Immigration Litigation Caseworker - Flexible/Compressed Hours

Government Recruitment Service; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service is recruiting a Litigation Caseworker for the Home Office in Solihull. You will manage pre-action protocol correspondence and judicial review challenges, working with operational decision-makers and government lawyers across the UK.

The role offers full-time, permanent employment within the Civil Service, with a salary of £34,415 to £38,991 per year. Training may be required, and you will contribute to delivering an efficient, fair asylum system.

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

Government Recruitment Service is recruiting a Litigation Caseworker for the Home Office in Solihull. You will manage pre-action protocol correspondence and judicial review challenges, working with operational decision-makers and government lawyers across the UK.

The role offers full-time, permanent employment within the Civil Service, with a salary of £34,415 to £38,991 per year. Training may be required, and you will contribute to delivering an efficient, fair asylum system.