CJU Casework Officer - HC621222

CJU Casework Officer - HC621222

Job Title: CJU Casework Officer - HC621222

Location: Pyle Street, Newport, Isle of Wight (Office Based)

Salary: Scale 4, £26.06 - £28,653 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week (Some Saturdays and bank holiday duties required)

Closing Date: Sunday 4th January 2026 at 23:59 hours

About The Role

We are looking for someone to join our office based team to act as a gatekeeper for prosecution cases. You will prepare files, support their progression through the Criminal Justice System, and liaise between serving police officers and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

1. Act as a gatekeeper for non custody cases: obtain, triage, quality assure, and submit case files to the CPS for pre charge advice in line with National File Standards and the Director General's Guidelines on disclosure.
2. Monitor and receive responses and charging decisions from the CPS and disseminate them to the Officer in Charge (OIC).
3. Prepare, quality assure, and submit accurate prosecution files that help ensure successful prosecution rates.
4. Obtain, quality assure, redact, reformat, and prepare any supporting/ additional evidence; liaise with the OIC and CPS to undertake further evidential enquiries when required, managing them within the agreed timeframe(s).
5. Develop and apply knowledge of National File Standards, legal points to prove, and disclosure protocols to ensure that key evidence accompanies prosecution files before submission to the CPS.
6. Undertake daily disposal searches and ensure prosecution materials are provided to the CPS by the morning deadline; conduct further hourly checks to ensure all required information is provided to the CPS and the courts for an effective remand court hearing.
7. Create postal requisitions or single justice notices to be served on a defendant, and list the matter for a court date. Support the location of defendants in instances where a postal requisition is returned and instigate the process for reissuance.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Educated to QCF Level 2 (3 5 passes) or work experience deemed to have brought the postholder to a comparable level.

• Proven experience working in a busy administrative environment, undertaking complex administrative tasks to a high standard.

Contact details for an informal discussion

Please contact the Recruitment Team at or .

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary is an equal opportunities employer that welcomes applications from all sections of the community.