26659 - Judicial HR Diversity Adviser
The Judicial Office (JO) reports to, and is accountable, to the Lord Chief Justice and was set up in 2006 to provide support to him and to the wider judiciary following the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. In addition, we support, and are accountable to, the Senior President of Tribunals, whose responsibilities extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The JO is an important and unique place to work and has been characterised as strengthening the rule of law and improving the administration of justice by supporting the leadership and governance of our independent judiciary. We work closely with HMCTS, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and others across Government as well as with the legal professions and others.
See JO staff talk about working within the JO:
https://design102.wistia.com/medias/uhgtmbtnlv
https://intranet.justice.gov.uk/news/jo-all-staff-event-video/
Background
The Judicial Office (JO) reports to, and is accountable, to the Lord Chief Justice and was set up in 2006 to provide support to him and to the wider judiciary following the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. In addition, we support, and are accountable to, the Senior President of Tribunals, whose responsibilities extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The JO is an important and unique place to work and has been characterised as strengthening the rule of law and improving the administration of justice by supporting the leadership and governance of our independent judiciary. We work closely with HMCTS, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and others across Government as well as with the legal professions and others.
See JO staff talk about working within the JO:
https://design102.wistia.com/medias/uhgtmbtnlv
https://intranet.justice.gov.uk/news/jo-all-staff-event-video/
Purpose of the role
The Judicial HR Team supports the Lord Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals in their responsibilities for the welfare and deployment of the judiciary and for encouraging judicial diversity.
We are looking for a pro-active individual who can work across boundaries to deliver strongly against set objectives. The post provides an ideal opportunity to develop as part of a close-knit and supportive team. You will provide advice on a range of equality and diversity issues and use influencing and negotiating skills to shape the diversity agenda. This is an exciting opportunity in a fast evolving, dynamic and high-profile area. You will be working closely with senior judiciary, others within the team and senior officials across JO, MoJ and the Judicial Appointments Commission, as well as the legal professions and charities.
The post-holder will need to be able to build and maintain strong relationships, often at a senior level, to ensure the delivery of diversity initiatives. They will use the relationships they have built with others to inform and shape delivery whilst managing planned objectives within budget.
Key responsibilities
Support the development and delivery of the Annual Diversity Plan, incorporating best practice and other innovative ideas.
Contribute to briefings on diversity for the Lord Chief Justice and senior judiciary.
Support the monitoring and evaluation of diversity initiatives.
Develop effective working relationships with the judiciary responsible for encouraging diversity and support them in their roles.
Oversee the team finance and budget management. Using the finance tools accurately forecasting the budget and reporting this to the line manager.
Provide secretariat support to the Judicial Diversity Committee of the Judges Council.
Work closely with other partners, including the Judicial Appointments Commission, the MoJ and the legal professions.
Work with the Communications Team to deliver on the diversity communications strategy, including the use of social media.
It is expected that the successful candidate will be supported by, and line manage, one band D.
The successful candidate will need strong organisational skills along with the ability to build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, and work at a strategic level in a fast-moving environment.
Essential knowledge, experience and skills
- Excellent written and communication skills.
- Strong use of IT to support and manage projects.
- Ability to work collaboratively and proactively with others across teams and organisations.
- Strong organisational skills, focus and ability to deliver to deadline.
You will be required to provide evidence of the following behaviours:
Communicating and influencing
- Communicate in a straightforward, honest and engaging manner, choosing appropriate styles to maximise understanding and impact.
- Ensure communication has a clear purpose and takes into account people’s individual needs.
- Show positivity and enthusiasm towards work, encouraging others to do the same.
Delivering at Pace
- Show a positive approach to keeping the whole team’s efforts focused on the top priorities.
- Regularly monitor your own and team’s work against milestones ensuring individual needs are considered when setting tasks.
- Act promptly to reassess workloads and priorities when there are conflicting demands to maintain performance.
Leadership
- Ensure colleagues and stakeholders have a clear understanding of objectives, activities and time-frames.
- Take into account different individual needs, views, and ideas, championing inclusion and equality of opportunity for all.
- Consider the impacts of own and team’s activities on stakeholders and end users.
The Judicial HR Team supports the Lord Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals in their responsibilities for the welfare and deployment of the judiciary and for encouraging judicial diversity.
We are looking for a pro-active individual who can work across boundaries to deliver strongly against set objectives. The post provides an ideal opportunity to develop as part of a close-knit and supportive team. You will provide advice on a range of equality and diversity issues and use influencing and negotiating skills to shape the diversity agenda. This is an exciting opportunity in a fast evolving, dynamic and high-profile area. You will be working closely with senior judiciary, others within the team and senior officials across JO, MoJ and the Judicial Appointments Commission, as well as the legal professions and charities.
The post-holder will need to be able to build and maintain strong relationships, often at a senior level, to ensure the delivery of diversity initiatives. They will use the relationships they have built with others to inform and shape delivery whilst managing planned objectives within budget.
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 voluntary benefits,retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
- For any moves across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers
- 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.
11/06/2019, 23:55 hours.
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.
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.