Are you detail oriented and passionate about upholding justice? We’re looking for a Case Assessor to join our Criminal Justice Department, where your expertise will directly contribute to the quality and integrity of our collisions / prosecution process.
In this role you will be working as part of a small team within the Criminal Justice, Road Safety Support Unit ensuring that collisions files are ready for process of finalisation.
It will be your role to review and check files to ensure that the required evidence to prove offences, is on each case file and ensuring that the necessary evidence is present. You will assess each file whether it will be charged or submitted for Postal Requisition (PR). You will need to have excellent communication skills as you will be liaising regularly with the public as well as police officers and staff. Working to legislation and within necessary timeframes, in particular with PR files you will ensure that any Statutory Time Limits (STLs) for prosecution are met.
You will be carrying out a really important role which contributes directly to bringing offenders to justice and making a meaningful difference to the communities we serve and protect.
If you're ready for a fresh challenge and keen to explore something truly different, this is the ideal opportunity to grow your career while making a real impact.
In this role your main responsibilities will be:
- To review 1st appearance prosecution files for evidential content and quality, liaising with others as appropriate
- Quality checking of files submitted by district for 1st appearance files providing feedback and remedying deficiencies
- To undertake a primary liaison role with criminal justice agencies in relation to prosecutions and ensure that requests and directives receive proper attention
- To record the quality of files on the relevant database and other workload information on systems as appropriate
- Direct and guide officers relating to the evidence required and advise on the completion of files
- Keep an up to date knowledge of criminal legislation, policies and procedures involving criminal justice and their application
Essential skills & experience required:
- Knowledge of prosecution files, the forms required and evidential content
- Work with minimal supervision and on own initiative
- Computer literate
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload
- Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing
- Experience of working to guidelines and procedures
- Experiencing of researching
Additional Information:
To be eligible to apply for this role you must have a 3 year ‘checkable history’ in the UK – ideally this means that you would have been resident in the UK for the last 3 years.
If you think that you have these qualities and are interested in joining our team, we would love to hear from you.
