Legal Officer (Crime)

Government Recruitment Service; Leeds; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Government Recruitment Service in Leeds seeks a Legal Officer (Crime) to enforce confiscation orders and handle straightforward confiscation matters under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Reporting to a Managing Criminal Lawyer, you will join the Proceeds of Crime team within Legal Services, helping return assets to productive use and supporting the Enforcement Group's priorities.

The role offers flexible working options and development opportunities to grow within a dynamic government team.

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications stated in the ad.

Responsibilities

• manage a mixed caseload of confiscation enforcement cases and straightforward confiscation matters, from deciding how to enforce a confiscation order to considering whether to start confiscation proceedings
• instruct Counsel or agent solicitors where appropriate
• work with colleagues in the Enforcement Group, particularly financial investigators, to develop and pursue focused case strategies, recognising that the best answers don't always sit within our own walls
• give clear, accurate and timely advice on the conduct of Proceeds of Crime proceedings
• build effective working relationships with external stakeholders, particularly the enforcement courts
• attend court and carry out advocacy in magistrates' courts as appropriate, for example at enforcement hearings
• take ownership of your casework, exercising the freedom to find the best route to a good outcome, while being clear and accountable for the results you achieve

Job description

For nearly 150 years, we've protected the UK economy with deep expertise and rigour, building the confidence that helps businesses access lending, investment and opportunity.

We help people deal with personal insolvency. We make statutory redundancy payments when insolvent employers can't. We investigate director conduct and take action where it's needed.

And right now, we're changing how we do all of this, becoming faster, more digitally driven, and more focused on stopping problems before they escape.

More than 2,000 of us work in offices across England, Scotland and Wales. It might be time for you to join us.

Legal Officer (Crime)

Company: Government Recruitment Service Salary: £48,913 to £48,913 a year Hours: Full-time Location: Leeds Job type: Permanent Posting date: 9 Nov 2026 Closing date: 22 Nov 2026

Summary

About Us

We help the UK move forward, faster.

For nearly 150 years, we've protected the UK economy with deep expertise and rigour, building the confidence that helps businesses access lending, investment and opportunity.

We help people deal with personal insolvency. We make statutory redundancy payments when insolvent employers can't. We investigate director conduct and take action where it's needed.

And right now, we're changing how we do all of this, becoming faster, more digitally driven, and more focused on stopping problems before they escape.

More than 2,000 of us work in offices across England, Scotland and Wales. It might be time for you to join us.

Role

We're looking for a Legal Officer (Crime) who wants more than a job that ticks boxes. You will enforce confiscation orders against convicted defendants and handle straightforward confiscation matters under the Proceeds of Crime Act. This supports our aim to return assets to productive use by recovering what criminals have taken.

This is a role for someone who wants to think bigger, challenge the way things have always been done, and take ownership of the outcomes that matter.

We offer full-time, part-time, job share and flexible working. We invest in your development and give our people the space to grow, take ownership and make decisions.

Reporting to a Managing Criminal Lawyer, you'll join the Proceeds of Crime team in Legal Services, part of the Enforcement Group as it continues to grow. You'll be part of a team that's central to how we return assets to productive use faster.

Legal Services has about 130 staff, who make up our Criminal and Civil Enforcement teams and a Paralegal team.

In this role, you will enforce confiscation orders against convicted defendants and handle straightforward confiscation matters. You will work with colleagues in the Enforcement Group, particularly financial investigators, and with the enforcement courts.

What you'll do (Responsibilities)

• manage a mixed caseload of confiscation enforcement cases and straightforward confiscation matters, from deciding how to enforce a confiscation order to considering whether to start confiscation proceedings


• instruct Counsel or agent solicitors where appropriate


• work with colleagues in the Enforcement Group, particularly financial investigators, to develop and pursue focused case strategies, recognising that the best answers don't always sit within our own walls


• give clear, accurate and timely advice on the conduct of Proceeds of Crime proceedings


• build effective working relationships with external stakeholders, particularly the enforcement courts


• attend court and carry out advocacy in magistrates' courts as appropriate, for example at enforcement hearings


• take ownership of your casework, exercising the freedom to find the best route to a good outcome, while being clear and accountable for the results you achieve

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