About the job

Job summary

This position is based Nationally

Job description

Change Manager

Location: National

Closing Date: 4th June

Interviews: w/c 17th June

Grade: SEO

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £45,824 - £50,039

              National: £39,868 - £43,535

Working pattern: Full-time/Part-time/Flexible

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: 87286

*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Change Manager here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Technology Adoption Group (TAG) team.

We are looking for someone creative, innovative and with great communication skills and attention to detail, who can manage the people side of change. The ideal candidate will be able to successfully collaborate with project, product and portfolio teams to deliver the best possible experience for end users.

To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

 Key Responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of Digital and Technology change across the organisation, working with project and product teams to implement change initiatives across MOJ Agencies.
• Create and deliver change plans where necessary and communicate them effectively to project and product teams.
• Liaise with Business Change teams across the organisation.
• Deliver advice and guidance to regional/ functional Senior Leadership Teams across the diverse range of responsibilities.
• Manage competing demands across areas of responsibility.
• Manage resources effectively.
• Collate, analyse and interpret data, using insights gained to write regional/ functional/national reports for senior audiences.
• Deliver regional/functional/national presentations.
• Build positive and collaborative relationships amongst SMEs, Peers and Stakeholders, to scale change across the organisation.
• Managing change projects.
• Demonstrate pro-social modelling skills by consistently reinforcing pro-social behaviour and attitudes and challenging anti-social behaviour and attitudes.
• Some travel to other government offices may be required.

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Person Specification

Essential

• Proven experience in creating and executing successful change plans for projects particularly in a Digital and Technology environment.
• Excellent presentation, interpersonal communication, writing and record keeping skills.
• Positive approach to engaging, consulting with and managing a variety of internal and external stakeholders and vendors.
• Excellent organisational and analytical, time and project management skills, and have the ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Strong grasp of change management principles and methodologies.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft 365 (including Teams) and an understanding of collaboration tools such as Gsuite, MacOS and Slack.

Willingness to be assessed against  the requirements for BPSS clearance

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

 Benefits

• 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
• A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms
• Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
• Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)
• 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
• Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
• Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
• Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
• Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
• 5 days volunteering paid leave.
• Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
• Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.

 

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £39,868, Ministry of Justice contributes £10,804 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

How to Apply

Candidates must submit CV and Cover Letter (750 words max) which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.

Candidates who do not submit both a CV and a separate statement of suitability will not be invited to interview.

Within your statement of suitability, please focus on demonstrating how you meet the following essential criteria (listed in the body of the JD) which are being assessed at the pre-sift or sift stages;

• Proven experience in creating and executing successful change plans for projects particularly in a Digital and Technology environment.
• Excellent presentation, interpersonal communication, writing and record keeping skills.
• Strong grasp of change management principles and methodologies. And an understanding of Project Management principles.

In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Digital, Data and Technology Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:

• Communicating & Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together

Your application will be reviewed against the Person Specification above by a diverse panel.

Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on your experience in creating and executing successful change plans for projects will be conducted prior to the sift.

Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for, but demonstrated the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and potentially offer you the position without the need for a further application.

A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out the way we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact recruitment@digital.justice.gov.uk

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

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.