Corporate Communications Advise (Ref: 91416)
Ministry of Justice
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Corporate Communications Adviser, Ministry of Justice
Salary 1
The national salary range is £32,827 - £35,678, London salary range is £37,174 - £40,403. Your salary will be dependent on your base location.
Number of jobs available 1
Detail of reserve list 12 Months
Region National
City/Town National
Building/Site NATIONAL
Please note: Some of our MoJ Office locations, such as our Liverpool Justice Collaboration Centre, require higher levels of National Security Vetting. The MoJ is working to open more Justice Collaboration Centres and Justice Satellite Offices over time. Click here to learn more about where our currently open Justice Collaboration Centres and Justice Satellite Offices are, to identify where you may be based and understand National Security Vetting requirements of each location.
Grade: HEO
Organisation Grade for MoJ: HEO
Post Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time
Role Type: Communications / Marketing
Job description
Grade : Band C/ HEO
Job description :
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Corporate Communications Adviser, Ministry of Justice
Permanent
Overview
This is a great opportunity to join one of the most creative, proactive, successful teams in government.
While frequent travel to London is required due to meetings and events with senior leaders, ministers and stakeholders, we provide a truly flexible culture. We have hybrid working in the team, and are also open to job-sharing and part-time work to support our people in being the best they can be.
You will play a role in developing and delivering outstanding communications to inform and inspire thousands of staff providing crucial services in a wide variety of roles and locations.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is a major government department, at the heart of the justice system. The organisation works together to bring the principles of justice to life for everyone in society, through a focus on delivering swift access to justice; protecting the public; and reducing reoffending.
We are looking for an experienced and proactive communicator to join an award-winning team. We won Institute of Internal Communications team of the year in both 2020 and 2021.
Our team leads on communications to our HQ staff and works closely with colleagues at our major delivery agencies. We work as trusted advisrs to our senior leaders and other colleagues on communications for the MoJ’s priorities and shape overall departmental strategies, working on everything from major transformation programmes to targeted behaviour change campaigns.
We are focussed on making sure we have two-way communications with our staff engaged in the conversation.
We design and arrange events from small focus groups to all-staff gatherings. We use creative, informative and engaging content to make sure our channels are trusted and liked and fill our display spaces with catchy and impactful materials. The role is varied and challenging, so a capacity for adaptable working and producing high quality work to tight deadlines is vital.
Across MoJ we are guided by our shared values - purpose, humanity, openness and togetherness. We believe in our purpose, providing justice for our society; we care about each other and those we work with, we show them humanity; we are open to learning and innovating, both in ourselves and the things we do; and we want to work together, collaborating with colleagues throughout MoJ and far beyond.
Person specification
We are looking for someone with a flair for innovative communications which will engage our staff and help to drive delivery of a world class justice system.
We’re looking for someone who is enthusiastic, dependable, and able to turn around high-quality work, at sometimes short deadlines. The candidate should have excellent relationship management skills and be able to work with a range of stakeholders to help produce content and deliver projects.
You will be a talented, motivated, collaborative and creative communications professional who is keen to be a leading member of the team. You’ll have a flexible approach and a can-do attitude.
You will play your part in ensuring that MoJ’s staff understand and buy-in to our organisation’s mission, our shared values and priorities.
The post holder will:
- Forge strong relationships and become a trusted adviser to leaders and colleagues throughout the organisation.
- Advise senior leaders on internal communications strategy, making decisions and plans based on insight and evaluation.
- Have creative ideas and ability to deliver outstanding content and campaigns for our internal channels.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of work to deliver continuous improvement.
- Work collaboratively with the team and key stakeholders in the department and other organisations.
- Have experience in event management.
Personal qualities and skills required:
- Strong planning, organisational and people skills, including delivering communication products to tight deadlines and at pace.
- Experience in developing and delivering effective communications strategies and plans.
- Experience of planning and delivering events.
- Experience of gathering audience insight and evaluating communications campaigns.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities and changing deadlines.
- Strong relationship management skills, effective at negotiating and influencing.
- Good knowledge of the communications landscape, and the role of digital communication in internal communication.
- Understand and be an advocate for the principles of staff engagement, or wish to develop experience in this area.
- Maintain knowledge and understanding of Government Communications Service initiatives, best practice and activities.
Desirable skills
- Design and layout skills, with experience of using programmes like Adobe Indesign and Canva
- Copywriting skills
Additional Information .
Interview dates
TBC
Closing Date:
Please see job vacancy
Contact information
If you require any assistance please call 0345 241 5359 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com Please quote the job reference - 81371.
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
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.
if you feel that your application has not been treated in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance
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
- CV
- Statement of Suitability (750 word limit)
- Clearly state why you are a good fit in the statement of suitability with particular focus on the totality of the ‘person specification’ and ‘personal qualities’ listed in the job description, as well as the ‘delivering at pace’ Success Profile.
- Please note, if there is a high volume of applications, we will sift on the delivering at pace success profile, alongside a demonstration of the desirable skills listed above.
Interview stage assessments
At interview stage you will be assessed on the following Success Profiles
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
You will also be assessed on the following technical skills in the interview stage:
- Ideas - Level 1 and 2 Government Communications Services Competency Framework
- Impact - Level 1 and 2 Government Communications Services Competency Framework
- Insight - Level 1 and 2 Government Communications Services Competency Framework
Additional Assessment(s)
- Written Exercise
Person specification
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Ideas - Level 1 and 2 Government Communications Services Competency Framework
- Impact - Level 1 and 2 Government Communications Services Competency Framework
- Insight - Level 1 and 2 Government Communications Services Competency Framework
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.
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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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