Senior Digital Advisor (Ref: 91084)
Ministry of Justice
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Job title: Senior Digital Advisor
Scale: G6
Job Location: London
Background
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is the largest government department and serves the public by upholding the rule of law and by delivering an efficient, fair, timely and effective justice system in which the public has confidence.
The MoJ works together and with other government departments and agencies to bring the principles of justice to life for everyone in society. From our civil courts, tribunals and family law hearings, to criminal justice, prison and probation services. We work to ensure that sentences are served and offenders are encouraged to turn their lives around and become law-abiding citizens. We believe the principles of justice are pivotal and we are steadfast in our shared commitment to uphold them.
This role sits within the Service Strategy & Transformation directorate. We are responsible for:
- Working across the Service Transformation Group (with Justice Digital, the Legal Aid Agency, Office of the Public Guardian and the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority), to understand and drive collaboration on current transformation plans
- Identifying cross-cutting transformation opportunities across the Ministry of Justice that can drive cutting-edge user experience, efficiencies and delivery of policy goals
- Baselining and supporting performance and prioritisation across the Service Transformation Group
- Bringing together all areas of the Group to collectively create a clear and compelling narrative for delivery over the next 3-5 years.
- Engaging across the Ministry of Justice and its agencies to gain buy-in and support for our initiatives.
- Supporting the Director General for Service Transformation with strategic and analytical activity.
Overview
We are looking for an experienced individual to join the Transformation Team as Senior Digital Advisor. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams to deliver against areas of our transformation plan at pace. You must have experience working with digital teams and with coaching cross-functional teams in agile, iterative ways of working. As a representative of the Service Transformation Directorate, excellent communication skills and the ability to remain calm and reliable under pressure are also essential. Directorate staff are both London and nationally based with a flexible working arrangement to suit the needs of the business, which brings an added dimension to developing relationship management skills. The role will provide an excellent opportunity to work at the heart of MoJ in a vibrant environment, learning how Service Transformation Directorate operates within MoJ as well as the wider Civil Service.
Job Description
Key responsibilities include the following:
- Lead start-up activities for transformation projects, including resource identification, recruitment, and development, while producing key initiation documents to define project scope and target operating model.
- Act as single service owner, by owning and managing the overall project plan and documentation, ensuring delivery aligns with objectives, timelines, and budget constraints.
- Use your agile expertise to set and implement a best practice product discovery and delivery methodology across all transformation teams. Enable them to be truly iterative by ensuring clear governance, roles, responsibilities, and escalation routes.
- Oversee the implementation of effective stakeholder management tools and techniques, use these to amplify the impact of the team in a way that maximises their value.
- Support the wider Transformation Unit to coach others in best practice ways of working by creating materials, running events and working with experts across digital to stay up to date on key trends and technologies.
- Engage with key stakeholders, including Justice colleagues, to drive project progress, facilitate discussions, and resolve conflicts while promoting collaborative relationships.
- Line manage Transformation Leads and Advisors, as well as managing cross-functional teams on a project basis
To note: the above list of key responsibilities is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks that may be expected within the scope and grading of the post.
Essential Criteria
• Strong track record of building high performing teams using a recognised agile delivery framework.
• Ability to assess the team's current processes and identify areas for improvement.
• Expertise in developing systems to monitor performance and effectiveness ability to providing constructive challenges
• Knowledge of digital and experience working on digital delivery and/or with digital teams
• Ability to coach teams and inspire change
• Ability to translate transformation strategy into actionable plans, aligning financial resources and people with organisational objectives to achieve desired outcomes.
• Ability to navigate and work within political environments, managing stakeholder relationships positively to drive change.
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex issues for various audiences and advocate effectively for organisational goals.
• Capacity to deliver major change at pace in uncertain conditions, making decisions and adapting strategies as new information emerges while encouraging innovative ideas from team members.
• Experience managing people, including people with different skillsets or from a different function to your own
Assessment Criteria
Application form
Changing and improving - 250 word limit
Communicating and Influencing - 250 word limit
Delivering at Pace – 250 word limit
Interview stage assessments
There is 1 interview stage for this vacancy.
Behaviours:
Changing and improving
Communicating and Influencing
Delivering at Pace
Benefits
Alongside your salary the Ministry of Justice has a generous Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Access to learning and development
- A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Annual Leave
- Public Holidays
- Season Ticket Advance
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
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)
- 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
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Person specification
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
Benefits
- Access to learning and development
- A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
- Annual Leave
- Public Holidays
- Season Ticket Advance
For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances 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
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Selection process details
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Nationality requirements
Working for the Civil Service
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
Diversity and Inclusion
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
- Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com
- Telephone : 0845 241 5359
Recruitment team
- Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com
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