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Welcome to The Crown Prosecution Service Talent Community 

The Crown Prosecution Service is an independent organisation that prosecutes criminal cases investigated by police

and other bodies in England and Wales, independent of police and the government.

The CPS operates across England and Wales, with 14 regional teams prosecuting cases locally. Each of these 14 CPS

Areas is headed by a Chief Crown Prosecutor and works closely with local police forces and other criminal justice

partners. Their main responsibilities include deciding which cases to prosecute, determining charges for complex

cases, advising police during investigations, presenting cases in court, and supporting victims and witnesses.

Careers at the Crown Prosecution Service

All opportunities shared through this Talent Community are permanent roles within the CPS.

Public Sector Resourcing (PSR) is managing the recruitment of these roles on behalf of the CPS. By joining the PSR

Talent Pool, you can register your interest in future opportunities within the CPS. Your details will be held securely by

PSR and used to match you with relevant roles as they arise.

Every person in the Crown Prosecution Service plays a crucial role in helping to deliver justice, making it an

organisation where you can build your career and take pride in your contributions and achievements.

Roles Offer:

• Civil Service contributory pension of up to 28.9%

• 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

Why join the Talent Community?

By registering, you will:

• Be notified about relevant permanent opportunities as they become available

• Receive occasional updates on careers and working life at the CPS

Complete Your Information to Join

Register your interest to be considered for future permanent roles at The Crown Prosecution Service, with recruitment managed by PSR.

[CWS&RPO] What type of employment you are interested in?

[CWS&RPO] Application Date

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Legal First name

Should match the document that proves your right to work in the UK (e.g. passport or Biometric Residence Permit etc.).

Legal Last name

Should match the document that proves your right to work in the UK (e.g. passport or Biometric Residence Permit etc.).

Preferred name

Mobile number

City

Postal code

Please indicate when you are available from

Please indicate your expected Salary Rate Band

Are you already a civil servant, or employed by a Civil Service Commission accredited public body?

Experience

Please tell us which areas you have experience in - maximum of 3:

How did you hear about us?

Upload your CV

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Guaranteed Interviews

PSR is proud to support our customers in meeting their commitments to the Disability Confident scheme and/or their signatory pledges to the Armed Forces Covenant by ensuring eligible applicants are guaranteed to be interviewed by Hiring Managers. Please note that not all of our customers offer this scheme; you can find out more about our customer commitments on our website. To be eligible, you must meet the minimum or essential criteria for the role that you are applying for as detailed within the job advertisement and ONE or more of the below criteria:

• Have a visible or non-visible disability, long term medical condition, mental health condition, neurodivergence or learning difficulties or meet any other criteria as detailed within the Equalities Act 2010. We do not have an exhaustive list but examples could include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue or schizophrenia.

• Have served in the Armed Forces (otherwise known as a veteran) OR currently a spouse or partner to a serving member of the Armed Forces

In cases where we receive high volumes of applicants who meet the eligibility criteria for this scheme, only candidates who meet the essential and desirable criteria for the vacancy as detailed in the job description will be interviewed. We will notify you if this scenario applies.

Please let us know if you meet the criteria for this scheme by choosing the most appropriate declaration from the drop-down list below:

Please confirm your employment status

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

The Government is committed to having a truly diverse workforce and a culture of openness and inclusivity as a means of delivering better outcomes to the citizens they serve. When they draw on the talents of a workforce with a diverse range of experience, skills, and backgrounds, they deliver better services for everyone.

As part of this ongoing commitment, we have developed a set of questions to help us to understand the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) profile of candidates that use our services.

You are under no obligation to provide this information and can select the 'prefer not to say' option for each question. Your responses will remain confidential and will be anonymised and aggregated when used for analytical purposes.

What is your legal sex, as shown on your official documents?

A question about gender identity will follow

Is the gender you identify with the same as your legal sex?

What is your sexual orientation?

Which period were you born in?

Choose one option that best describes your national identity and ethnic group

Do you consider yourself to have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010?

What is your religion or belief?

Are you located in Northern Ireland?

Do you look after, or give any help or support to, anyone because they have long-term physical or mental health conditions or illnesses, or problems related to old age? (Exclude anything you do as part of your paid employment)

Are you part of the Armed Forces community?

Socio-Economic questions

**The next 8 Socio Economic background questions are all optional – should you wish NOT to answer please select No and click Submit**

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