Director of Transformation and Change
Crown Prosecution Service
Apply before Midday on Friday 6th December 2024
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About the job
Job summary
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutes criminal cases that have been investigated by the police and other investigative organisations in England and Wales, making operational decisions fairly and objectively by following our Code for Crown Prosecutors, and independently of the police and government. If a case meets our legal test we authorise the police to charge the defendant.
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About CPS , The Crown Prosecution Service
The organisation
Over 7,000 people work for the CPS, across England and Wales in a variety of roles. Almost half the employees are lawyers, who are responsible for deciding whether to prosecute cases, and represent the Crown in many hearings in the courts. The rest work to assist prosecutors preparing cases for court, or in other professions including operational delivery, finance, human resources, communications, policy, and digital and technology services. The CPS Board agrees the strategic direction and priorities for the CPS and provides a forum for constructive challenge on proposals and the implementation of decisions by the DPP and the executive team. It plays a key role in ensuring that the organisation is equipped to provide a professional, efficient and high-quality service.
Context
The CPS faces many challenges. most of which require joint working across the criminal justice system to address. This includes continued operational improvement and tackling court backlogs, developing an improved service for victims and reducing victim ‘attrition’, maintaining performance on Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) cases, improving quality of casework, financial pressures from increased prosecution costs and advocate fees and wider economic challenges on headcount, recruitment and retention of skilled staff across the CPS professions (but particularly those with legal skills) as well managing an aging workforce, and replacing a case management system (CMS) that is more than 20 years old. The Director of Transformation and Change will report to the DG Chief Operating Officer.
This is an exciting and fast-paced role with a real opportunity to make a difference.
This job can be located in any CPS Office with regular travel to London expected, at least weekly. Please see candidate pack below, for further information on CPS office locations.
Job description
The Director of Transformation and Change is a critical leadership role which reports to the Chief Operating Officer and is part of the Executive Group. Their role is to provide strategic direction, specialist capability, and positive leadership for the CPS’s business change, transformation and continuous improvement agenda.
The Director of Transformation and Change is accountable for the successful development and delivery of cross-cutting business change and transformation programmes leading to improvement in service delivery and performance. They are accountable for setting the corporate approach to performance management.
Key Responsibilities will include:
- Setting the business change strategy and delivery approach for the CPS, ensuring it supports delivery of the CPS vision, strategic priorities and objectives.
- Working across the CPS to define the change portfolio and ensure alignment across the CJS.
- Providing leadership to ensure effective implementation of business change, transformation and continuous improvement initiatives and mitigate business risks.
- Setting the corporate approach to performance management and work with the Executive Directors to set and review corporate, operational and legal performance KPIs for the CPS.
- Direct line management for Deputy Director of Operational Change, Deputy Director of Performance Analysis and Deputy Director of Victims Programme
- Responsible for c.200 staff within the change and transformation directorate
- Head of Profession for Portfolio, Programme and Project Management
- Determines the business change and transformation strategy and plans for the CPS, ensuring alignment across the CJS and effective prioritisation, to deliver the strategic priorities of the CPS
- Determine the frameworks to deliver effective business change and continuous improvement capability within the directorate and across the CPS
- Makes decisions about business change and transformation related risks and issues
- Determines the corporate, operational and legal KPIs for the organisation
- Makes decisions about the future business and operating model for the function
For further information, please see candidate pack below.
Person specification
The following essential and desirable criteria will be used to assess your application:
Essential:
- Track record of delivering successful strategic organisational transformations in large, complex organisations.
- Experience of balancing a number of competing strategic priorities to ensure successful delivery of all, balancing people and resources.
- Evidence of realising organisational benefits from large change programmes.
- Skilled leader and excellent communicator with track record of mobilising teams to deliver organisational outcomes.
- Experience of influencing stakeholders and partner organisations to deliver cross sector transformation.
Desirable:
- Relevant professional qualification (e.g. Chartered Project Professional) or demonstrable skills and knowledge of change techniques and methodologies.
- Experience of developing performance management frameworks.
- Knowledge of or experience in Criminal Justice Sector.
Benefits
Join the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and have a future that matters: Find Your Purpose
CPS is passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We are committed to be an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated.
We want to ensure all our employees can thrive at work and home and offer a range of support to achieve a balance. This includes where possible, flexibility of working hours, flexibility to support caring responsibilities and a flexible approach to deployment, which means that where you work (i.e. a court, an office, or a remote setting such as your home) will be based on the kind of work you are undertaking.
This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our staff networks covering Disability, Faith and Belief, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility alongside our Mental Health First Aiders Programme and Wellbeing Sessions.
CPS commits to offer its employees the following experience
• Impactful, purposeful work – making a difference to your local communities
• The ability to learn and grow, with access to the right opportunities and resources
• To care about your wellbeing
• To feel valued, trusted and included
We also offer the following range of benefits:
• Civil Service Pension
• Access to employee savings
• Cycle2Work scheme
• 30 days paid annual leave. In addition, you will be entitled to all public holidays and to one privilege day.
• Competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave
• Flexible working and a family friendly approach to work.
• Childcare vouchers unless already registered with the Government Tax Free Childcare Scheme
Things you need to know
Selection process details
The recruitment process will consists of an online application, assessments and interview, that will take place in person.
Application:
When ready to apply, please make your application online through the Civil Service jobs website no later than Midday 12:00pm on Friday 6 December 2024.
Your submission should include:
- A short statement of suitability of not more than two A4 sized pages explaining why this role interests you and how you meet the essential criteria as set out in the person specification with the advert and candidate pack.
- Your current CV with educational and professional qualifications and full employment history, explaining any gaps in your employment history, giving details where applicable, of budgets and numbers of people managed, highlighting relevant achievements in recent posts.
- Details of your current remuneration package.
- The names of at least two referees who may be contacted at short-list stage, i.e. before the final interview, describing in what capacity and over what period of time they have known you. Please note, referees will not be contacted without your consent.
- Notification of any dates you are unable to accommodate within the indicative timetable set out later in this pack. Please note, shortlisted candidates will be required to undertake a number of assessments (Individual Leadership Assessment, Staff Engagement Panel) prior to the final interviews. Your co-operation in making yourself available during this time will be much appreciated.
Please note, candidates will be asked to submit the above in one document attachment. It is the candidate’s responsibility to provide the specified application information in the requested format to ensure that they are considered for the post.
Please include a day-time, evening and mobile telephone contact number, and your preferred email address for correspondence in your application, which will be used with discretion.
For further information on how to apply and the recruitment, please see candidate pack below.
If you require any assistance, please contact SCS.RelationshipsTeam@cps.gov.uk
Use of Artificial Intelligence
The use of AI within applications is not prohibited as technological assistance can be considered broadly equivalent to a number of pre-existing tools. However, the application must be factually accurate, and you must declare how you have used AI in preparation for your application.
Clearance Required
If successful you must hold, or be willing to obtain, security clearance to SC level before taking up post.
More information about the vetting process can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/security-vetting-and-clearance
Reserve Lists
A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidates who are considered appointable following interview.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Matt Alfred
- Email : SCS.RelationshipsTeam@cps.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : SCS.RelationshipsTeam@cps.gov.uk
