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Job summary

About the Government Legal Department

From healthcare to artificial intelligence, energy to national security, we provide legal advice to government departments on nation-changing subjects.

At Government Legal Department we have a vital, single-minded purpose: to help the Government govern well within the rule of law. This is complemented by our exciting vision to be an outstanding legal organisation, committed to the highest standards of service and professionalism and a brilliant place to work where we can all thrive and fulfill our potential.

Our work touches almost every aspect of public life. We are the largest provider of legal services across government, working on high profile matters.

Our respected professionals are involved in everything from regulation and litigation to advice on drafting legislation. They provide expertise to the full range of government departments. We are at the heart of delivering the government’s priorities and our success depends on our people.

GLD is a non-ministerial government department headed by the Treasury Solicitor, our Permanent Secretary, and employs nearly 4000 people, including nearly 3000 legal professionals. We have offices nationwide, in Bristol, Leeds, inner and outer London and Manchester. Our lawyers can also be located within other departments and overseas.

GLD also depends on a range of cross-functional professionals to provide our corporate services. There are nearly 1000 colleagues playing an essential part in helping GLD to achieve its purpose and truly deliver much more than law.

This is an exciting time to join GLD, with cutting edge legal work on global issues and a transformation agenda which is ensuring the Department exemplifies the Modern Civil Service.

To find out more about what we do you can view our introductory film. On our website you can hear from team members, find out how to apply and learn about the benefits of working for GLD. You can also read more about the future vision for GLD in our GLD Strategy 2024 – 2027.

Job description

About the Litigation Delivery Teams

Litigation Delivery plays a vital role in supporting our client teams and expert services across the Litigation Directorate.

Government decisions are increasingly under scrutiny, with legal challenges arising from issues such as military action overseas, immigration policy, welfare reform, climate change, and energy policy. These cases often make headlines and involve matters of constitutional importance.

Our Litigation Directorate handles a wide range of high-profile public law cases, including judicial reviews in areas such as justice, health, defence, immigration, planning, and national security, as well as supporting the Government’s ambitious reform agenda.

We also manage substantial private law litigation for major Government departments, including the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and Ministry of Defence (MOD). This work covers complex group actions, claims under the ECHR, personal injury, clinical negligence, misfeasance in public office, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution.

Litigation Delivery Teams:

Litigation Delivery Teams (LDT) play a vital role in providing administrative and operational litigation support to key business areas across GLD. Each business area is supported by its own Litigation Delivery Team, comprising of Litigation Support Officers (LSOs) and Litigation Support Assistants (LSAs) led by a Litigation Delivery Manager. These teams form part of GLD’s wider legal support community of over 200 professionals, delivering high-quality administrative services that enable legal teams to manage cases efficiently and meet business priorities.

You’ll collaborate as part of a dynamic team, adapt to changing priorities, and help drive projects to completion within tight deadlines.

This role offers the chance to build confidence in managing a wide range of complex administrative tasks and gain a deep understanding of how Government Litigation operates in practice.

This is an exciting time to join the Litigation directorate with significant opportunities for growth and development as we support some of the most high-profile and impactful cases in Government.

The Role

We are recruiting for Litigation Delivery Managers (LDMs) within our Legal Delivery Teams (LDTs) across Litigation Directorate. The role offers an exciting opportunity to operate in a wide-ranging, strategic role that provides interesting and challenging work, along with developmental opportunities. It would particularly suit those looking to enhance their organisational design and change management skills. The posts will involve working closely with Directors, Deputy Directors and a Legal Directorate/team. Teams can vary in size. All roles are within our LDTs and do not include any legal or paralegal work.

The successful candidate will work to a Senior Delivery Manager (SDM), ensuring that risks to the delivery of team/divisional objectives are identified, managed or escalated appropriately, and may also deputise in their absence. The Litigation Delivery Manager will have direct line management responsibility of the EO Litigation Support Officers (LSOs) and AO Litigation Support Assistants (LSAs) and will lead the team in delivering a high performing admin service across the Directorate. The post holder will operate with a high degree of personal autonomy in their area and will be expected to deliver all aspects of the role with limited supervision.

This is an exciting opportunity to undertake a fast-paced, challenging, varied and important role, providing day-to-day support to the leadership teams and legal teams.

Key responsibilities:

• Line management for LSOs and where applicable LSAs, following the matrix management model.
• To undertake the effective induction and on-boarding of new staff in line with corporate objectives.
• To oversee the management of systems and processes within the team, identifying and delivering on efficiency savings.
• To have general oversight of EOs in supportive roles to Director and DDs, ensuring effective cover where necessary.
• To highlight, organise, and where appropriate deliver any learning and development opportunities for the admin team.
• To actively participate and engage in regular management meetings with the DD and the Leadership team.
• To actively participate in the networking groups, sharing and seeking best practice.
• Undertake any project/workstream managements as directed by DD or SDM
• To engage and participate in the decision making on spend within the admin team.
• To meet chargeable hours target.
• To review performance of each person within the admin team to assess progress against chargeable hours target, identifying any performance concerns, and putting into place supportive measures where necessary.
• To effectively performance manage all staff within line management structure, ensuring any staff or conduct issues are monitored and managed appropriately.
• To provide support to SDM, TLs and Head of Division, ensuring that risks to delivery of team/division business objectives and priorities are identified and managed.
• To provide client reporting support to SDM, including leading on data collation for GLD monthly client report & internal monthly report.
• To ensure processes and contacts are up to date for security and business continuity.
• To provide Ministerial/Perm Sec briefing co-ordination/support, ensuring the provision of information and statistics to the Private Office, functional lead.
• FOI and PQ’s – Coordination of provision of information in relation to Freedom of Information (FOI), Parliamentary Questions (PQ’s) and Subject Access Request (SAR).
• Support the provision of MI to Divisional Team leaders, Head of Division and clients in relation to work received by the teams, forecasting future volumes from data gathered and analysing trends.

Person specification

Behaviours

Below are details of the Success Profiles that make up this role. Demonstrating all the behaviours listed below is essential at either application or interview. You can read more about Success Profiles and how they are used as an assessment method before completing your application.

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Changing and Improving
• Developing self and others

Key Skills & Experience

Essential – must be demonstrated at application and interview

• Proven experience in leading busy and diverse teams
• The ability to multi-task and prioritise when faced with competing deadlines
• The ability to collaborate and communicate with colleagues in your team and wider area
• Experience of adapting to new processes and procedures

Desirable

Desirable criteria will be used when there is a need to distinguish between candidates who are closely tied or the same after the initial consideration of essential criteria, at sift and / or interview.

• Experience of working in a contentious/litigation environment
• Experience of using a case management system and time recording

Security Clearance Level

All GLD employees must hold BPSS. In addition to this, those based in our London offices must hold or be willing to obtain CTC level clearance for this role. If London based, you can start your position pending this clearance level, however your appointment will be conditional upon obtaining CTC clearance. More information can be found about the vetting and clearance levelsbefore completing your application.

Sponsorship and Visas

Visa sponsorship will not be given to candidates except where they are existing civil servants employed by GLD, who meet the HO/UKVI requirements for sponsorship. If you are an existing civil servant employed by GLD who requires sponsorship, you should confirm your eligibility for sponsorship for this role prior to application. Individuals should seek Home Office guidance on how new positions with the organisation impact on changes to sponsorship eligibility.

Candidates with Limited Leave to Remain can apply but must have at least 12 months remaining on an existing visa which allows them to work for GLD when employment commences. Candidates must ensure that their current visa dates cover the entire period of employment or that they are eligible for non-sponsored immigration routes, to allow their employment with GLD to continue for the duration of this role. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have the right to work in the UK and hold an appropriate visa or are on an alternative route that covers the entire period of your employment. Please note, GLD will not be able to provide sponsorship for this role when your current visa arrangements expire and you will not be able to continue in your employment with GLD via sponsorship. Please allow three months for the onboarding process from the point of offer.

Candidates with Indefinite Leave to Remain can apply.

You will be asked to confirm your immigration status and visa type as part of the application process. If you do not meet the above requirements your application will be sifted out of the process, and you will be rejected for the role.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Developing Self and Others

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,647, Government Legal Department contributes £10,037 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Benefits of working for the Civil Service

  Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Department and wider Civil Service. It is crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead, and you’ll benefit from regular performance and development reviews to ensure this development is ongoing. As a Civil Service employee, you’ll be entitled to a large range of benefits.

  Learning and Development at GLD

  GLD has a comprehensive learning and development offer for all employees.

  We offer a programme of in-person/hybrid and virtual sessions providing learning on profession-specific, soft skills, technical skills, and different topics. We also support colleagues through a range of different professional qualifications.

  Cross-Functional Professional

  We support all Professions with building their careers and capability aligning with the wider Civil Service offerings for each Profession.

  There are also talent and development opportunities offered throughout the year these include:

  Senior Leaders and Future Leaders Schemes – cross Civil Service accelerated development schemes.

  Beyond Boundaries – cross government development programme designed to help participants develop the knowledge, skills and networks required to build a satisfying and effective career in the Civil Service.

  Mentoring and Coaching – we encourage all colleagues to share their knowledge, capability, and experience.

  Apprenticeships - We have a range of apprenticeships on offer across all professions with the opportunity for all employees to explore a profession specific apprenticeship to support their development in role.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Ability and Experience.

Application

To apply for this post you will need to complete the online application on Civil Service Jobs, searching the reference below. The deadline for this application is Monday 27th July 2026 at 12:00 Midday.

In your application you will be assessed on the following:

• A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years. The CV will be scored and assessed on Key skills and Experience.
• A 1250-word personal statement providing evidence of your suitability for this role, outlining your personal skills and qualities, with particular reference to the Keys Skills and Experience in the person specification and the behaviours Leadership and Changing and Improving subheading each behaviour.

AI Usage

Civil Service Jobs states that artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application. However, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

In addition to this please note the use of AI is strictly prohibited during tests, written exercises and interviews.

Civil Service Tests Online

As part of the application process you will be asked to complete 1 Civil Service Online tests: a Management Judgement Test, You can find out more information and guidance on the tests, including options to take practice tests.

If you are unsuccessful in passing these tests you will be unable to continue any further in the application process. If you successfully pass the/both test/s, you will then automatically progress to the next stage of completing the full application.

We suggest you allow enough time to complete the full application online, prior to the closing date and time, Monday 27th July 2026 at 12:00 Midday as once the application is closed you will no longer have access to the ability tests and the application.

Application Errors

Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. We understand mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days (Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we will not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, please contact us via: activecampaigns@governmentlegal.gov.uk . Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example – ‘Please re-open my application – 471007 & vacancy closing date Monday 27th July 2026’.

Selection Process

After the closing date, the appointing panel shall assess candidates’ suitability for the role based on evidence provided in their application against the behaviours and key skills and experience outlined in the person specification.

If there are a large number of applications the panel will conduct a staged sift. The initial sift will be on CV alone. If you meet the minimum criteria for the CV you will then go to the full sift on Personal Statement.

STAGED-SIFT: In the eventuality that there are a high number of applicants successful at sift, GLD may operate a longlist, whereby applicants who have been shortlisted and met the minimum pass mark but are not selected for interview will have their application placed on hold. After the initial interview round candidates on the longlist may be offered an interview, should there still be posts available.

Interview

If you are invited to interview, you will be assessed on your performance in the criteria listed in the Person Specification and strength-based questions. These criteria are:

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Developing Self and Others

Your interview will take place online.

Offer

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

All communications regarding your application will be made through Civil Service Jobs.

All candidates will be notified of the outcome as soon as possible after the interview. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.

We appoint in strict order of merit. If you meet the minimum criteria for this position but are not successful for a post, you will be placed on the reserve list. We may contact you to see if you are interested in a post at the same, or a lower grade, in GLD should one arise.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Litigation Business Management
• Email : LitigationBusinessManagement@governmentlegal.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : LitigationBusinessManagement@governmentlegal.gov.uk

Further information

You have the right to complain if you feel there has been a breach of the Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application hasn’t been treated in accordance with these Principles and wish to make a complaint, please contact recruitment_feedback@governmentlegal.gov.uk in the first instance. Please title your email as follows: Job 471007– 2 x Litigation Delivery Managers– Recruitment Complaint. Complaints must be submitted in writing within 30 days of the incident or the decision which has caused the complaint. To fully engage with the issues raised GLD require that you submit evidence of your complaint.

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