40533 - Business Manager

£36,798 - £47,591
1
12 Months
London
London
10 SOUTH COLONNADE LONDON, E14 4PU
SEO
B
Permanent
Full Time
Administration / Corporate Support, Business Management & Improvement

We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce and pride ourselves as being an employer of choice. To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace, visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity

We have an exciting permanent opportunity here at MoJ Digital & Technology for a Business Manager based in our London Technology Services team.

This role reports to the Director of Technology Services, who has responsibility for the design, implementation and maintenance of technology services which enable the 76,000 MoJ staff to effectively and efficiently play their part in delivering a world-class justice system.

The Technology Team also deliver and support an increasing number of services enabling the Justice system to evolve with the use of technical innovation.

Digital & Technology is responsible for all infrastructure, end user computing, onsite support and delivery of technology projects.  It has responsibility for 95,000 devices and infrastructure across 900+ sites.

To help picture your life at MoJ D&T please take a look at our blog and our Digital & Technology strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Have responsibility for the running of the office of the Director of Technology, including management of a small team. Ensuring that the Director’s time is best used and focused on their priorities.
  • Identify actions or communications that require immediate action. Proactively gathering input from relevant team members and asking for help where required.
  • Commission, oversee and edit briefings and submissions for the Director, liaising with other teams where necessary and ensuring these enable priorities as set out in the D&T strategy to be met.
  • Be accessible to, and collaborative with a wide range of people and organisations within Digital and Technology, across the wider MoJ, and from external parties such as our suppliers.
  • Deliver specific projects to support the transformation of Technology Services such as the onboarding of new starters within the Technology Services team.
  • Collate analyse and report key performance indicators ensuring delivery against the strategy and business plan 

If this sounds like an exciting challenge and you want to join our team please read on and apply!

This is a MoJ Band B role with a salary of £36,798 (for external applicants coming into the Civil Service, internal civil servant applications are subject to MOJ pay principles) plus great benefits:

  • 37 hours/week and flexible working options - working from home or remotely, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
  • Lots of training and development opportunities with learning platforms such as: Linux Academy, O’Reilly, Pluralsight, Microsoft Learning, Civil Service Learning, GDS Academy, etc.
  • 10% dedicated time to learning and development with a budget of £1000 a year per person
  • Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 26-30% depending on salary.
  • 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Queens’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
  • Great maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
  • Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
  • Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
  • 5 days volunteering paid leave.
  • Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
  • Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

Person Specification

Essential

  • Working in a fast-paced Director or Deputy Director private office either in government or a large, high profile organisation, or working in an unpredictable environment requiring difficult decisions at pace.
  • Management of a small team, ensuring balanced workload and ongoing support and development.
  • Producing accurate insights and recommendations on a broad range of topics and providing recommendations based on evidence available.
  • Strong communication and engagement skills, with a good ability to persuade and influence others at various levels of an organisation.
  • Highly organised and able to juggle competing priorities, often to tight timescales
  • Delivery of projects with multiple stakeholders to meet ambitious timelines.

How to Apply

All candidates must submit a CV and Statement of Suitability (of up to 1000 words) which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.

We recruit using the Success Profiles Framework and will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:

  • Leadership
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Communicating & Influencing
  • Delivery at Pace

Your application will be reviewed and sifted against the Person Specification by a diverse panel.

Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on the Managing a Quality Service Behaviour will be conducted prior to the sift.

Further Information

Please review the following Terms & Conditions which set out the way we recruit and provide further information related to the role.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact recruitment@digital.justice.gov.uk

To be confirmed

25/01/2021, 23:55 hours.

If you require any assistance please call 0845 241 5359 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com Please quote the job reference - 40533.

To apply for roles in MOJ you will need to confirm your employment history for at least 3 years prior to the date of application so that pre-employment checks (BPSS) can be undertaken. If you have spent significant time abroad (a total of 6 months in the past 3 years) you would be required to give a reasonable account of the reasons why. 

For some roles you will be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting at Counter Terrorism (CTC), Security Clearance (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) level as a condition of appointment. To meet CTC/SC/DV requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 3/5/10 years prior to the date of application (The level of checks that are required are stated in the advert).

If you do not meet the above requirements, you may still be considered if, for example:

  • You've been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
  • You were studying abroad
  • You were living overseas with parents

In such cases you will need to be able to provide referee cover for the period(s) of residence overseas. The duration of overseas residence and the country of abode will also be taken into account.

Success Profiles will enable a fairer and more inclusive method of recruitment by enabling us to assess the range of experiences, abilities, strengths, behaviours and technical/professional skills required for different roles. This flexible approach to recruitment focuses more on finding the right candidate for the specific role. To find out more about Success Profiles to support your application please click here for further guidance.

if you feel that your application has not been treated in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance

We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.


Application form stage assessments

Interview stage assessments

There is 1 interview stage for this vacancy.

A Great Place to Work for Veterans

The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.
For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

Redeployment Interview Scheme

Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.

MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.

For further information and to apply for this position please see the following link:

https://app.jobvite.com/j?cj=oRfnefwr&s=Civil_Service_jobs


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This job is broadly open to the following groups:

· UK nationals

· nationals of the Republic of Ireland

· nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK

· nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families

· nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)

· individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020

· Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules

This Vacancy is closed to applications.