Legal Officer – Tribunal

About us

Part of HMCTS, the Tribunals Directorate is responsible for the effective administration of Tribunals in England and Wales and non-devolved Tribunals in Scotland and Northern Ireland. We work with an independent judiciary across a wide range of jurisdictions to provide a fair, efficient and effective justice system.

Working within a Regional Hearing Centre (RHC), you will support the effective administration of Tribunals business on a national scale by undertaking a range of complex case work and assessment activity in order to determine how best to advance caseloads and remove any barriers to effective and timely case progression.

Working independently with the support of a wider team, you will make informed decisions on how best to process appeals allowing all better access to justice. Under the supervision of a Senior Legal Officer and leadership judiciary, the Legal Officer will make case management decisions as part of their delegated judicial powers. A Legal Officer will liaise with key stakeholders and HMCTS colleagues to ensure the effective administration of justice.

Employment Tribunals Montague Court, 101 London Road, Croydon, CR0 2RF
. This is an office‑based position and the successful candidate will be required to attend this office in person.

Are you able to reflect on an issue and take an informed and impartial approach to your work, making evidence‑based decisions? If you do, this varied and challenging role is for you. A confident communicator and decision maker, you will use your skills and abilities to effectively work and engage with all court users. You’ll understand the importance of impartial decision making, and the need to understand a wide range of information ’ll have the ability to communicate with multiple levels of stakeholders internal and external to the Tribunal, with varying communication methods and the ability to adapt your communication to your audience.

A law degree or equivalent technical experience is desirable.

The equivalent technical experience has been defined as: "The demonstration of a transferable decision‑making aptitude, working within a set framework or guidance and previous precedents, under a form of supervision".

New recruits to the Civil Service joining MoJ are expected to join at the band minimum.

These operational roles are customer facing, requiring successful applicants to be office based to provide HMCTS services to the public. Non‑contractual hybrid working may be available, but we cannot facilitate requests for a particular work from home/working in the office schedule.

Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week. HMCTS welcomes part‑time, flexible and job‑sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs and are agreed prior to appointment. All applications for part‑time, flexible and job‑sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the MoJ’s Flexible Working policy.

Occasional travel to other sites may be required.

Legal scenario will be given at interview as part of the assessment.

A law degree or equivalent technical experience is desirable.

The equivalent technical experience has been defined as: "The demonstration of a transferable decision‑making aptitude, working within a set framework or guidance and previous precedents, under a form of supervision".