Admin Officer

Administrative Officer - Wigan Magistrates Court

Location: Wigan

Monday to Friday - Full time

Pay Rate - £12.86ph

What you'll be doing:

• Support Legal Team Managers with functions relating to magistrates' benches, panels, committees and Advisory Committees in the North West Region
• Help prepare and organise training events for legal staff
• Compile and maintain magistrates' sitting rotas
• Attend meetings as required, then prepare and distribute meeting documentation (agenda, supporting papers, main points, actions)
• Sift and distribute mail and correspondence, drafting responses as directed
• Act as a point of contact for enquiries from magistrates, partner agencies and court users
• Liaise with operational colleagues across the region to collect information, check facts, communicate and support smooth court procedures
• Prepare, produce and distribute correspondence, reports, papers and statistical returns
• Maintain and update records, information systems and databases, including data inputting, running reports and initiating queries

What you'll bring:

• Confident phone manner and a helpful, prompt, polite approach-focused on "right first time" service
• Strong eye for detail, particularly when scheduling, organising and producing documents
• Clear communication skills with the ability to work professionally with a wide range of stakeholders
• A proactive, problem-solving mindset and willingness to support the team with additional administrative tasks as needed

Additional information:

• Working pattern: 9-5 (flexible start available from 8:30, finishing 4:30 for early shifts)

Ready to bring structure, calm and accuracy to the heart of the court?

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.

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.

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