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Contract type and work pattern – Permanent, Full time with flexible working

Location– This position will be based in London CTS Royal Courts of Justice, WC2A 2LL.

Overview

The Judicial College supports the Lord Chief Justice, the Senior President of Tribunals and the Chief Coroner in their statutory obligations to make sure there are appropriate arrangements in place for the training of judicial office holders. The College is expanding and will soon be responsible for delivering around 2,000 courses each year. Alongside the College’s Executive Director, three Directors of Training provide judicial leadership for our training programmes and international training partnerships with jurisdictions around the world.

This an exciting opportunity to join the Strategy, Governance and Change team which sits at the centre of the Judicial College. The team leads on strategy implementation, ensuring we have the right policies and governance arrangements in place and supporting change readiness to help the College meet the future needs of the judiciary. We work closely with the College’s Executive Director and three judicial Directors of Training.

You will play a crucial part in working with the senior judiciary to meet their statutory training responsibilities and making sure the College has the right judicial trainer capacity to deliver high-quality judicial education to meet our strategic priorities. You will run, manage and advise on the recruitment of judicial trainers and be the team’s subject matter expert on appointments. You will also make an important contribution to the Strategy and Change function within the team, supporting work to implement the College’s 2021-25 strategy and monitor progress.

About the role

As a Judicial Support Officer, you will lead the end-to-end process to recruit judicial trainers, including proactively identifying the need for recruitment, maintaining accurate records and updating our systems, drafting recruitment and appointment materials, running campaigns, briefing and advising the judicial Directors of Training and supporting the induction of newly appointed trainers.

You will also provide cross-cutting support to the team, including contributing to the Strategy and Change function within the team as well as the Policy function. For example, this could include helping make sure we have the right systems, processes and information in place to monitor the training programme and implementation of the College’s strategy.

Key deliverables for the role include:

• Advising the Directors of Training on trainer capacity and new appointments that need to be made to ensure the College has the correct level of trainers
• Planning and running competitions to appoint judicial trainers and managing the appointments process
• Help and support the Governance and Policy function with responses to enquiries such as admin support on policy work, external reports and recommendations, Ministerial correspondence, parliamentary questions and Freedom of Information Act requests.
• Providing administrative support to the Directors of Training, working alongside three HEO Support Managers such as organising meetings and gathering responses.
• Supporting the running of judicial training committees, including helping to prepare papers and track progress on actions
• Leading or contributing to briefing for the Directors of Training and the College’s Executive Director
• Working flexibly and proactively to support the wider work of the team and the College, contributing to the overall impact and professionalism of the team

Essential skills

The successful candidate will:

• Have strong verbal and written communication skills
• Be able to work with accuracy and an eye for detail, while maintaining a good sense of the bigger picture and organisational objectives

• Good IT skills i.e., working with databases, Excel, and Word

• Be proactive and able to organise, plan and prioritise to meet sometimes short deadlines whilst being flexible to competing demands
• Be a collaborative team player and able to build confident and effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society 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 has a sense of belonging.

Application process and selection

The Civil Service uses a framework called ‘Success Profiles’ to recruit based on potential and skills.

CV

Please provide your CV and tell us why you are interested in the role, demonstrate relevant experience and show that you have the essential skills listed above. Your CV is limited to 1000 words.

Behaviours

You will also be asked to provide examples for behaviours at both the application stage and interview. Behaviours are the actions and activities that people do which result in effective performance in a job. See Civil Service behaviours for more information.

You will be tested on the following behaviours:

• Managing a quality service (Lead Behaviour)
• Communicating and influencing
• Making effective decisions

We will request all of the behaviours at application stage, if there is a high volume of applications, we may only mark against the lead behaviour. All of the behaviours stated above will be assessed at the interview stage, as well as Civil Service Strengths. Full details of interview dates, times and locations will be made available to successful applicants in due course. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.

Please use the STAR approach to structure your examples for your behaviours.

• Situation – Describe the situation you found yourself in and what happened.
• Task – The Hiring Manager will want to understand what you tried to achieve from the situation that you found yourself in.
• Action – What actions did you take and how did you do it. Make sure to use “I”, not “we” to explain how your actions lead to a result.
• Result – Use facts and statistics to demonstrate the results that your actions produced. Explain whether it was a successful outcome, and if not, what you learned from the experience.

Further information

This is a full-time role based in the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Some travel to our offices in Loughborough, Leeds and Glasgow may be required. We operate on a flexible working basis and Judicial Office staff are currently required to attend the office at least 40% of their working week, subject to business need.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check and Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) clearance.

Contact

For an informal conversation about the role please contact Beth Fox at [email protected].

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 the Candidate Information Page: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Salary

£31,169 - £32,760

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

Annual 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 [email protected]);
• To Ministry of Justice Resourcing team ([email protected]);
• 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. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.