Legal Services: General Case Worker
An exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced legal setting, as part of the Legal Services Department of Gloucestershire Constabulary. Providing investigative assistance and administrative support to the team of in-house lawyers, this is a caseworker role. The work covers all litigation brought against the Chief Constable, including civil claims and employment claims. As part of a small and supportive department, you can make a real contribution towards the goal of lawful policing, since the lessons learned from litigation help shape the policies and practices that form the operational policing approach.
What will the role involve?
The primary purpose of this role is to support the in-house lawyers with research and investigation into the factual background of each litigation case involving Gloucestershire Constabulary. This will involve speaking to police officers and staff to obtain their account of events, interrogating police systems to extract contemporaneous records of events and corresponding with outside bodies, e.g. the court, to obtain related material held.
Otherwise, this role will be responsible for day-to-day administrative duties including: managing the shared mailbox; receiving and logging civil claims and requests for disclosure; tracking court deadlines; and assisting with work towards meeting responsibilities under the relevant procedural rules.
This role will work closely with the the Civil Litigation Case Worker, to provide resilience in the work of civil claims.
What skills and experience do we need you to bring to the role?
We are looking for someone who is a good team player.
We are keen to hear from you if you are competent in Microsoft systems (including Excel, Word and Outlook) as well as Adobe.
We would like to know if you have previous research and/or investigative experience.
With appropriate training, we will need you to be able to use multiple IT systems at once - which will include Microsoft systems and the Constabulary’s in-house systems - to transfer information into various documents.
We are looking for someone who can prioritise tasks and has an excellent attention to detail.
What's it like working for Gloucestershire Constabulary?
There are numerous benefits to working for Gloucestershire Constabulary, from learning and development opportunities to schemes which aim to improve your lifestyle and well-being, as well as generous Local Government Pension Scheme, paid annual leave, flexible working and family friendly policies, plus many more benefits.
For full details, please see the role profile linked in this advert.
Please note this is a permanent, part time (0.6 FTE) role. Flexible working is available. The role will be based primarily in Police Headquarters at Waterwells, but home-working in part is available.
If you would like any more information about the role, please contact Louise Rogers on 01452 754306 or louise.rogers@gloucestershire.police.uk
The successful candidate for this role will be vetted at level Staff MV. This means the individual will need at least 5 years worth of residency in the UK.
Proposed interview dates are 8th July 2026.
Please refer to the Role Profile document when completing the Statement in support of your application section of the form. In this section, you are required to provide evidence with specific examples for each of the Essential criteria included under the Experience and Qualifications section of the Role Profile. For each of the criteria, please write a paragraph detailing how your experience, qualifications, skills and abilities meet the minimum criteria for the role. Applicants who do not provide this required evidence will unfortunately not be invited to interview.
Candidates applying for Gloucestershire Constabulary should be aware that the use of online 'Artificial Intelligence' (AI) systems such as ChatGPT to generate application answers is NOT permitted, any candidate found to have submitted an application form using online 'AI' software to generate answers will be removed from the recruitment process with immediate effect. This may result in future applications with the Constabulary also being rejected, based on integrity.
Need help with your application?
If you need any support while completing your application, whether it’s understanding the questions, gathering the right information, or just having someone to talk it through with, then our Better Together Team is here to help. We’d be happy to support you at any stage of the process.
For support with your application, please contact Better Together at BetterTogetherTeam@Gloucestershire.police.uk
