Careers at the CPS
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We at the CPS are passionate about ensuring that we are a top-performing organisation and a great place to work. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated. Find Your Purpose: join the CPS and have a future that matters.
Working at the CPS
We want to ensure our employees can thrive at work and home and offer a range of support to achieve a balance.
This includes flexibility of working hours, flexibility to support caring responsibilities and a flexible approach to deployment. Where you work - court, office or a remote setting such as your home - is based on the kind of work you're doing.
You must spend at least 40% of your contracted hours over a four-week period at court, in an office or another official workplace.
Benefits of working at the CPS
We offer a wide range of benefits including:
- Civil Service contributory pension of up to 27%
- 25 days’ leave, increasing to 30 days after five years
- an extra privilege day to mark the King's birthday
- competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave
- flexible working and a family friendly approach to work
- Cycle2Work scheme, employee savings.
The role of the CPS
The CPS prosecutes criminal cases that have been investigated by the police and other investigative organisations in England and Wales. The CPS is independent, and we make our decisions independently of the police and government.
Our duty is to make sure that the right person is prosecuted for the right offence, and to bring offenders to justice wherever possible.
Top tips for applying
Thinking of applying to join us at the CPS? Here are some top tips to help with your application.
- Tell us specific examples of your work and use headings to let us know which behaviour each example relates to.
- In each example, outline the situation, the task, the action you took and the result of your work.
- For legal roles, legal work experience is useful, but not always essential. Relevant experience can come from other things you've done and other work you've undertaken.
- GCSE and A-Level results won't hold you back. We know that some people find their skills and passions when they leave school, so we won't take these into account.
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We hold regular question and answer sessions on Meet and Engage, where you can hear from our recruitment team and people working in the role and find out more.
At CPS disabled people and those with long-term health conditions have opportunities to fulfil their potential, and we play a leading role in shifting attitudes towards disability.
Our Level 2 Carer Confident certificate identifies us as accomplished in providing support to staff who are carers to make the most of the talents they bring to the workplace.
We are ranked 36th in the Social Mobility Employer Index 2022, the leading authority on employer best practice.
We’re one of the top 10 employers for working families 2024.
We aspire to nine key good recruitment practice principles that help us acquire the talent we need to perform and grow.
We have been recognised in the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers rankings 2023.