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This position is based nationally

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Job Description : CCMD Change Portfolio Manager

https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre-1/brand-2/tmpwid-5767_a227cc78-1398-40fa-9942-75dd9f0f3974/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/3/opp/89246-89246-Change-Business-Partner/en-GBJob Title:  Change Business Partner

Job Grade: G7

Reporting to: Head of Capability & Engagement

Job Location: National

Contract Type: Permanent

Business Area: MOJ – Commercial & Contract Management Department

Type of role: Commercial Change Management

Working pattern: Flexible working, Full-time

Number of Posts: 1

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is a major government department, at the heart of the justice system. Responsible for courts, prisons and probation services, we work to ensure sentences are served and offenders are given rehabilitation opportunities to become law-abiding citizens.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has one of the largest and most complex spend profiles in central government. The Commercial and Contract Management Directorate (CCMD) is responsible for coordinating procurement and contract management across the MoJ, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.

The MoJ spends £7.5bn a year and manages over 1000 active contracts, all of which are sourced and managed by CCMD. We are running some of the most ground-breaking programmes such as Prison Reform and His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service Reform. The scope of our contracts ranges from building, maintenance and the operation of Prisons, Courts and Young Offender establishments through to food for prison dogs. The directorate also buys and manages contracts for feeding up to 80,000 prisoners, the secure escorting of prisoners from many establishments based around the country and translation services.

CCMD is organised into category teams, each with an interesting portfolio of contracts and diverse customers and suppliers to manage. We also have systems, programme management office, supplier relationship and risk management teams who work across all areas.

SCOPE

Portfolio – Capability & Engagement; Commercial Operating Centre

Key Responsibilities

The Change Business Partner (G7) will lead the delivery of change activity across complex projects and programmes and report adoption status to various stakeholders. The post holder will identify risks, and design and deliver mitigation strategies and interventions which support successful adoption of change.

The Post holder will lead on embedding a clear vision and standards and provide visible and effective leadership in the effective introduction of business change activity. They will lead on the design and delivery of targeted interventions to ensure groups affected are meaningfully engaged, supported and upskilled to adopt the change. They will lead Stakeholder Engagement at a Senior Level, Communicating and Influencing to ensure that all impacted users of a change are ready to receive and use the final product at the point of implementation.

Responsibilities include:

• Supporting change owners to effectively lead and manage change initiatives to ensure successful readiness for delivering strategic goals and objectives.
• Developing change management strategies and plans to facilitate smooth transitions and minimise resistance to change.
• Collaborating with stakeholders, including senior leadership, portfolio leads and employees across CCMD, to communicate the need for change and build support.
• Identifying potential risks and challenges associated with change initiatives and developing mitigation strategies.
• Providing guidance and support to staff members affected by the change, including training and development programs.
• Developing communication strategies (in collaboration with the Strategy & Engagement Team), and training programs to support delivery of change management strategies.
• Taking a customer centred approach to understand the change, challenges and working with the directorate to develop solutions.

This post holder will need to be responsive, able to work in a fast-paced environment and to quickly re-prioritise when needed. They will engage at G6 level and above to:

• Assess readiness for change
• Manage risks and issues
• Oversee implementation
• Ensure processes and governance is in place to embed the change

Person Specification

We are looking for someone who is a proactive self-starter who can lead on their own initiative, is comfortable to work with ambiguity and has great interpersonal skills to engage and support CCMD, as well as personal resilience to reflect on challenges and problem solve effective solutions. The successful candidate will be able to identify the potential impact of change within the directorate, what challenges there will be, and plan to reduce the risk. They will be able to land change in ways that improve the perception of change across CCMD and promote a culture of sharing best practice.  

Essential Skills required and desirable

• Experience and knowledge of business change either as a change practitioner or in a human resources or project delivery role
• Demonstrable experience working with a range of important stakeholders, building effective working relationships across teams and seniority levels, including influencing busy colleagues and senior stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal to effectively communicate with stakeholders, employees, and other key individuals within the organisation
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal
• Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations
• Organised with a natural inclination for planning strategy
• Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others

Desirable Skills

• Experience of engaging and mobilising a range of stakeholders to support change and build capability
• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle
• Relevant professional qualifications such as Change Management Foundation or Practitioner, CIPD, Prince2 or APM

Application form stage assessments: 

A first sift will be performed against the following elements: 

Experience

• CV 
• Statement of Suitability (500 words)

Behaviours

• Communicating and Influencing (250 words)
• Making Effective Decisions (250 words)

The statement of suitability should be used to describe how your skills and experience would be suitable for the advertised role, referring to the required and desirable skills and person specification outlined in the advert.

Interview: 

There is one interview stage for this vacancy and as part of the interview process you will be required to provide evidence of the following:  

• Working Together
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing

Strengths may also be assessed at the interview. 

Further information on the Success profile elements can be found on Success Profiles - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 

New entrants are expected to join on the pay minimum. Higher starting salary and / or Recruitment & Retention Allowance (RRA) may be available for successful candidates with exceptional skills and experience. 

Person specification

Please refer to job description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £54,358, Ministry of Justice contributes £15,165 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 and Experience.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. 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

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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). 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.