Associate Product Manager (Ref: 90749)
Ministry of Justice
Apply before 11:55 pm on Thursday 3rd October 2024
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National: £39,868 - £43,535 (which may include an allowance of up to £2,057)
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Associate Product Manager
Location: National*
Interviews: w/c 14th October 2024
Grade: SEO
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary: London: £45,824 - £50,039 (which may include an allowance of up to £2,251)
National: £39,868 - £43,535 (which may include an allowance of up to £2,057)
Working pattern: Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working
Contract Type: Permanent
Vacancy number: 90749
*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 number of Associate Product Managers here at Justice Digital.
This role aligns against the Associate Product Manager role from the Government Digital and Data Framework
We are recruiting for roles within our Prisons Digital and Technology Services team.
Come and join a multi-disciplinary team researching, designing and building a service that’s core to prison regime, enabling a prisoners’ release into the community at the right time with the right people assisting their journey or supporting the development of our critical ServiceNow platform that supports the organisation in providing a seamless and consistent support experience for our front-line colleagues.
The work is challenging, important and rewarding. It is an opportunity to work with committed and talented product, delivery, research, tech and design specialists, plus prison staff, who share a vision for making better prisons through the smarter digital services. You’ll be line managed by an experienced Product Manager to develop your product management skills and toolkit.
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:
Associate Product Managers manage subsets of features or components of a product in either its prototype state or once it is live and being incrementally improved. You will be learning basic product management techniques such as;
- Being aware of Agile methodology, product management and the ways to apply the principles in practice. Can support the immediate team understand the value and priorities
- Representing users internally, assisting the team in designing and developing user focussed services by helping to plan, coordinate and conduct user research, compiling results into user insights and product improvements
- Works with the Product Manager to understand (and possibly set) the scope, direction and continual improvement of a product or a feature within a product.
- Being aware of the wider strategy of your product area. Works with more senior PMs to ensure alignment with product strategy.
- Investing in developing yourself, learning the product role and having a mentor; becoming/being an expert in product ownership.
- Engaging with stakeholders and communicating credibly (both internally and externally) with other PMs, the wider capability team, Subject Matter Experts and users of products etc. Is actively engaged in the Product Community.
- Understanding the policies for their product area, ensuring that you meet the policy intent
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
- Product Ownership - Awareness of tools, terms and concepts needed to deliver a product. Understands how to define the minimum viable product and make decisions about priorities. Capable of working with a range of specialists in multidisciplinary teams.
- Problem Ownership - Understand and identify problems, analyse and help to identify appropriate solutions, consulting specialists where required. Determine the appropriate remedies, assist with implementation and measure effectiveness.
- User Focus - Understands users and can identify who they are and what their needs are based on evidence. Able to use quantitative and qualitative data about users to turn user focus into outcomes. Puts users first and can manage competing priorities.
- Agile working - Is aware of and understands agile methodology and how to apply the agile mindset to all aspects of their work. Has the ability to work in a fast paced, evolving environment and understands how iterative method and flexible approach enables rapid delivery.
- Working Within Constraints - Understand the value of technical, policy, legislative, regulatory and operational constraints, and find the best solution for users to meet intent.
- Lifecycle perspective - understand how the needs of the team and the product vary across the stages of the product life cycle
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.
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
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 CV and Cover Letter (500 words max) which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.
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:
- Communication and influencing
- Making effective decisions
- Changing and improving
- Working together
- Managing a quality service
- Delivering at pace
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, which may include a task, held via video conference.
Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on Product Ownership and Agile Working 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.
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).
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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