Non-Magistrate Member on the South Wales Advisory Committee
AnnouncedBody: | Judicial Office |
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Appointing Department: | Ministry of Justice |
Sector: | Judicial, Prison & Policing |
Location: | South Wales |
Number of Vacancies: | Seven non-magistrate vacancies |
Remuneration: | Travel & Subsistance and Financial Loss allowance available |
Time Requirements: | Typically committees meet two/three times a year. Members will also be called upon to interview applicants for appointment as lay justices. The number of interviews will vary but will usually be spread over several weeks and may involve a number of days interviewing. |
Closing Date: | 07/01/2019 17:00 |
Interviews: | 14th January 2019 |
Vacancy Description
The role of the non-Magistrate member is to act as an ‘independent assessor’ on appointment panels. This would include drawing attention to any concerns he or she has that an appointments panel might not be acting in accordance with the Lord Chancellor’s Directions in recommending candidates for appointment. Typically committees meet two/three times a year. Members will also be called upon to interview applicants for appointment as lay justices. The number of interviews will vary but will usually be spread over several weeks and may involve a number of days interviewing. The work is interesting and rewarding (with normal expense allowances). It is a condition of the appointment that the successful applicant attends a 2-day training course. All proceedings of the Committee are confidential.
Person Specification
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How to Apply
For further information or an application form, together with notes for guidance, please contact Sandra Barnes at the address below.
South Wales Advisory Committee Cardiff Magistrates’ Court Fitzalan Place Cardiff CF24 0RZ Tel: 029 20 474351 Email: Sandra.barnes@justice.gov.uk |