Administrative Division
This Division is headed by a Head of Administration and consists of six sections, Accounts Section, Office Services Section, Registry, Human Resources, IT Unit, and Library & Know-how Unit.
Accounts Section
The Accounts Section is responsible for all payments, excluding payroll and a small number of payments processed through the Costs Accounting Section. It is also responsible for maintenance of relevant records and accounts and for ensuring that effective internal control practice are in place. On an agency basis, the Department of Finance Accounts Section provides a payroll service. The Office shares an internal auditor and an accountant with the Office of the Attorney General and maintains an internal audit programme and an Internal Audit Committee under an independent and external chair.
Human Resource Section
This section is headed by a human resources officer. As well as having responsibility for the traditional personnel functions it has responsibility for the development of progressive human resource strategy and practice within the Office. Human resource policy will develop in line with developments within the civil service but will also be informed by the discrete corpus of best practice developed internationally for the management of professional services.
Information Technology (IT) Unit
The IT Unit is headed by an IT Manager. Responsibilities include the management, development, maintenance and service of all IT resources both in terms of hardware and software and with particular reference to the data bases and communications systems which support the legal service functions of the Office. The section plays a lead role in the implementation of the Office's IT Strategy.
Library & Know-how Unit
The role of the Library and Know-How Unit is to provide staff with access to the knowledge and information required to deliver high quality legal services. The Unit is managed by a Law Librarian, who is responsible for the strategic development of professional library, research and know-how resources, and services. The Unit is staffed by an Assistant Librarian, Library Assistant, and a Know-how Officer. In addition, to managing hardcopy and electronic law collections and providing traditional law library services, the Unit handles a large volume of legal research queries, provides current awareness services, delivers information skills training programmes and supports the Office's education initiatives. The Library & Know-how Unit is strongly committed to the development of knowledge management capabilities within the Office and is leading the implementation of knowledge management initiatives and strategies in this regard. The Unit staff, through their involvement with Office committees, also play a key role in information management projects in the AGO/CSSO. The Unit does not handle queries from the public.
Office Service Unit (OSU)
The office services unit is consists of two sub-sections, the documentation centre and a services unit. The function of the documentation centre is to provide all large scale copying and binding services for the Office and it is intended that the Documentation Centre will operate under agreed quality performance standards. The services unit is responsible for ensuring the provision all other services to the staff of the Office in a timely and efficient manner
Registry & Records Centre
As part of the introduction of a new case and records management system, a registry section has been established. The function of this section is to manage the records of the Office in an efficient and effective manner and in line with best practice in this area. The section will also be responsible for ensuring compliance with the National Archives Act 1986. In addition the section will manage the incoming and outgoing, fax and e-mail transmissions.