How to Apply

When ready to apply, please apply no later than 11:59pm Sunday 27th July 2025

Please include a day-time, evening and mobile telephone contact number, and your preferred email address for correspondence in your application, which will be used with discretion.

Your submission should include:

• A short statement of suitability of not more than two A4 sized pages in Arial 11 font, explaining why this role interests you, along with relevant examples on how you meet the essential criteria as set out in the person specification.
• A current CV of not more than two A4 sized pages, to include educational and professional qualifications and full employment history, explaining any gaps in your employment history, giving details where applicable, of budgets and numbers of people managed, highlighting relevant achievements in recent posts.
• Details of your current remuneration package.
• The names of at least two referees who may be contacted at short-list stage, i.e. before the final interview, describing in what capacity and over what period of time they have known you. Please note, referees will not be contacted without your consent.
• Notification of any dates you are unable to accommodate within the indicative timetable set out later in this pack. Please note, shortlisted candidates will be required to undertake a Staff Engagement Panel prior to the final interviews. Your co-operation in making yourself available during this time will be much appreciated.
• If you wish to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme or Veterans Scheme, please fill out the form HERE.

Failure to submit all documents will mean the panel only has limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification.

As part of the application process, we would be very grateful if you could complete a diversity monitoring form HERE. If you do not wish to provide a declaration on any of the particular characteristics, you will have the option to select ‘prefer not to say’. This information will be treated in the strictest confidence and will not be provided to the selection panel; it will help us monitor our progress towards the Civil Service becoming a more inclusive employer.

If you want to know more about the role or selection process, please contact Richard Grayling or James Greengrass from our Executive Search partners, Green Park by emailing richard.grayling@green-park.co.uk or james.greengrass@green-park.co.uk

Please submit your application by 11:59pm Sunday 27th July 2025

Disability Confident Scheme:

Applicants with a disability who meet the minimum selection criteria in the job specification are guaranteed an interview. Selection will be on merit. If you wish to claim a guaranteed interview under the Disability Confident Scheme, you should complete the relevant section of the online application. It is not necessary to state the nature of your disability.

Making the Civil Service a great place to work for Veterans:

For more information, please click on the link Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Equal Opportunities

The CPS values equality and diversity in employment. We are committed to being an organisation in which fairness and equality of opportunity is central to the approach in business and working relationships and where the organisational culture reflects and supports these values. In the CPS you have the right to a working environment free from discrimination, harassment, bullying and victimisation regardless of race, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, sex, gender identity, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, working hours, trade union membership or trade union activity.

Recruitment Process Overview

Recruitment competitions are governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. Applications will be sifted against the criteria set out above by a panel chaired by a Civil Service Commissioner.

This competition will be chaired by Sarah Pittam, Civil Service Commissioner. The panel will also include:

• Stephen Parkinson, Director of Public Prosecutions
• Grace Ononiwu, Director General Legal Delivery
• Panel Member, TBA’ed

Longlist

You will receive an acknowledgment of your application through the online process. The panel will then assess your application to select those demonstrating the best fit with the role by considering the evidence you have provided against the essential criteria set out in the ‘Person Specification’ section. Failure to address any or all of these may affect your application.

The timeline later in this pack indicates the date by which decisions are expected to be made, and all candidates will be advised of the outcome as soon as possible thereafter.

Shortlist

The panel will review reports on those longlisted and will select a shortlist of candidates whose applications best demonstrate suitability for the role by considering the evidence provided against the essential criteria set out in the Person Specification.

Assessment

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to:

• Participate in a staff engagement panel with a selection of people from across the CPS, this will take place in person in Petty France, London on Monday 15th September & Tuesday 16th September 2025.
• This will not result in a pass or fail decision. Rather,it is designed to support the panel’s decision making and highlight areas for the panel to explore further at interview. Further details about what the assessments will entail, can be here l SCS Assessments | (scs-assessments.co.uk).

Please note, shortlisted candidates may also have the opportunity to speak to a member of the panel prior to the final interview. This is an informal discussion to allow candidates to learn more about the role and is not part of the assessment process.

Final Panel

Inputs from all of those steps will then form the basis of a panel interview, chaired by Sarah Pittam, Civil Service Commissioner, on Wednesday 24th September & Thursday 25th September; this will take place in person in Petty France, London.

Full details will be provided to shortlisted candidates and recognising that there are a number of steps in the process, we will do our best to arrange the sessions in a way that works for you.

The Civil Service code – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Due Diligence

Please note that due diligence will be carried out on shortlisted candidates. Candidates should expect this to include searches of previous public statements and social media, blogs or any other publicly available information.

Prior to interview, you will be asked to provide details of two professional referees together with a brief statement of the capacity and over what period of time they have known you.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at that heart of how we work at the CPS, both as an employer and as a prosecution service.

We are committed to supporting the principle that everybody should have the same opportunities for employment, development and progression.  This should be based on their ability, competence and suitability for the role.

This means that no applicant should receive less favourable treatment on grounds of their ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, religion, transgender status, family or domestic responsibilities, or working patterns. Also, nobody should be disadvantaged by any specific conditions or requirements, unless it can be justified that these could affect their ability to undertake the role.

Reserve Lists

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidate who are considered appointable following interview.

Please submit your application with your personal email address to ensure you receive acknowledgement of receipt.

Please note, to ensure confidentiality, applications submitted under a work email address will not receive acknowledgement of receipt.