Executive Officer (EO) - Band D

Brook Street; Leeds; On-site; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Brook Street is seeking an Executive Officer - Team Leader for HM Courts & Tribunals Service, a full-time temporary role until December 2025. The successful candidate will have team leadership experience, managing performance while ensuring efficient court services in a fully office-based environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in team leading/management required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team ensuring organisation and skill met for objectives.
• Assign responsibilities and monitor progress.
• Plan and coordinate training and development for staff.

Skills

Team Leadership

Performance Management

Communication

Health and Safety Management

Job description

Our client HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is an agency of the Ministry of Justice. HMCTS provides administrative support for the legal system across England and Wales, ensuring justice works for everyone.

Our justice system defends our fundamental rights and freedoms. It is a cornerstone of our modern society and it must serve all those who call on it, when they call on it. From some of the most vulnerable people in our society, to families in crisis, claimants and commercial businesses - HMCTS has a responsibility to administer a justice system that is accessible to everyone and operates efficiently.

Our public sector client is looking for a temporary employee to join their team as an Executive Officer - Team Leader. This is initially a temporary role until December 2025. There may be chance of an extension, but this will be down to business need. This is a full-time role, Monday - Friday, 37 hours per week. Usual working hours will be 9-5. The pay rate for this role is £14.66 ph - paid on a weekly basis.

This role is fully office based, due to the nature of the work. The office is located in LS1 3BG.

In this role you will be leading a team and ensuring a smooth running of the court services. Your day-to-day duties will include but won't be restricted to:

• Lead a team of staff ensuring that its members are organised and fully skilled to meet their work objectives. Effectively managing both team and individual performance, addressing any issues as they arise, in line with HR policy
• Assign responsibilities for action and monitoring progress against plans.
• Ensure that performance management and reward & recognition systems are utilised effectively throughout area of responsibility, ensuring consistent standards through bench marking and encouraging/ rewarding good ideas and creativity
• Plan, co-ordinate and organise training and development for staff. Ensuring that learning and development needs of all staff, including inductees, are identified and met
• Identify staff potential and develop in line with business and individual needs
• Identify recruitment needs and retention issues, assessing resource requirements against demands
• Be responsible for health and safety issues for the team and their immediate working environment
• Take a lead in employee engagement activities to maintain good working relationships with staff and to improve service delivery and staff morale / motivation.
• Ensure staff are aware of HMCTS strategic objectives and are updated in relation to corporate messages.

The successful candidate for the role will have team leading/management experience.

The successful candidate for this role will be subject to a Basic DBS check and referencing. If this is something you would be interested in, please apply for more information.

Brook Street is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.

As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.

Should you identify as a candidate with a disability and/or as a veteran or spouse/partner of military personnel and meet all the essential criteria for the role, we encourage you to reach out to us via the Brook Street website. Here you will find a link to register your interest and state the role that you are interested in. We are committed to engaging with you.

In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses/partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, Brook Street will interview the best candidates from within that group.

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