Assistant Coroner for Gloucestershire Coroner area (2 posts)08/09/2024 23:59
Gloucester
Assistant Coroner for Gloucestershire Coroner area
Salary – fee paid, £457 per day [in line with the JNC Coroners Circular 68]
Closing date: midnight 8 September 2024
Gloucestershire County Council is seeking to appoint up to two (2) new Assistant Coroners to support the Senior Coroner across the full range of coroner duties in order to deliver a high-quality coroner service to the people of Gloucestershire.
About the post:
Gloucestershire County Council is looking for exceptional candidates with excellent proven organisational, management and efficiency skills, as well as experience of managing and embracing change. You will work closely with the Senior Coroner to ensure value for money, performance and financial efficiencies.
You will be required to demonstrate knowledge and experience of coroner law and of basic medicine, have proven skills in conducting investigations and an understanding of court procedure. You will also need to demonstrate the excellent communication and interpersonal skills necessary to deal with sensitive situations.
The successful candidate will be required to carry out the duties and responsibilities of a coroner as defined in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and associated rules and regulations and as further described in various guidance issued by the Chief Coroner.
This is a fee paid position although it is likely to involve a regular commitment, which is to be agreed between you, the senior coroner, and the local authority.
It is a Coroner’s personal responsibility (and not that of his/her clerk/secretary) to ensure that they sit when possible. The Chief Coroner and the Lord Chancellor would expect an assistant coroner to offer a minimum of 20 sitting days each financial year. However, it is recognised that there is a variance of workload in each area.
The Assistant Coroner will be based in the dedicated court and coroner’s office at Gloucestershire Coroner’s Court, Corinium Avenue, Barnwood, Gloucester. Office opening hours are 9am-5pm.
Who can apply:
The successful candidate will be a barrister or a solicitor or Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives and satisfy the judicial-appointment eligibility condition which means they will have 5 years of experience whilst holding that qualification. They will be under the age of 75 and be subject to the appointment and eligibility conditions within the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (s.23 and Schedule 3).
How to apply:
The candidate pack is available here: gloucestershire assistant coroner candidate pack - august 2024
If you wish to have an informal discussion or arrange a visit, please contact Barry Sweeny, Coroner’s Operations Officer, Gloucestershire Coroner’s Court on 01452 305661 or at [email protected]
Notification
The vacancy for this post has been notified to the Chief Coroner and Lord Chancellor (as required by statute).
RECRUITMENT TIMETABLE
Suitably qualified applicants are requested to complete the online application form including their 2-page supporting document within the additional information section.
Closing date: midnight 8 September 2024
Sift return date: 20 September 2024
Interview invitations will be sent out: w/c 7 October 2024
Interview date: 16 October 2024
If you do not hear by 11 October 2024, please assume you have not been shortlisted.
The interview panel will be: Katy Skerrett, Senior Coroner for Gloucestershire, Roland Wooderson, Area Coroner and Barry Sweeny, Coroner’s Operations Officer. The interviews will be held at the Gloucestershire Coroner’s Court Complex.
We are aiming for the successful candidate to take up post in November / December 2024.