Area Advocacy Clerking Manager

Crown Prosecution Service; England; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Crown Prosecution Service is seeking an Area Advocacy Clerking Manager to lead the Advocacy Clerking Team. This pivotal role will oversee operations, manage stakeholder engagement, and implement efficient clerking processes, ensuring high standards of service delivery in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Civil Service contributory pension up to 28.9%

25 days' leave, increasing to 30 after 5 years

£350 for personal development

Competitive maternity and parental leave

Flexible working options available

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership in managing teams and operations.
• Experience in stakeholder engagement within legal contexts.
• Strong communication skills to convey objectives and manage change.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Advocacy Clerking Team, overseeing training and performance.
• Manage stakeholder relationships in the Criminal Justice System.
• Implement change initiatives and improve clerking processes.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Job description

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About The Job

Job summary

Crown Prosecution Service - South East is delighted to advertise the role of Area Advocacy Clerking Manager.

As the Area Advocacy Clerking Manager, you lead the Advocacy Clerking Team, overseeing training, workload allocation, day-to-day operations, and performance management. You are responsible for ensuring the delivery of efficient and effective clerking processes, while acting as the central point of contact for stakeholder engagement and relationship management.

You provide line management for the Advocacy Clerking Manager within the Advocacy Clerking Unit and demonstrate strong leadership across all aspects of Crown Advocate Unit performance. This includes supporting and driving the successful implementation of major change initiatives and continuous improvement strategies.

You play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering strategic change, working closely with internal and external stakeholders to meet the evolving needs of the business. You foster productive partnerships with key Criminal Justice System stakeholders, including the Bar, Chambers, and HMCTS, to ensure a high standard of service delivery.

Your responsibilities also include ensuring advocates are instructed in line with the Crown Prosecution Service Briefing Principles and the joint Crown Prosecution Service–Bar Diversity and Inclusion Statement, promoting fair, inclusive, and representative briefing practices. You manage the Crown Prosecution Service’s digital clerking systems, using data and reports to drive engagement, monitor performance, and support ongoing improvement across the unit.

The Crown Prosecution Service is based in England and Wales. If you’re applying for this role and live in Scotland or Northern Ireland, you must let us know when accepting this offer as you need permission to work from your home address if hybrid working is part of your role. There’s no guarantee that we will grant this approval.

You must be aged 18 before starting in this role. The start date is expected to be 8-12 weeks after the application deadline.

Job Description

Your roles and responsibilities:

• The role is the visible and proactive focal point for the Area’s Advocacy Clerking Team.
• Stakeholder engagement and key regular liaison role with other core teams in the business, for briefing principles compliance, data recording, succession planning and business need.
• You proactively building and maintaining good working relationships with Barristers Chambers, HMCTS and other Criminal Justice partners.
• You communicate a clear vision and direction, with clear accountabilities and decision- making guidance. You are an active member of the Area senior management team, contributing to the development and delivery of Area Business and strategic plans ensuring that team issues are represented.
• You proactively manage and ensure deployment of Advocacy Clerking Managers is in line with CPS strategies, ensuring standards of performance, conduct, attendance are managed in line with Service’s HR procedures and policies. Taking an active and considered approach to promoting self-development of staff within the team, providing support either collectively or on an individual basis where there are particular areas of concern.
• You lead the team through periods of change setting a clear vision of what the Area is trying to achieve and involves staff fully in delivery and change implementation.

A copy of the full job description is available if requested from [e-mail].

Person specification

GCSE and A-Level results won't hold you back. We know that some people find their skills and passions when they leave school, so we won't take these into account.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together

Alongside your salary of £36,360, Crown Prosecution Service contributes £10,533 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Join the Crown Prosecution Service and find your purpose.

The Crown Prosecution Service is passionate about ensuring that we're a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We're a committed equal opportunities employer, creating a culture where you can bring your whole self to work, and individuality is truly appreciated.

This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our staff networks covering disability, faith and belief, LGBTQI+, race, social mobility alongside our mental health first aiders programme and wellbeing sessions.

The Crown Prosecution Service commits to offer its employees the following experience.

• You can do impactful, purposeful work that’s making a difference to your local communities.
• You are able to learn and grow, with access to the right opportunities and resources.
• We care about your wellbeing.
• We want you to feel valued, trusted and included.

We also offer the following range of benefits:

• Civil Service contributory pension of up to 28.9%
• 25 days’ leave, increasing to 30 days after 5 years
• £350 each year to spend on personal development
• lawyer training programme for all new prosecutors
• an extra privilege day to mark the King's birthday
• competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave
• flexible working including flexitime, and a family friendly approach to work
• Cycle2Work scheme, employee savings.

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