9740 - Human Resources Professionals

Salary up to £65,000
5
3 Months
London
London
102 PETTY FRANCE LONDON, SW1H 9AJ
Grade 7, Grade 6
A
Permanent
Full Time
Human Resources

Type of Role

Human Resources Professionals

Job Description

It’s an exciting time to join MoJ. We’re currently delivering some of the biggest reform programmes across Government, and need the right people, with the right skills, to allow us to successfully achieve the Departmental aims.

We have opportunities across MoJ including HMPPS, HMCTS and our policy teams and corporate services to be at the forefront of leading and implementing significant change across the MoJ. Our HR function is ambitious, and innovative - so if you’re business orientated, energetic and resourceful self-starter, one of our roles could be for you.

We are keen to attract candidates from a wide range of sectors and will customise your induction and support through your first twelve months around your development needs. We will support you in your longer term professional development and career plans whether that be at MoJ or elsewhere in the Civil Service or other sectors.

Depending on your role, you can expect to be involved in a range of the following:

  • Providing challenge and appropriate support and guidance to a business area on a range of areas including: talent management, organisation design, performance management, culture change and leadership development.
  • Embedding necessary processes and principles within your business area e.g. talent management in the HRBP role
  • Leading on a key HR work stream, such as OD or talent
  • Developing people/OD plans and engagement strategies with business leads
  • Working in or engaging with a range of MoJ and Civil Service HR experts- demonstrating a collaborative approach to help us deliver reform.

Our Roles:

We have a number of opportunities available across HR, some examples of the types of roles we are recruiting for include;

HR Business Partnering

We have business partnering opportunities across MoJ including HMPPS, HMCTS and MoJ HQ.

Business partnering Directors, Senior Management teams, or teams within a Directorate, you will provide challenge and appropriate support on a broad range of areas, including:

-       Talent management

-       Organisation design

-       Performance management

-       Culture change

-       Leadership development.

In addition, you’ll be comfortable embedding the necessary processes within your business area, and will develop an excellent working knowledge of our policies, working strategically with your business area to develop and implement the people strategy.

Reward and Employee Relations

This role involves leading and directing all aspects of the reward and employee relations’ agenda across the MoJ and brings with it substantial influence on the effective management and improvement efficiency of our 70,000 strong workforce. To do this, we need a strategy that will consider how we attract, grow, motivate and retain our employees.

To be successful in this role you will champion the transformation of MoJ into a commercially focused, results driven organisation that uses cost effective reward mechanisms/incentives to differentiate performance that will compete with private sector providers. This will also involve empowering others to value a reward culture, whether at Director, or Line Manager level.

Inclusion and Diversity

In our Inclusion and Diversity Strategy, we’ve made a commitment to have an inclusive workplace, a diverse workforce, and fair and accessible services for all. In this role, you’ll be expected to work effectively at senior levels across the Department, building trust and credibility to support the delivery of our I & D strategy. With sound experience working in an I & D space, you’ll help us to review and implement the findings from the Lammy Review, including the Department’s commitment to its Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED). Overall, it’s about maintaining ethical standards and building a workforce that reflects the diverse communities in which we work.

Organisation design

This is an exciting, and key role within the HR team, primarily responsible for the development and implementation of a consistent approach to detailed structural and role design (including competencies, skills and experience) across MoJ. Your deep expertise in leadership, cutting-edge Organisation Design trends and HR / Business architecture will enable the transformation of our Department through an overarching design approach. As part of this, you’ll use a variety of collaborative approaches to work closely with the Design Authority and Business Architecture teams, as well as Senior HR Business Partners.

Person Specification

We have a number of vacancies across our Human Resources teams- successful candidates may come from a wide range of backgrounds, including people with HR/ policy interest in the justice sector, organisational development, or inclusion and diversity. However, we are not looking to limit applicants to these specific backgrounds and our ambition is to attract a diverse range of applicants for this post.

As well as influencing and inspiring others to engage with the directorate’s work, you’ll be able to set a clear strategic direction, and work collaboratively with a wider range of people across the whole of the MoJ. You’ll also bring;

  • A proven ability to work effectively with senior management at a truly strategic level, with the gravitas and credibility to influence and persuade leaders across the department and beyond
  • A proven ability to implement strategy helping shape an organisation’s direction possibly including culture, values and or significant other people related change, using an evidence-based, data driven approach.
  • Evidence of your ability to deliver better for less with an understanding of how to generate truly effective efficiencies and ensure better value for money.
  • Evidence of being data driven and interpreting and using data and evidence to inform decision making and service delivery.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills – in a style which is consultative and collaborative

Application Process
Please contact our advisors at Moloney Search with your current C.V and cover letter to mojd@moloneysearch.com, providing your completed Inclusion and Diversity form, Candidate Information and Guaranteed Interview Scheme declaration as detailed in the Candidate Pack.

Moloney will acknowledge your application and advise you of the outcome of the longlist meeting. Applications will be reviewed by the panel to select those demonstrating the best fit with the post and the criteria set out in the person specification.

Longlisted candidates will be invited to a preliminary interview at the Ministry of Justice in London.

If you are shortlisted, you will be provided with full details of the next stages of the selection and assessment process. This may include other forms of assessment prior to the final interview.

You will also have the opportunity to meet with key stakeholders prior to the final selection panel interview to learn more about the role and the organisation. Further details will be provided if you progress to this stage of the selection process.

The selection panel will be chaired by Mervyn Thomas, Group HR Director at the Ministry of Justice.

Employment Terms: Post Type

Permanent

The successful candidate(s) will be appointed on the modernised terms and conditions.

Working pattern

Jobs are available for full-time, part-time or flexible working arrangements (including job share arrangements)

Employment Terms: Hours

37 hours (National) / 37 hours (London)

Interview location and dates

MoJ- London

Contact and further details:

For further information please email: mojd@moloneysearch.com

The Civil Service is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity. We also offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet our minimum selection criteria.
We will not tolerate discrimination on any of the following: gender, marital status, sexual orientation, race, colour, nationality, religion, age, disability, HIV positivity, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs - or any other grounds.
Closing date

Monday, 26th June.

Working Arrangements & Further Information

Some of MoJ’s terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made.

Flexible working hours

The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices.

Benefits

The MoJ offers a range of benefits:

Annual Leave

Generous allowances for paid holiday starting at 25 days per year, and rising as your service increases. There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year. Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.

Pension

The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.

Training

The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.

Support

  • A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
  • Access to flexible benefits such as salary sacrifice arrangements for childcare vouchers, and voluntary benefits such as retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
  • Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
  • Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.

Networks

The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.

There is a guaranteed interview scheme (GIS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Eligibility

Staff on fixed term appointments must have been recruited through fair and open competition.

Expected Informal discussions with HR team members from W/C 10th July
Final Interviews from W/C 17th July

26/06/2017, 23:55 hours.

Closing Date: 26th June 2017 at 23:55 hours

For further information regarding this role please contact our advisors at Moloney Search- mojhr@moloneysearch.com.

To Apply

Please provide a C.V and cover letter, alongside completed annexes as detailed in the attached Candidate Pack to our advisors at Moloney Search, mojhr@moloneysearch.com.


 



Security Clearance (SC)

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.

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 are 2 interview stages 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.

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.