Contract: February 2026
Salary: £14.75 per hour
Location: South London
5 days' work setting
This is a temporary contract role until February 2026 for Admin officer's role with an immediate start date (Compliance dependant) for a potential 4 month duration with a possible extension offering a 5 day work setting and a London location. (Wandsworth)
This role is for Clerk to the Designated Circuit Judge (DCJ) and requires specific qualities.
Key Responsibilities:
Administration* Preparing papers and files for court, tribunals, hearings and meetings* Producing court/tribunal documents. * General photocopying and filing.* Creating and updating records on in-house computer system and data input. Post opening and dispatch.* Preparing Court Rooms.
Drafting* Standard letters and correspondence, minutes, notes, reports, submissions etc, according to guidelines and instructions .
Operations* Clerking civil and family courts, tribunals and hearings, ensuring papers & materials are available / up to date.* Assisting court users, supporting listing and rota management, checking files.* Contacting relevant parties, scheduling, serving court documents, executing a range of warrants, collecting. fines and fees etc, including the use of chip and pin.* Handling counter (face to face), written and telephone enquiries.* To work as a team to ensure TIB (Team Information Board) meetings are relevant, timely and productive.
Processing Casework. Managing the DCJ's Diary, Listing cases as needed and sending out hearing notices.* Including standard documentation and information, court orders, claims, fines and fees, legal aid.* Resulting courts accurately, interpreting accurately the information required on a court file* To work to workload targets in terms of throughput and accuracy.
Checking and Verifying
Documents, records, accounts, claims and returns for approval, results, statistics, plans etc. against criteria, regulations or procedures
Ensuring compliance and administration documentation meet quality standardsCollecting and Assembling Information
Work may require interpretation of source materials, preparation of bundles, chasing
Collect / assemble information to prepare for and run the daily TIB meeting, as requiredCommunicating with the Public, the Judiciary, other Court and Tribunal Users and Representatives of other Agencies and Organisations
Communicate and work with the Judiciary, Magistracy, the Cluster Managers, Court staff, and other internal / external stakeholders, suppliers and customers to collect information, check facts, communicate or
enforce judicial decisions.
To deliver a helpful, prompt, polite and "right first time" service to our internal and external customersOther Duties
The post holder is required to work in a flexible way and undertake any other duties reasonably requested by line management which are commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility of this post.
Essential Skills & Criteria:
Strong customer focus and service skills
Experience of working in an administrative role in a customer focused environment.
Proficient with IT and Microsoft Software packages
Excellent communication and organisational skills
Other duties as required.
Brook Street is 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