Job Description

We are hiring for the position of Executive Officer !

Location: Feltham, London, TW14 8HA
Salary: £16,57 per hour
Contract: Temporary, 6-month with the possibility of extension. Full time, Monday to Friday: 9:00 to 17:00, 37 hours per week, hybrid working at least 3 days in the office

Brook Street in partnership with the Home Office has a fantastic opportunity to join the Litigation Team. As a litigation caseworker you will work in the Upper Tribunal and High Court. You may also be involved in cases progressing to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.

Responsibilities:

• Assessing challenges set out in pre-action protocol correspondence or judicial review claims against UK immigration legislation, policies, procedures, and on immigration applications.
• Responding to pre-action protocol correspondence and referring to operational areas for action to remedy original errors.
• Escalating policy or procedural issues from pre-action protocol correspondence, judicial review claims and private law damages claims.
• Liaising with and instructing government lawyers to an agreed course of action in managing litigation, and approving grounds of defence on behalf of Secretary of State for the Home Department.
• Supporting government lawyers and counsel on defending cases at the oral or substantive hearing stages, securing witness statements when needed.
• Deciding when cases should be settled and working with stakeholders to secure financial authority, to ensure best cost outcomes.
• Liaising with and providing advice to decision makers and supporting in learning lessons from legal challenges.
• Maintaining accurate records of activities/work completed across a range of systems.

Essential skills & Criteria:

• Organisation, able to plan and are well prepared, maximising time and productivity
• Precision, detailed focused ensuring everything is accurate and error free
• Able to anticipate and avoid problems before they occur
• Able to use their judgement and take considered approach to situations and tasks when making decisions
• Establishing mutual respect and trust building relationships internally and externally
• Highly motivated and inspire others to achieve target goals
• Resilience with an inner composure to recover and learn quickly from setbacks
• Responsible ownership for own decisions and accountable for what has been delivered
• Supporting others in leading change
• Analysing complex information identifying errors and irregularities
• Good communication with a particular emphasis on excellent drafting skills
• Complying with set standards and applying relevant guidance and case law
• Making high quality decisions in a changing and time pressured environment
• A university degree OR recent experience of complex case working in a government litigation team, OR significant litigation experience in a government case working team

Desirable Criteria:

• Good customer service skills
• Ability to follow set standards and follow guidance
• Good IT skills (including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

Training & Drafting:

Leave must be kept to a minimum in the first 4-6 weeks. Training consists of e-learning, core sessions and mentoring lasting 3 months. Employees should not have holidays during this period unless for exceptional circumstances.

Amenities:

Free shuttle bus service from Hatton Cross and Feltham stations. A café serves the Bedfont Lakes Business Park.

You will need a valid passport, 2 x proofs of address, proof of NI, and must have been living in the UK for the last 5 years.

Brook Street are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.

As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.

Should you identify as a candidate with a disability and/or as a veteran or spouse/partner of military personnel and meet all the essential criteria for the role, we encourage you to reach out to us via the Brook Street website. Here you will find a link to register your interest and state the role that you are interested in. We are committed to engaging with you.

In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses/partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, Brook Street will interview the best candidates from within that group.