Cps Careers – Senior Crown Prosecutor In Reading

Overview

Position Title: Senior Crown Prosecutor

Company: Crown Prosecution Service

Location: Reading, UK

Job Description

CPS Proceeds of Crime (POC) is at the forefront of the fight against Economic Crime, ensuring that criminal assets are restrained, confiscated and enforced so that criminals do not benefit from their ill-gotten gains. We are also working with law enforcement colleagues to use new civil recovery powers to target unexplained wealth.

Requirements:

• Postholders will be responsible for their own caseload – advising investigators, reviewing case files, conducting proceedings and providing legal advice on cases to be presented in the Magistrates’, Crown and High Courts.
• The postholder will analyses, review, prepare and present a wide range of restraint, confiscation and enforcement cases, and will be expected to have up-to-date knowledge of asset recovery law. The postholder will have a high volume of casework in respect of advice and review, which will include some of the more challenging, serious and sensitive cases. There will be scope for some advocacy in the Magistrates’ court and in the Crown Court.
• The postholder will have a caseload of restraint and confiscation work on the Pre-Enforcement Teams, or enforcement casework on the National Enforcement Unit

Experience

• If you are unsure about your eligibility please contact the CPS Strategic Resourcing Team at EarlyCareers@CPS.gov.uk
• If you apply and are found not to meet the requirements as set out above; any offer of appointment will be withdrawn, or contract terminated.
• Candidates will be subject to UK immigration requirements. For the most up-to-date information on the requirements of working in the UK,
• Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals.
• The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behavior expected of civil servants, please see here: https://bit.ly/31Ejuli