Judicial Appointments Commission in London

General Information

Salary

£40,014 – £42,859

Working Pattern

Full Time

Vacancy Approach

External

Location

London

Region

London

Closing Date

16-Dec-2025

Post Type

Permanent

Civil Service Grade

HEO

Number of jobs available

1

Reserve List

12 Months

Job ID

12448

Descriptions & requirements

Job description

Judicial Appointments Commission Job Description – Front of House Manager (HEO)

About the JAC

The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) is an independent public body, established in April 2006, to select judges in the courts and tribunals, and non-legal tribunal members. The JAC selects judicial candidates through fair and open competition, encouraging a wide range of quality candidates to apply for the posts that it advertises.

The JAC is responsible for designing, planning, and running recruitment campaigns to select judicial office holders up to and including High Court Judges. We have a statutory duty to select solely on merit, while keeping our selection processes open to the widest range of applicants. We launch a new campaign for judicial posts every one to two weeks. These range from high volume campaigns for \’entry level\’ posts, attracting upward of 2,000 applicants, to small campaigns for senior roles, attracting a handful of highly qualified people.

More information about the JAC is on our website:

The Role

We\’re looking for an organised, proactive and collaborative Front of House Manager to help us deliver efficient and high-quality selection activity. This role is pivotal to the JAC, with responsibility for planning and coordinating interview activity, both remote and in-person, and supporting JAC interview panel members and staff. This includes troubleshooting and advice relating to the digital products used by panel members and staff, including Microsoft Teams and Google Workspace and its associated applications.

You will be part of the Programme Office, responsible for the day-to-day management of the Judicial Appointments Front of House activity. Key aspects of the role will include allocating staff to the Front of house schedule, identifying periods w additional resource might be required, and ensuring a high level of service is delivered to our candidates, panel members and other stakeholders.

Main responsibilities

• Support the Head of Operational Delivery and the Senior Programme Manager by taking responsibility for the effective planning and management of all Front of House duties.

Allocate Operational Executive Officers (EOs) to the Front of House schedule, seeking confirmation of their availability and approval from Operational Senior Leaders and Managers. In allocating EO\’s, ensure fairness, and