24918 - Head of Chief Executive's Office - HMCTS

£52,064 - £70,356
1
12 Months
London
London
102 PETTY FRANCE (MOJ) LONDON, SW1H 9AJ
Grade 7, Grade 6
A
Permanent
Full Time
Administration / Corporate Support, Business Management & Improvement, Governance, Policy, Senior Leadership

We’re looking for an exceptional candidate to join the HMCTS Chief Executive’s Office in the role of Head of Office.

Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service is one of government’s largest agencies, employing around 16,000 staff, with a gross annual budget of c£1.6bn, and operating across around 350 sites across England and Wales. Our work underpins justice, affecting the lives of millions every year.

We have ambitious plans in place to transform the services we offer to users of the justice system. The government is investing £1bn across our change programmes, updating and replacing its technology, speeding up and streamlining working practices, refurbishing buildings to reduce maintenance costs and providing much improved services for users. The resulting system will be designed around the needs of those who use it, including victims, offenders, legal professionals, claimants and the judiciary.

An effective courts and tribunals service is fundamental to our democracy, underpinning the rule of law. This is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of HMCTS as it undergoes a major transformation, designed not just to give our courts and tribunals a sustainable and affordable future, but to further improve how we deliver justice.

Key purpose of the role

The post holder will be responsible for managing the Chief Executive’s support team in providing high quality, efficient and effective support to the Chief Executive of HMCTS. This will include preparing Ministerial submissions and briefings to ensure that the Chief Executive’s views are reflected appropriately, preparing speaking notes and presentations for the Chief Executive’s external and internal events and speaking engagements, and ensuring the quality of briefing received by the Chief Executive – both in support of her schedule of meetings and engagements, as well as in relation to operational incidents and developments with the HMCTS transformation programme.

The post holder will be responsible for managing relationships on behalf of the Chief Executive with the offices of Ministers and the senior judiciary, the Permanent Secretary and the HMCTS Senior Management Team as well as senior teams across the wider Department and Whitehall. The post holder will need to work effectively with external stakeholders and partners to ensure that HMCTS’s priorities are driven forward and communicated effectively.

The post holder will be expected to exercise judgement, speak authoritatively and take decisions on behalf of the Chief Executive. This is a pressurised role where the post holder will work closely with senior leaders and have to work to short deadlines and regularly deal with emerging and rapidly changing high profile situations.

Essential Skills

  • Ability to work at pace, resolving complex or difficult issues on behalf of the Chief Executive
  • Provide high quality advice and briefing to the Chief Executive on a wide range of issues across HMCTS’s remit
  • Build and maintain a range of relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and act as a primary contact for the Chief Executive
  • Act as a conduit between Ministerial and senior judicial offices and HMCTS to ensure that requests for briefing and information are met in a timely and accurate manner
  • Work closely with colleagues in the communications team to manage high-profile announcements, media handling issues, including across social media, and internal communications on behalf of the Chief Executive
The job holder must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English or (when specified in Wales) Welsh.

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.


To Be Confirmed

26/03/2019, 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.

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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.



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
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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.

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.