25020 - Leadership and Delivery Officer
Overview
The Judicial Office (JO) was established following the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. It is answerable to the Lord Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals and also carries out some functions related to the judiciary on behalf of the Lord Chancellor. The JO delivers a wide range of functions for the senior judiciary and to approximately 28,000 judicial office-holders.
Courts and Tribunals Judges, magistrates and lay members of tribunals have the status of office holders rather than employees. The HR landscape is complex, with significant differences between jurisdictions and types of judicial office holders in terms of policies and terms and conditions.
The judicial HR team is not a conventional HR team: the status of the judiciary results in a unique set of challenges – the principles of good HR practice apply but detailed policies are still evolving in many areas. The environment is challenging, and the work involves managing ambiguity as well as operating within a statutory framework for some elements.
This role will involve the job holder working in the Judicial HR Division; Leadership and Delivery team.
The team supports the Lord Chief Justice, the Senior President of the Tribunals and all Judges with leadership and/or management responsibilities on a range of issues.
Job Description
Duties will include:
- Support the Leadership and Delivery team in planning, managing and delivering all projects.
- Supporting the Band C on implementation of coaching for leadership judges.
- Supporting implementation of judicial appraisals.
- Liaise with colleagues across the Judicial HR team to ensure that HR information on the judicial intranet and e-HR is regularly maintained, updated and available to the judiciary and internal and external stakeholders.
- Establish and maintain credible relationships with internal and external stakeholders who need to contribute or have an interest in the leadership and delivery team’s work.
- Provide and maintain leadership charts or visual aids to assist senior judiciary, judicial office.
- Provide secretariat cover for an array of meetings and administrative support on various projects as requested.
- Build, maintain and develop strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders within the JO, across MoJ and within the judiciary.
The successful candidate will need IT, organisational and analytical skills along with the ability to build and maintain stakeholder relationships.
Skills & Qualifications
It is desirable that applicants have an understanding of the judicial structure, experience of working with the judiciary and using IT to support and manage projects. Training with be provided on the use of Visio for developing charts.
You will be required to provide evidence of the following Competencies:
Seeing the Big Picture
- Develop understanding of how own and team’s work supports achievement of Judicial Office priorities and delivery to the judiciary and stakeholders.
- Focus on the overall Judicial Office goal and intent of what they are trying to achieve, not just the task.
- Take an active interest in expanding their knowledge of areas related to own role.
Collaborating and Partnering
- Demonstrate interest in others and develop a range of contacts outside own team and Judicial Office to help get the job done.
- Be flexible and adaptable to facilitate collaboration for the benefit of the team’s work.
- Proactively seek information, resources and support from others outside own immediate team in order to help achieve results.
Making Effective Decisions
- Identify and speak with the relevant people in order to obtain the most accurate information and get advice when unsure of how to proceed.
- When required, explain clearly, verbally and in writing, how a decision has been reached.
- Examine complex information and obtain further information to make accurate decisions.
Changing and Improving
- Understand and apply technology to achieve efficient and effective Judicial Office business and personal results.
- Consider and suggest ideas for Continuous Improvement, sharing this feedback with others in a constructive manner.
- Help Judicial Office colleagues, judiciary and stakeholders to understand changes and why they have been introduced.
Delivering at Pace
- Be interested and positive about the objectives the team and wider Judicial Office are trying to achieve.
- Take ownership of problems in their own area of responsibility.
- Check own and team performance against agreed competencies and standards and make improvements or take corrective action when problems are identified.
Salary, 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.
Starting Salary
The starting salary for this post is £25,893 per annum.
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.
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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.
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.