privilege day for the King’s birthday
• £350 a year individual learning budget
• wellbeing support and counselling
• Cycle2work scheme, high street retailer offers and discounts.

Who we are

At the Crown Prosecution Service, we are responsible for delivering justice through the independent and effective prosecution of crime. As the principal prosecuting authority across England and Wales, the nature and diversity of cases we advise on and prosecute means our work is often emotionally challenging and complex. As such we employ over 7,000 individuals who think objectively, act professionally, show the upmost respect for others and continually strive for excellence.

apply by Monday 2 November.