73184 - JudicialAppointmentsCommission - ProgrammeManager Number of jobs available 1 Detail of reserve list 12 Months Region London City/Town London Building/Site CLIVE HOUSE LONDON, SW1H 9EX Grade HEO HEO Post Type Permanent Working Pattern Full Time Role Type Business Management & Improvement, Programme and Project Management, Other JudicialAppointmentsCommission – ProgrammeManager (HEO) About the JAC The JudicialAppointmentsCommission (JAC) is an independent public body, established in April 2006, to select judges in the courts and tribunals, and non-legal tribunal members.
The JAC selects judicial candidates through fair and open competition, encouraging a wide range of quality candidates to apply for the posts that it advertises.
The JAC is responsible for designing, planning, and running recruitment campaigns to select judicial office holders up to and including High Court Judges.
We have a statutory duty to select solely on merit, while keeping our selection processes open to the widest range of applicants.
We launch a new campaign for judicial posts every one to two weeks.
These range from high volume campaigns for ‘entry level’ posts, attracting upward of 2,000 applicants, to small campaigns for senior roles, attracting a handful of highly qualified people.
Though located at Clive House, Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ JAC staff are currently working in a hybrid way with some days in the office and some days working remotely.
It will be necessary for the successful postholder to work at the JAC location regularly to support business need.
We offer a range of benefits including an attractive annual leave allowance, flexible working, and choice of pension schemes.
We actively encourage all staff to undertake learning and development as part of their personal objectives.
We are looking for a ProgrammeManager to help us oversee and deliver our extensive programme of judicial and non-legal appointment activity throughout England and Wales.
Within this role you will assist the Senior ProgrammeManager in monitoring and controlling an annual programme of up to 40 selection exercises.
You will use your programme management skills to ensure that this complex programme of selection activity is delivered on time and to budget, assisting the Programme Office with financial and resource forecasting.
You will be comfortable analysing data to help project future delivery constraints and will use you strong relationship management and engagement skills to ensure that the JAC works effectively with its stakeholders in delivering this complex programme.
The role will also require you to support the JAC’s continuous improvement culture by identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, challenging existing processes as appropriate, and making recommendations for future improvements to the JAC senior leaders.
Main responsibilities Through the Senior ProgrammeManager, support the Head of Digital Delivery and Programme Office; allocating exercises to selection exercise teams and Commissioners; providing advice and assistance to colleagues and delivery partners; ensuring budgets are devised for all selection exercises; maintaining oversight of reserve lists and collating selection exercise data for reporting purposes.
Assist as the ProgrammeManager in developing a future programme of selection exercises that best reflects the business needs of HMCTS and the judiciary, taking into account the resources available to the JAC and its delivery partners to ensure feasibility of successful delivery.
Ensure the selection exercise programme is kept up to date and accurate, liaising with selection exercise teams to ensure all timelines are up to date.
Remind selection teams to update meeting forward looks, budgets, and estimates for character checks, and assist the teams by creating sign up links and by drafting and sending alerts.
Liaise with HMCTS concerning new, emerging and/or changing priorities and consider potential impact of change.
Provide secretariat support to the Judicial Workforce Planning Group and represent the JAC as a member of the Joint Delivery Group Forum, raising and escalating matters arising that could impact planning or delivery of an exercise and sharing relevant information.
Manage and maintain effective working relationships with JAC colleagues, delivery partners and the judiciary in respect of the planning and delivery of the selection exercise programme.
Recruitment process details We will assess you against these behaviours during the recruitment process:
Communicating and Influencing Delivering at Pace Managing a Quality Service The successful candidate should also have:
Strong communication skills with the ability to share and disseminate information to colleagues and stakeholders, taking into consideration the diversity of interests.
Excellent attention to detail in planning, programming, and monitoring of projects.
Working across teams; managing and maintaining effective working relationships.
A good understanding of how programme management, operational delivery, quality assurance, governance and policy are co-dependent functions in a delivery organisation.
The ability to quickly research and assimilate information to provide advice to colleagues, senior leaders, and delivery partners.
Good IT and digital skills.
Previous experience in a programme management role Application process You need to provide:
Your CV A statement of suitability detailing why you are interested in the role and the how your skills and experience meet the essential criteria (500 words max).
Written evidence of the following 2 behaviours:
Communicating and Influencing and Delivering at Pace.
Sift Applications will be sifted based on the CV, statement of suitability and the behaviours Communicating and Influencing, and Delivering at Pace.
If a high number of applications are received, applications will be sifted on the CV, Statement of Suitability, and lead behaviour:
Communicating and Influencing.
Interview At interview, we will assess you against all three behaviours relevant to this role Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, and Managing a Quality Service.
Applicants invited for interview may be expected to undertake an assessment on the day of the interview, or in advance of it.
This might involve a written assessment or scenario test.
Further details will be provided to those shortlisted for interview.
Interviews are expected to take place in late April/early May and will either take place at the JAC offices at Clive House or remotely via MS Teams.
Confirmation of the interview location and date will be provided to those shortlisted for interview.
Reserve List As well as appointing one candidate we may place other candidates on a reserve list for future vacancies for up to 12 months.
If you are included on the reserve list, you may be offered other HEO opportunities which arise at the JAC, if the skills and behaviours demonstrated are considered applicable to other posts.
Part Time or Job Share option We would consider a part time or job share application that ensured business needs were met.
If you have any questions about the recruitment campaign, or any terms and conditions relating to the role, please contact the JAC HR Division:
The job holder must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English or (when specified in Wales) Welsh.
Additional Information Working Arrangements & Further Information The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows.
This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas).
Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances.
Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.
For nationally advertised roles, the successful candidate(s) will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office.
This will be discussed and agreed on the completion of pre-employment checks.
Some of MoJ’s terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform.
The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service.
Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post.
Details will be available if an offer is made.
Flexible working hours The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices.
Benefits The MoJ offers a range of benefits:
Annual Leave A nnual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years’ service.
There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year.
Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day.
Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.
Pension The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.
Training The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.
Networks The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management.
There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.
Support A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
For moves to or from another employer or moves across the Civil Service this can have implications on your eligibility to carry on claiming childcare vouchers. You may however be eligible for alternative government childcare support schemes, including Tax Free Childcare.
More information can be found on GOV.UK or Childcare Choices . You can determine your eligibility at https:
//www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/ .
Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
Should you feel that the recruitment process has breached the recruitment principles you are able to raise a formal complaint in the following order To Shared Service Connected Ltd (0845 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com ); To Ministry of Justice Resourcing team (resourcing-management-office@justice.gov.uk ); To the Civil Service Commission (details available here ) The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities.
As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace.
MoJ are able to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns.
You will be able to request reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process within the application form.
If you need additional help completing the application form, please contact the SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team.
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve.
We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice.
We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging.
Interviews are expected to take place in late April/early May and will either take place at the JAC offices at Clive House or remotely via MS Teams.
Confirmation of the interview location and date will be provided to those shortlisted for interview.
If you have any questions about the recruitment campaign, or any terms and conditions relating to the role, please contact the JAC HR Division:
c laire.thurlow@judicialappointments.gov.uk.
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 .
In the event that we receive a large volume of applications we reserve the right to conduct the sift based on one lead behaviour.
The chosen lead behaviour for this campaign is Communicating and Influencing.
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 Behaviours Communicating and Influencing - 250 word limit Delivering at Pace - 250 word limit Experience CV Statement of Suitability - 500 word limit Please note that in the event of a large number of applications being received we may run the initial sift on the lead behaviour of Communicating and Influencing.
Interview stage assessments There is 1 interview stage for this vacancy.
Behaviours Communicating and Influencing Delivering at Pace Managing a Quality Service Experience Please tell us how your previous experience makes you suitable for this post.
Strengths may also be assessed at interview but these are not shared in advance.
Additional Assessment(s) A Great Place to Work for Veterans The Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs.
Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.
For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit :
https:
//www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans Redeployment Interview Scheme Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant.
The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.
MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns.
Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.
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