About the job

Job summary

Please refer to Job Description

Job description

Job description:

As an Assistant Disclosure Specialist you will be contributing towards the maintenance and continuous improvement of the Team’s important and varied functions.  The Team covers the whole of the Department in terms of FOI, GDPR and DPA; topics including the management of high-profile offenders, court cases, Legal Aid, security matters, and the work of Ministers.  You will need to work closely with External Communications, Private Office and the Senior Civil Service. 

The main tasks include:

Communication, Client Support & Stakeholder Management: You will be responsible for building and maintaining strong and supportive working relationships with key stakeholders including our network of drafters, Private Office, External Communications, and the Information Commissioner’s Office.

You will target support and training to where it is required which promote the business’ ability to manage requests on time, lawfully, and in line with departmental policy and procedure.

You will have, or will quickly be able to develop, excellent written and verbal communication skills, alongside the ability to advise colleagues.

Guidance, Training and Development: You will support the delivery of our expanding programme of guidance and training to staff across the Department on FOI and GDPR/DPA matters, ensuring the Department has the capability to meet obligations under the legislation.

The role also features a need to engage with our internal stakeholders to address the UK GDPR and DPA 2018 and the right of access (subject access requests).

The post is a full-time position and is based in 102 Petty France. The office attendance requirement is currently 40%, increasing to 60%.

Personal Development:

The role is an opportunity to gain an insight into the work of the MOJ as it cuts across all aspects of the Department and provides visibility at senior levels.  We are looking for someone with excellent collaboration skills, who is approachable, enthusiastic and wanting to deliver a quality service to the Department and its customers.

Skills and Qualifications:

Please note that while experience of dealing with FOI and GDPR/DPA would be welcome, it is not essential as the successful candidate will receive face-to-face and on-the-job training, as required, and knowledge will be developed once in the role.

A strong commitment to delivering a high-quality service and an ability to apply learning from previous jobs – whether providing a service to the public, colleagues or Ministers – is an important part of the role and the successful candidate may have gained such experience in any of a variety of settings.

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £31,169, Ministry of Justice contributes £8,446 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours.https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.