Appeals and Litigation
Role overview
The role of Appeals and Litigation is to manage the appeals and litigation processes in accordance with internal and regulatory policies.
Role level
Typical role expectations
- Collaborate with a wider team on the appeals and litigation processes and assist in all elements of the litigation process
- Deal with complex and non-routine cases exercising appropriate levels of delegation and risk management, and provide sound analysis of issues
- Provide sound advice with regards to appeals and litigation risk
- Share best legal practice with the wider organisation, and share data-driven status updates to team leadership
Typical role expectations
- Manage and align a team regarding appeals and litigation processes
Manage complex and non-routine cases exercising appropriate levels of delegation and risk management, and provide sound analysis of issues
- Provide specialised advice with regards to appeals and litigation risk
- Share best legal practice with a local team and with the wider organisation, and present data-driven status updates to Personnel Security leadership
Typical role expectations
- Provide leadership for teams within appeals and litigation during high profile or non-standard litigation processes
- Provide leadership to complex and non-routine cases exercising appropriate levels of delegation and risk management, and provide expert analysis of issues
- Provide expert advice with regards to appeals and litigation risk
- Share best legal practice with the wider appeals and litigation community and with the wider organisation, and present data-driven status updates to Personnel
Security leadership
Skills
| Skill | Associate | Lead | Principal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Personnel Security | Working | Practitioner | Expert |
| Risk understanding and mitigation | Working | Practitioner | Expert |
| Legal and regulatory environment and compliance | Awareness | Working | Practitioner |
| Threat understanding | Awareness | Working | Practitioner |
| Protective security | Awareness | Working | Working |
Core learning
Associate
Certified ISO27001 Practitioner
QACSRM (Certified Security Risk Manager)
Certified Data protection Foundation (GDPR)
Lead
NPSA – Security Culture
SEC566: Implementing and Auditing Security Frameworks and Controls
(ISC)2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional Training (CISSP)
Principal
Certified ISO27001 Practitioner
CREST Practitioner Intrusion Analyst
BCS Practitioner Certificate in Information Risk Management (CIRM)