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Job description

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.

Judicial Office – Campaigns, Insight and Evaluation advisor
 
Job description    

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. 

Team: Judicial Communications, Communications Team 
Job Title: Campaigns, Insight and Evaluation advisor
Grade: Band C/HEO 
No of vacancies: 1
Location: This position is based at RCJ, London WC2A 2LL and is eligible for hybrid working (current requirement is minimum 40% of time spent at the RCJ, which is due to increase to 60% from May 2024, subject to business requirements) 
Working hours: Full time, Flexible working
Who is the vacancy open to: External
Salary:  London - £37,174 - £40,403

Overview

The Judicial Office (JO) is looking for a professional HEO for its campaigns, insight and evaluation role. The postholder will support a campaign function that provides communications advice to reach senior leaders and staff across the organisation and externally for the general public. The job holder will also lead on engaging with a range of internal and external partners to understand their contributions to shared objectives and will lead on analysis and evaluation of the communications strategy. 

The Judicial Office is independent of the Ministry of Justice and provides a trusted service to the judiciary across England and Wales. The candidate will be joining a multi-disciplinary comms team and be able to access professional support and expertise.
For candidates within the Civil Service this post is available on level transfer or on promotion.

The Judicial Office 

The Judicial Office (JO) reports to, and is accountable, to the Lady Chief Justice (LCJ) and was established in 2006 to provide support to her and to the wider judiciary following the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.  In addition, we support, and are accountable to, the Senior President of Tribunals, whose responsibilities extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland. 

It delivers a wide range of functions for the senior judiciary and to more than 20,000 judicial office holders including legal and policy advice, communications, international, training (through the Judicial College), human resources, welfare, library and information services. Through the independent Judicial Conduct Investigations Office, we deal with complaints about the conduct of judicial officeholders. The Judicial Office also provides support to the Chief Coroner and to the Judge Advocate General and supports the Lord Chancellor on certain of his judiciary-related functions.

The JO is an interesting and unique place to work.  Everything we do is in support of upholding the independence and impartiality of the judiciary. We work closely with HMCTS, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and others across Government as well as with the legal professions. 

The role 

The Judicial Office has an exciting vacancy for a Campaigns Advisor in the Communications team. This is a unique opportunity for an ambitious and talented communications professional to work on high-profile campaigns which deliver the LCJ’s key priorities. 

The Campaigns Advisor role offers the opportunity to deliver first class communications and campaigns to influence behaviour and help demonstrate the value of the rule of law and shape the perceptions about this.

The successful candidate will support the delivery and evaluation of internal and external campaigns. This could include areas such as diversity and inclusion, schools’ outreach and raising the profile of judges and the work they do.

The role is ideal for a proactive, analytical and creative communications professional with campaigns experience who is passionate about delivering insight-led communications.

Key responsibilities

•    Support the planning and implementation of detailed insight-led communication campaigns for external and internal audiences. 
•    Manage campaigns to deadline, focusing on delivering campaign objectives.
•    Work with the Head of Campaigns and to partner with internal and external stakeholders, including cross-government, to deliver communications.  
•    Use insights to identify risks and opportunities for communications. 
•    Work with other team members to evaluate and report campaign progress and outcomes, and wider communications activity where required.
•    Support the Head of Communications in delivering the monthly finance reporting 

Skills, experience and attributes

•    Proven communication skills and at least one year of communications experience
•    Strong written skills and sharp attention to detail with the ability to get to grips with complex issues
•    Creativity and keenness to develop and deliver innovative, low and no cost external communication campaigns, using digital and offline channels
•    Proactive, with good organisational and planning skills
•    Understanding of insight, data and evaluation to measure and inform communications outcomes and a keenness to act on results to improve future activity
•    The ability to predict potential risks and respond positively and quickly to emerging issues

Application process

As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and provide statements supporting the relevant Civil Service Behaviours.

Interview process

At interview, candidates will be assessed on the relevant Civil Service Behaviours, Civil Service Strengths and GCS Technical Skills, as laid out below.

Civil Service Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours at HEO level during the selection process:

Communicating and Influencing 
Seeing the Big Picture 
Working Together

Government Communications Service Technical skills Competency Framework 

You are also expected to be proficient in each of the Government Communication Service (GCS) competencies to HEO level, particularly skills and knowledge under the ‘Campaigns and Marketing’ discipline. The summary below is not exhaustive - you should examine the full version on the GCS website.

Insight

Review existing sources of insight (including previous communication activity) to understand the overall context for communication and audience influences/influencers.
Use data and insight to identify target audiences and partners, support decision making and help inform the overall communication approach.
Demonstrate an understanding of the communication objectives and how these support the overall policy objective.

Ideas

Develop outline communication plans, identifying the most effective channels and tools to engage audiences and maximise reach.
Design and develop engaging, targeted content and messages suitable for use across a range of channels.
Demonstrate an awareness of how channels work together and complement each other. 
Explore opportunities to use low/no cost channels, including earned, owned, and paid-for channels.

Implementation

Demonstrate good written and oral communication skills. Write clearly, concisely and accurately.
Select appropriate visuals to improve the impact of communication plans are delivered on time and to budget.
Monitor plans and provide status updates to ensure communication plans are delivered on time and to budget.

Impact

Support the design and delivery of techniques to assess the effectiveness and impact of communication. 
Advise on, monitor, summarise and provide analysis of campaign effectiveness indicators.

Person specification

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Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,174, Ministry of Justice contributes £10,074 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, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.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 counter-terrorist 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

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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.