Litigation Lawyer
Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
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Job summary
We are hiring a Litigation Lawyer to join our Legal Services team.
The Legal Services team is led and managed by the Deputy Director, Legal Services. The team provides legal and professional advice on all aspects of public law relevant to Ofsted. The purpose of this role is to provide direct litigation support or commission legal services as required by Ofsted.
This is a fantastic opportunity to further your experience in Ofsted’s well-established team. The post holder will work with high-achieving professionals at all levels, surrounded by a friendly and supportive team. They will have access to amazing benefits, such as flexible working hours, the Civil Service Pension Scheme, and 32.5 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays. We offer a hybrid working model, so you may also choose to spend a proportion of time working from home.
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Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Managing a Quality Service
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Significant knowledge and experience in litigation including applying public law principles via judicial review and/or statutory review.
- Experience of providing complex high calibre legal advice and guidance.
- Ability to identify legal and litigation risks and underlying causes, identifying solutions and ensure effective use of time and resource.
Benefits
Full details of the benefits available can be found in our Ofsted Offer brochure.
Ofsted is devoted to equality, diversity and inclusion. Within our Ofsted Strategy 2023-2027 we have stated that we will improve the representation of under-represented groups across the organisation and publish our progress on this annually. We are always looking to expand on our diverse workforce by recruiting candidates from varied backgrounds and differing experiences. We are proud to be a Disability Confident – Leader, we continually engage with our 5 staff networks for protected characteristics, and highlight the work of our Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Group. We ensure all candidates are treated with fair and open competition, with all appointments being made on merit and we use our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) to provide assurance to all candidates of this.
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Application and Shortlisting:
The selection panel will assess your application based on your evidence you have provided against the essential criteria as set out in the person specification.
You will also be asked to provide information within the “Employer/Activity History” section of the application form. This information is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV setting out your career history (this may be used in the sifting process).
Assessment and Interview:
Candidates who pass the benchmark at the shortlisting stage will be invited to an assessment and interview where they will be assessed against a mixture of the Civil Service behaviours and the experience/technical skills set out in section 3 of the job specification.
We will invite the most suitable candidates to attend an assessment and interview during the week commencing Monday 4 November and Monday 11 November 2024. The assessment and interview will be at held one of our Ofsted offices or via Microsoft Teams. This will be confirmed nearer the time.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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Job contact :
- Name : Talent and Resourcing Team
- Email : Jobs@ofsted.gov.uk
- Telephone : 0300 013 1487
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- Email : Jobs@ofsted.gov.uk