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About the Role
Court Associates are essential to ensure Magistrates Court hearings run smoothly. They possess the confidence to communicate effectively with judges and participants, and the skill to produce accurate and timely court documents.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the smooth running of all Magistrates Courts sitting daily.
- Intervene in Court when required to maximise judicial sitting time.
- Take pleas, produce Court orders, and record hearing outcomes accurately and efficiently.
- Liaise with the Judge, defence, prosecution, media, and the public regarding complex and sensitive matters.
- Adapt to new systems and technologies.
Requirements
- Ability to be a supportive team player delivering excellent customer service and achieve effective performance.
- Able to speak publicly and within a court room environment.
- Excellent communication, organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Ability to complete documents accurately and to deadlines.
- IT proficient with the ability to learn and adapt to different technologies and software packages.
- Familiar with working within process.
- Must be available on-site for full court sitting days.
- Successful applicants will be appointed to the nearest viable office to their home postcode.
- Must have and maintain the legal right to live and work in the Civil Service and in the United Kingdom.
Skills
- Confident communication
- Public speaking
- Liaising with judges, defence, prosecution, media, and the public
- Producing accurate and timely court documents
- Teamwork
- Intervention in court
- Accuracy and efficiency in documentation
- Resilience
- Adaptability to new systems and technologies
- Customer service
- Organisational skills
- Prioritisation skills
Location
- Bromley
- Croydon
- London
- Westminster
- Wimbledon
Work Type
- Office based
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job sharing
Experience Level
- EO Civil Service Grade
Salary/Compensations
- £33,551 - £35,564
Benefits
- Developing career in the Civil Service
- Annual leave: 25 days on appointment, increasing to 30 days after five years’ service.
- Option to buy or sell up to three days leave each year.
- Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day.
- Choice of Civil Service pension schemes.
- Extensive training and development opportunities.
- Opportunity to join employee-run networks.
- Family Friendly policies (reduced hours, job share).
- Access to flexible benefits (retail vouchers, discounts).
- Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
- Free annual sight tests for computer screen users.
About the Company
- HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and Courts and Tribunals in England and Wales.
- Our roles support our service users and colleagues within HMCTS, where people and businesses access potentially life-changing justice.
- We are committed to public service and making a difference in people's lives to deliver justice.
- The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows, blending working from base location, different MoJ sites and/or from home.
- All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity.
- The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.
Equal Opportunity
- As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace.
- MoJ are able to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns.
- The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found.
- The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs.
- The MoJ is committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.