67540 - Business Strategy and Change Manager
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.
Overview of OPG:
The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) protects people in England and Wales who may not have the mental capacity to make certain decisions for themselves, such as about their health and finance. We are an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), set up in 2007 following the introduction of the Mental Capacity Act of 2005.
OPG is responsible for registering lasting powers of attorney (LPA) and enduring powers of attorney (EPA) and supervising deputies who are appointed by the Court of Protection.
OPG is currently going through an extensive period of organisational change. This will be delivered by our transformation programme. The ambitious plan is about changing the way we provide services. It will help us meet the growing needs of our users, partners and our stakeholders. It will make sure our users experience a better level of support. Overall, it will help us to respond to the changing needs of society. This is so we can better support adults at risk and create high-quality services that are accessible and affordable.
The role of Business Strategy and Change Manager is available nationally. The successful candidate would be based at their local Ministry of Justice office location. There will be a requirement for occasional travel between our offices in Birmingham and Nottingham.
Hybrid working between Office & home will be available for this role.
Role brief:
This role provides an exciting opportunity to play a vital part in the delivery of OPG's strategic and transformation activity, proactively preparing the business for the impact of changes being delivered by the programme, ensuring appropriate change management activities are planned and completed in line with OPG’s Target Operating Model.
If successful, you will lead on work to understand the change management requirements of the organisation, implementing and designing key change management practices in line with the organisation’s strategic direction. You will provide support across key areas of transformation, working alongside project delivery to ensure business changes are coordinated and meet
strategic goals.
You will work collaboratively with wider business strategy and change management colleagues from across MoJ and the wider civil service to share best practise and role model the skills needed across the organisation.
Key responsibilities of the role:
• Leadership and delivery – Provide visible and effective leadership when leading OPG’s business strategy and change management activities. Develop a clear vision and standards, champion the use of best practice business change management standards, tools and processes. Build strong networks both internally and externally.
• Business cases – Provide advice and support to business owners on the development of relevant business cases, plus lead on the change management elements of those Business Cases, including developing the case for change narrative.
• Organisation strategy development – Support OPG in the development and implementation of its organisational strategy, in line with the Target Operating Model.
• Change management strategy development – Develop the change management strategy and plan for the organisation in line with the Target Operating Model, working closely with the transformation programme.
• Change products – Lead the creation of the required Business Change products for the programme and ensure they are used appropriately.
• Change planning – Establish and maintain the change plan for the project and provide input into the overall Project Plan.
• Change impact – Lead on the change impact assessments to support project plans.
• Business readiness – Identify, qualify, and update the business readiness criteria before implementation. Report on the tracking of these to ‘approve/refuse’ go-live to the Project Manager.
• Benefits management – Work with OPG benefits staff to ensure properly defined benefits and their management are incorporated into all of OPG’s Business Change activities.
• Change communication and engagement – Lead on Business Change messaging, working closely with the Communications Manager. Provide content for communications relating to Business Change across the project, ensuring learning and development needs for staff are considered. Champion the employee journey throughout transformation.
• Stakeholder management – Identify, classify, and update the stakeholder engagement plan. Lead stakeholder engagement on the project to ensure it meets Business Change requirements. Be point of contact for senior stakeholders.
• Guidance and support – Provide direction and guidance to the team, and support development of others. Lead Business Change activities across the organisation, focusing on the development of change management capability and providing coaching and learning support.
Other responsibilities/duties –
• Potential line management responsibility.
• Provide a flexible approach to support wider team and organisational goals.
• Live OPG’s Values (Purpose, Openness, Humanity, Together).
• Public Guardian Investigation Reports sign off.
• Work collaboratively with MoJ and wider government.
Person Specification:
Essential Skills and Experience
• Experience working in a strategy development and/or change management environment; ensuring organisations manage these activities in line with industry best practice.
• Experience developing benefits management strategies and frameworks to support projects and programmes in evaluating outcomes.
• Ability to plan and monitor business change activities and realisation.
• Excellent stakeholder relationship management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills.
Highly Desirable
• Professional qualification in change management, programme management or membership of a relevant body.
• Experience of working in a transformational environment.
• Excellent understanding of programme management.
• Experience/understanding of multiple project methodology.
Application Process:
Recruitment for this role will follow the Civil Service Success Profile Framework. Further immolation can be found here; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles
There will be 4 parts to complete at sift to be considered for this role.
To assess your experience, you are invited to complete a statement of suitability (of up to 500 words) as well submit a name- blind CV.
Both will be assessed by the selection panel against the Person Specification outlined in the advert and candidate information pack.
You will also be requested to provide two personal statements (no more than 250 words per behavior) showcasing how you demonstrate the following Civil Service Behaviors.
• Changing and Improving (Level 3)
• Making Effective Decisions (Level 3)
Please note that in the event that the volume of applications received exceeds expectations we perform may perform a preliminary sift on the CV.
If you are successful at sift, you will be invited to an interview which will follow the Success Profiles process.
At interview candidates should expect Strength-based questions, Experience-based questions and questions relating to the following Civil Service Behaviours:
• Seeing the Big Picture (Level 3)
• Delivering at Pace (Level 3)
You will also be asked to prepare a short presentation, for the interview panel with a brief being shared with shortlisted candidates. For this presentation you will be assessed against the following Civil Service Behaviors.
• Leadership (Level 3)
• Communicating and Influencing (Level 3)
Written feedback will only be provided if you attend interview
Reasonable Adjustments:
At OPG we are committed to ensuring our workplace remains diverse and inclusive place to work. We want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of assessment is used. If you require any reasonable adjustments for any aspect of the selection process, do not hesitate to get in contact with us.
For further information regarding the benefits of working for OPG in greater detail, please refer to the candidate information pack attached to the job advert.
Working Arrangements & Further Information
The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.
For nationally advertised roles, the successful candidate(s) will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office. This will be discussed and agreed on the completion of pre-employment checks.
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
Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years’ service.
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.
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.
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 moves to or from another employer or moves across the Civil Service this can have implications on your eligibility to carry on claiming childcare vouchers. You may however be eligible for alternative government childcare support schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. More information can be found on GOV.UK or Childcare Choices. You can determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
- Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
- Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
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. Should you feel that the recruitment process has breached the recruitment principles you are able to raise a formal complaint in the following order
- To Shared Service Connected Ltd (0845 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com);
- To Ministry of Justice Resourcing team (resourcing-management-office@justice.gov.uk);
- To the Civil Service Commission (details available here)
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace. MoJ are able to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns.
You will be able to request reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process within the application form. If you need additional help completing the application form, please contact the SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team.
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.
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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.
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.
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Application form stage assessments
Interview stage assessments
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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
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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.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.
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.