Paralegal Assistant

at  Crown Prosecution Service

JOB SUMMARY

Are you interested in developing a career with a real purpose? Join as a paralegal assistant with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in an integral supporting role.
In this role, you deliver customer service to internal and external stakeholders and casework support to the paralegal team. You build on your skills – including communication, quality checking and time management – to complete your work to a high standard and help achieve your team’s goals and objectives.
You must have the digital capabilities required to complete tasks that are part of the role.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Paralegal assistants provide vital administrative and casework support on the front line of our service. You work with the paralegal team to prepare cases for the magistrates’ and Crown Court – producing court documents, managing case files and briefing prosecutors. You liaise with criminal justice partners to ensure the smooth progression of cases, and provide practical support to victims and witnesses of crime.
Your work makes a positive difference to society and the communities we serve. We value your skills and support your professional growth with development opportunities throughout your career at the CPS.

Your roles and responsibilities are:

• Supporting legal teams to operate effectively and efficiently, ensuring they have all paperwork ready for the case.
• Providing administrative support, ensuring information is recorded accurately for the team working on the case.
• Carrying out team related tasks including preparing briefs, filing, drafting letters and court lists.
• Attending court as required, to provide support for paralegal officers and prosecutors.
• Providing excellent customer service when dealing with enquiries so that the public and stakeholders can have confidence in the work of the CPS.

Find out what the role is like - Meet our paralegal assistants (cps.gov.uk)

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Your roles and responsibilities are:

• Supporting legal teams to operate effectively and efficiently, ensuring they have all paperwork ready for the case.
• Providing administrative support, ensuring information is recorded accurately for the team working on the case.
• Carrying out team related tasks including preparing briefs, filing, drafting letters and court lists.
• Attending court as required, to provide support for paralegal officers and prosecutors.
• Providing excellent customer service when dealing with enquiries so that the public and stakeholders can have confidence in the work of the CPS

We are holding a series of information sessions – these are live webchats where you can ask us any queries you may have about your application, the process or the roles. You can register here:

• 26 September 12 – 1pm - https://meetandengage.com/am154xjf1
• 9 October 4:30 – 5:30pm - https://meetandengage.com/am154zwf

You’re asked to respond to three questions in the personal statement section of your application form – in no more than 750 words overall – setting out how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience demonstrate each core behaviour for this role. These are:

• Motivation (lead behaviour) - Why would you like to join the Crown Prosecution Service as a paralegal assistant?
• Managing a quality service Can you explain when you have delivered a good quality service to an individual or a group of people?
• Communicating and influencing Can you describe a time when you have communicated an important message to someone face to face