Permanent post in the PSP Litigation Team of the London Family Area Directors Office, serving HM Prison & Probation Service. The post holder administers claims brought against HMPPS by prisoners, staff and third parties, and instructs lawyers and claims handlers to keep litigation spend down. Non-operational with no line management, the role carries a personal caseload of high-risk matters and offers hybrid working. Open only to existing civil servants and accredited NDPB staff, subject to a DBS standard check.
What the job involves
- Personally manage a caseload of litigation cases, including high-risk and high-profile matters, and brief senior managers
- Consider evidence and legal advice, then instruct lawyers and claims handlers for a consistent, proportionate response
- Assess claims and make recommendations on evidence, business risk, cost and expected outcomes
- Represent HMPPS at case conferences with Counsel
- Liaise with HMPPS-appointed legal advisors and advise them on the prison environment
- Keep the case management system accurate so reports on numbers, outcomes and spend can be generated
- Analyse caseloads, report on trends and outcomes, and flag high-risk cases and information gaps
- Seek approval within delegated authority under the Finance Manual and act as requisitioner or approver
- Advise on policy changes from case outcomes and Judicial Reviews, and contribute to PSP policy and procedures
- Act as point of contact and source of advice for colleagues and external stakeholders, sharing learning
- Contribute to Service Delivery Indicators and verify and sign off documentation as appropriate
- Support PSP and national business plan objectives and provide litigation casework support across the North Delivery Arm as required
What’s required
Skills & knowledge
- Good IT skills, with accurate population of electronic systems
- Working knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise workload in line with demand
- Demonstrate the six civil service behaviours: making effective decisions, delivering at pace, working together, changing and improving, managing a quality service, developing self and others
Checks & eligibility
- Existing civil servant or employee of an accredited NDPB
- Security and identity checks before taking up post
- DBS standard check
- Declare whether you are a member of a group or organisation HMPPS considers racist
- Nationality within the Civil Service nationality rules
What’s offered
- Annual leave with a holiday year starting 1 March, pro-rated for non-standard patterns
- 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) for bank, public and privilege holidays, added to annual leave
- Choice of two Civil Service pension schemes
- Hybrid working where business need allows, within the UK only
- Flexible, part-time and job-share working considered under HMPPS policy
- Season ticket advance after two months' service
- Training and development, including promotion programmes and individual induction
- Redeployment interview scheme for eligible candidates
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
