22276 - Judicial Appointments Commission - Senior Appointments Manager
Role title: Judicial Appointments Commission - Senior Appointments Manager (SEO)
Job description
The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) is an independent public body, established in 2006, to select judges in the courts and tribunals, and non-legal tribunal members. The JAC is responsible for designing, planning and running recruitment campaigns to select judicial office holders up to and including the High Court. We have a statutory duty to select solely on merit, while keeping our selection processes open to the widest range of applicants. This means continually evaluating and improving our processes to ensure they are fair and open, and that they are identifying the very best candidates for judicial office.
The work is high-profile, varied and challenging. We launch a new campaign for judicial posts every 1 to 2 weeks. These range from high-volume campaigns at entry level, attracting upward of 2000 applicants, to small campaigns for the most senior judicial roles, attracting a handful of highly-qualified people. In a fast-paced environment, you will work with our operational delivery and policy managers to design and plan these campaigns, manage risks and ensure effective delivery.
In this context, we are now looking for a Senior Appointments Manager. Your primary responsibility will be managing the selection exercises for judicial appointments both in Courts and Tribunals at the most senior levels, including the High Court.
You will work closely with the Senior Appointments Lead (Grade 7 equivalent), members of the senior judiciary, the Ministry of Justice, HM Courts & Tribunals Service, the JAC Chairman (Lord Kakkar) and Commissioners and other key interested parties including a cadre of selection panel executives. You will be responsible for the quality of these senior selection exercises, ensuring exercises are planned and delivered in line with Commission policy and to a high standard.
The main responsibilities are to:
- Manage the selection exercises for the most senior judicial roles;
- Lead a small team to deliver recommendations for the more senior judicial roles including the High Court, which includes effective risk mitigation and a high standard of candidate handling and budgetary control;
- Support the selection panel for the more senior judicial posts including for the Lord Chief Justice, Heads of Division, Lords Justices of Appeal, the Senior President of Tribunals and the Senior Presiding Judge;
- Develop and manage effective working relationships with the Ministry of Justice, senior judiciary and key interested parties such as the legal professional bodies
- This role is suitable for someone seeking an interesting Senior Executive Officer role with a wide variety of responsibilities.
- As well as providing evidence of the relevant competencies for this role, the following skills and experience are required:
- Good relationship management of stakeholders at the most senior levels (equivalent to Director and above within the civil service, Chief Executive and Board Chair in other sectors).
- Excellent attention to detail in drafting, planning and delivery.
- A good understanding of how operational delivery, quality assurance, governance and policy are co-dependent functions in a delivery organisation.
In addition to the competencies, these skills will be tested at interview.
Competencies:
- Leading and Communicating
- Delivering at pace
- Making effective decisions
Additional Information
Please note that candidates invited for interview may be required to undertake a written test as part of the selection process.
Part Time or Job Share
This role is only available as a full-time role.
Interview dates
Expected to take place during weeks commencing 10th December 2018
Contact information
For enquiries about this role, or to discuss the role in more detail, please contact the Senior Appointments Lead, Jenny Ballance by emailing jenny.ballance1@judicialappointments.gov.uk or telephoning 0203 334 6376.
Please note that candidates invited for interview may be required to undertake a written test as part of the selection process.
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.
23/11/2018, 23:55 hours.
Closing Date: 23rd November 2018 at 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@sscl.gse.gov.uk Please quote the job reference.
For enquiries about this role, or to discuss the role in more detail, please contact the Senior Appointments Lead, Jenny Ballance by emailing jenny.ballance1@judicialappointments.gov.uk or telephoning 0203 334 6376.
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.
Candidate Information
You may be required to provide statements describing your skills and experience relevant to each of the selection criteria. We recommend that you structure any examples as Situation, Task, Action and Result. For more information about the recruitment process and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.
Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ
In the event of a large number of applications, we reserve the right to undertake the following processes:
- An automated online test where a benchmark must be passed to progress;
- A sift on the lead selection criteria. If this happens, the lead criteria will be the first one listed in the advert.
During the selection process, you may be asked to undertake an additional assessment (such as written test). If this is applicable you will be notified of this when you are invited to interview.
A statement in no more than 250 words explaining which of your skills and experiences make you suitable for this role.
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
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.