Digital Workforce Manager (Ref:92129)
Ministry of Justice
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Digital Workforce Manager
Location: National*
Closing Date: 22 November 2024
Interviews: from 04 December 2024
Grade: SEO
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary: London: £47,657 - £52,040; National: £41,463 - £45,276
Working pattern: full-time, part-time, job share, flexible working
Contract Type: 2 Year Fixed Term Contract
Vacancy number: 92129
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
The Role
We’re recruiting for a Digital Workforce Manager here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Strategy & Operations team.
When our managers want to recruit great people for their team, working on some of the largest technology programmes in the Civil Service, they will come to you looking for expert advice, solutions and guidance. You will enjoy partnering and crafting relationships and will be someone who takes pride in providing a slick, great hiring experience.
As a Digital Workforce Manager, you will belong to a warm and welcoming team that works at pace, collaborating and contributing to a range of exciting change projects and sit as part of our broader Strategy & Operations team. We are responsible for enabling our colleagues to get on with delivery by instilling a culture of accountability, value for money and commerciality across Justice Digital and we want to make it a great place to work.
What will your day look like? You’ll be blending your people management skills and passion for delivering an outstanding customer experience with your love of data and information. It’s crucial that you’re confident in spreadsheet analysis, and turning this into engaging and informative content for our senior management and directors. Your advice will shape and influence the creation of robust Workforce Plans across the department, and you’ll use this data to ensure our recruitment delivery is strategically aligned, smooth and efficient. Every day is slightly different from the last, with new and exciting projects to get involved with; we’re a team that pride ourselves on welcoming and encouraging change and innovation, so someone with big ideas and bold goals will surely succeed.
To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025
Key Responsibilities:
Workforce Planning:
Working with SMT, HoPs/Leads & Managers at all levels across Justice Digital to support them in determining their people needs; “the who, the how and the when”.
Collaborate with these partners, and with the Recruitment Team, to plan, monitor and deliver hiring objectives within agreed timeframes, proactively identifying and managing risks.
Manage and support the end-to-end cycle of annual workforce planning; from collection during annual budget planning to tracking and governance throughout the plan year, including headcount to support business objectives.
Work with SMT and Finance to forecast workforce growth, establish targets and provide monthly reports on progress and risk.
Develop and implement wider workforce planning and demand forecasting processes in partnership with SMT, HoPs/Leads, Managers, Budget/Finance teams and recruiters.
Provide relevant tools and processes, and partner with the Recruitment Team, to drive strategic recruitment that delivers the right people at the right time, and at the right cost
Contingent Labour:
Support the continued development of the Business Case Writing process for Contingent Labour requests, critically assessing current procedures and constantly iterating improvements.
Ensure compliance with governance and approval processes to provide the best value for money when deploying a contingent labour resource.
Manage the end to end lifecycle of Contingent Labour resources within Justice Digital, monitoring tenure lengths and highlighting risks. Ensure contingent labour usage is effective, within framework and compliant in use.
Provide expert advice to Directors and Deputies, ensuring their contingent labour workforce remains sustainable and within forecast.
Support and facilitate the fortnightly Business Case review meeting, reporting outcomes and delivering responses back to the business in a professional, supportive and engaging manner.
Reporting:
Create and develop new reporting tools and dashboards to support business decision-making and provide ad-hoc analytics to SMTs, HoPs/Leads and Managers.
Develop and produce a range of regular reports that support the wider Recruitment & People Teams.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
Person Specification
Essential
Experience in a workforce planning, finance, reporting or similar data-related function.
Proficient in spreadsheet management (i.e. Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets).
Experienced in data analysis, using high volumes of data to create informed recommendations to seniors.
Experience managing stakeholder relations at senior levels.
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.
Person specification
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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How to Apply
Candidates must submit a CV and Cover Letter (c.750 words) which describes how you meet the following requirements set out in the Person Specification above and essential Civil Service behaviours below:
Experience in a workforce planning, finance, reporting or similar data-related function.
Experienced in data analysis, using high volumes of data to create informed recommendations to seniors.
In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:
Changing & Improving
Communicating & Influencing
Managing a Quality Service
Seeing the Bigger Picture
A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above.
Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference. This will commence with a 10 minute spreadsheet management assessment.
Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on your experience in workforce planning, recruitment/resourcing or similar people-related functions will be conducted before the sift.
Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.
A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.
Terms & Conditions
Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact recruitment@digital.justice.gov.uk
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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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).
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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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