53044 - HR, Change and Project Managers

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

The Department

The Ministry of Justice is one of the largest departments across Whitehall with a high profile, fast-paced and complex delivery and reform agenda. Our vision is to deliver a world-class justice system that works for everyone in society.

The role of the Ministry is to protect the public and reduce reoffending, and to provide a more effective, transparent, and responsive criminal justice system for victims and the public. We will achieve this by improving public safety, reforming prisons, probation, and youth justice to build a system that delivers swifter access to justice with increased certainty for all citizens whatever their background.

For more information on who we are and what we do, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice

People Group

The role of People Group is to support the organisation and its 85,000 people by enabling our colleagues to work to their full potential.

We operate as a cluster of HR services working seamlessly to provide expert support, advice and delivery throughout the employee lifecycle. From the time people join the organisation, to the point at which they leave, we strive to make a positive contribution to their work experience. We want everyone who works for the Ministry of Justice to feel confident in their skills, ambitious for the future and fulfilled by their work and relationships with their colleagues

Our aim is to develop a safe space, allowing you to be creative in a challenging and stretching environment which supports you to reach your full potential. As we as delivering against your delivery objectives, you will be encouraged to play an active role in cross-team and wider People Group corporate activities as well as taking time to concentrate on your continuing professional development. 

Our HR and people services cover MoJ HQ, our Arm’s Length Bodies, Prison and Probation Services.

Our roles are based nationally and you may work as part of a team allocated to a specific region or area in a HR business partner role, managing projects in an HR expert services team or division, or providing support and guidance on a major MoJ people change initiative.

Roles

We have a number of permanent roles available in addition to long term/fixed term appointments (up to three years). We are also willing to consider loan/secondments for a minimum of 12-months with the possibility of an extension as a level transfer or on promotion.

Our SEO HR, Change and Project Managers design and deliver tailored HR and people focused interventions to drive improvements in all areas of HR including but not limited to effective leadership, people management, organisational design and development, learning and development, change management, diversity and inclusion and workforce strategy.

Postholders will work closely with colleagues across the business and People Group to provide business insight to improve HR processes, systems and the service provided to business areas. They will address medium and longer-term challenges by working closely with colleagues across People Group's centres of expertise and colleagues across MoJ and its agencies, as well as the wider Civil Service professions.

In addition to experienced HR professionals and project management experience, we are looking for change management experience and specialist knowledge of behavioural insights to support our major change projects.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties:

• Management and delivery of planned people interventions and products, where success is often in collaboration with colleagues from People Group, wider MoJ, HMPPS and external stakeholders
• Provide people centred and pragmatic advice and guidance, sometimes finding solutions to complex and unclear situations where there is no known precedent or obvious policy or process solution
• Use business insight to inform the strategic delivery approach, design of interventions and development of products in collaboration with colleagues to embed people impacts into projects and programmes 
• Act as the key interface between the Business/Programmes, HRBPs and other People Group divisions to design and deliver effective change solutions and resolve alignment issues
• Design and deliver tailored engagement solutions and products by creating the environment and opportunity for collaboration with business customers, especially those impacted by the change, as well as stakeholders and our delivery partners

Apply a project management approach:

1. To research, scope, produce and manage detailed project plans.
2. To design, implement, manage and monitor reporting processes.
3. To identify, manage and seek resolution to risks and issues.
4. To lead project delivery, including management and/or production of project deliverables and activities.

• Represent your business area at internal and external broader change forums
• Consult and negotiate directly with Trade Union representatives at a local and national level

Able to be flexibly deployed on other priority projects or work areas (to contribute to or to trouble-shoot) where capability gaps or significant risks, issues or slippage is predicted or occurs, often at short notice and alongside existing priority deliverables;

An ability to develop collaborative working relationships quickly and work effectively within matrix structures is a must.

Depending on the role, you may have line management responsibilities.

Travel may be required across region with visits to operational sites to support business needs.

Selection process:

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience. Please refer to the Civil Service Success Profile guidance to find out more about each of the elements for the grade to which you are applying.

Application stage:

At application stage, candidates are asked to provide:

• A CV of no more than 2 pages setting out your skills, career history with key responsibilities and achievements and any qualifications you may have relevant to the role.
• A supporting statement setting out how you meet the essential knowledge, experience and skills set out in the job advert (750 words max). Giving examples rather than just saying you're experienced with a certain requirement will strengthen your statement and enable the sift panel to understand more about your suitability for the role.

In the event of a high volume of applications, the initial sift will be undertaken using your supporting statement and assessed against the essential criteria. Candidates who pass the initial sift will be progressed to a full sift against all the elements listed above.

Desirable criteria are only used in the event of a strong field of candidates, as a second stage after essential criteria have been considered and there is a need to distinguish between candidates who are close after the initial consideration of essential criteria, either at sift or interview.

Interview stage

Candidates successful at sift will be invited to an interview where you will be assessed on your demonstration of the behaviours set out below at SEO level, in addition to strengths relevant to the role (not shared in advance).

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at Pace

Interviews will be held via video utilising Microsoft Teams. Further details and instructions will be provided closer to the scheduled interview date

Essential Knowledge, Experience and Skills:

The successful candidates must be able to evidence the essential criteria below:

• HR generalist knowledge with practical experience of implementing people processes and supporting organisational change.
• Proven experience of developing business change strategies to support project initiatives which are tailored to the needs of the business
• Ability to design, plan and deliver people and business change activities and interventions, following best practice approaches and methodologies to support broader HR change programmes
• Excellent project management skills with experience of working within an organisation of significant scale and or complexity.
• Data and insights driven with experience of using business and behavioural insights which anticipate and shape the impact of people change programmes
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build strong, trust-based professional partnerships with a range of stakeholders quickly and effectively.
• Demonstrable experience incorporating stakeholder analysis into engagement and communication plans which support change delivery.

Desirable Knowledge, Experience and Skills:

• Detailed knowledge and understanding of HR Operating Models and Shared Services processes.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of operational learning environments
• People change and behavioural impact and reaction

Security clearance required:

Minimum Eligibility

All candidates are subject to BPSS security and identity checks prior to taking up post

All external candidates new to the Civil Service are subject to 6-month probation.