Legal Manager

at  Crown Prosecution Service

Are you an experienced lawyer looking to progress into leadership and management? The Crown Prosecution Service is recruiting legal managers to join our teams across England.

ABOUT YOU

We’re looking for lawyers with post qualification criminal law experience. Your leadership is crucial to our ability to secure justice for victims of crime – so you must prioritise your workload and remain objective in emotionally charged situations.
We’re committed to your professional growth and support you with a range of learning and development opportunities. This includes a comprehensive training programme, guidance from an internal mentor, and the chance to shadow colleagues across the organisation. Your existing expertise is maintained with occasional opportunities to appear as a court advocate.

ABOUT OUR BENEFITS

At the Crown Prosecution Service, we pride ourselves on providing a variety of benefits that ensure our employees’ requirements are central. We want to ensure you can thrive at work and home, offering a range of support to achieve a balance. This includes flexible working hours, flexibility to support caring responsibilities and a family friendly approach to work. We also offer a range of benefits including:

• flexible and hybrid working, including flexitime
• comprehensive training programme
• 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
• 1 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

If you’re looking for a role where you can motivate, inspire and make a real difference, find out more and apply today.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £64,640.00-£73,540.00 per year
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: 38520

ABOUT THE ROLE

Legal managers are central to the success of our prosecution teams. You lead a team of lawyers, paralegals and administrators, quality checking their work and providing expert guidance on policy matters and complex criminal casework.
Your role is influential and rewarding – you have the chance to shape the way we work and build positive relationships across the criminal justice system. You contribute to strategic planning and policy making, lead best practice training, and work with criminal justice partners including the police and HM Courts and Tribunals Service to improve conviction rates and public confidence in our work.

At the Crown Prosecution Service, we pride ourselves on providing a variety of benefits that ensure our employees’ requirements are central. We want to ensure you can thrive at work and home, offering a range of support to achieve a balance. This includes flexible working hours, flexibility to support caring responsibilities and a family friendly approach to work. We also offer a range of benefits including:

• flexible and hybrid working, including flexitime
• comprehensive training programme
• 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
• 1 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 discount