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Job summary

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Job description

Judicial Office - Diversity & Inclusion Manager

Job description  

Team:  Diversity & Inclusion Team, Judicial HR

Directorate: Judicial HR/Business Support Team

Location: This position is based at Royal Courts of Justice, London WC2A 2LL and is eligible for hybrid working (current requirement is minimum 60% of time spent at RCJ, subject to business requirements)

Overview of organisation

The Judicial Office

The Judicial Office (JO) reports to, and is accountable, to the Lady Chief Justice 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.

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.

See JO staff talk about working here:

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Overview of Judicial HR

Judicial HR is accountable for delivering the right judicial office holders with the right skills, in the right place, at the right time, and supports the Lady Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals in their responsibilities for the welfare and conduct of the judiciary.  We also support and advise the advisory committees that carry out key functions on behalf of the Lord Chancellor in relation to the magistracy. 

We are not a typical HR team in that everything we do needs to meet the, often complex, needs of the judiciary who are office holders and not employees or Civil Servants.  This provides us with an interesting set of HR challenges and with unique opportunities to work with the judiciary at all levels.     

The Team

The Judicial HR Diversity and Inclusion Team is one of five teams that sits within the Centre of Expertise and is responsible for developing, in consultation with senior judiciary, the strategic direction that will contribute to increased diversity within the judiciary and in supporting the judiciary to implementation of the Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (D&I Strategy).

The team comprises the Head of Team, three diversity and inclusion managers (one of which is this role), three D&I advisers (HEO) and two D&I officers (EO’s), all of whom support on the wide range of D&I initiatives and on engagement with the judiciary and legal professions. The ability to be adaptable to changing circumstances or workload and a willingness to support others in the team to deliver on their objectives is important to the way in which the team works.

The team provides expert advice to the Lady Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals to support their statutory duty and commitment to encourage judicial diversity.  It supports the judiciary in increasing judicial diversity in a number of ways including the running of activities, supporting (alongside external partners) judicial outreach events, advising judicial committees and networks and supporting them in their D&I work, fostering a culture of inclusion across all jurisdictions and types of judicial officeholder, and advising on and supporting embedding inclusion into wider HR policies, procedures and interventions.   There is also a key role for the team in evaluating the effectiveness of D&I initiatives to inform decision making about future work.

The role

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with D&I expertise who has the passion and ability to inspire and influence others to deliver.  We are looking for a proactive individual who will use their D&I experience to drive and manage projects and activity in support of the judicial diversity and inclusion strategy. Personal resilience when juggling competing priorities will be important, as well as being comfortable navigating ambiguity.

As D&I Manager you will lead on engaging with a range of internal and external partners to progress a range of D&I projects to deliver objectives within the Judicial D&I strategy.

You will have the confidence and the ability to build and maintain strong relationships at all levels, including senior judiciary, and colleagues across Judicial Office and the Judicial Appointments Commission, as well as the legal professions.  Your D&I expertise will be crucial in providing expert advice to the judiciary on all aspects of D&I, ensuring advice is aligned with the uniqueness of Judicial Office.

You will report to the Head of Team and directly manage an HEO.  There is an expectation for all of our people at manager level, to demonstrate inclusive leadership through inspiring team members and in creating an environment when everyone feels able to contribute equally.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties

Support the implementation of the judicial D&I strategy through project management of multiple initiatives, against plans and within budget. 

Management and delivery of events and initiatives that take place in support of the judicial D&I strategy.

Contribution to the team’s role as subject matter expert by keeping abreast of current and emerging D&I trends and issues.

Develop effective working relationships and work closely with others (including the senior judiciary, across JO, the Judicial Appointments Commission, the MoJ, the legal professions and Public Legal Educators) to deliver initiatives and activities.  

Working with Judicial Office teams to ensure that D&I is a golden thread running through work being led by other teams.

Support to Head of Team in provision of briefing for senior judiciary and colleagues, on all aspects of judicial D&I.

Behaviours (Success Profiles):    

Making Effective Decisions

Communicating & Influencing

Delivering at Pace

Working Together

Experience (Success Profiles) We will assess your knowledge and experience in the following areas:

Essential:

Substantial experience of providing D&I expertise to all levels in an organisation.  This might include: provision of high quality advice to senior levels in an organisation; utilising research and your insights to advise on D&I initiatives and; upskilling and developing others on D&I.

Demonstrable experience of using D&I expertise within a complex environment.  This might include applying your expertise in; creating, implementing and monitoring D&I policies and/or interventions; diversity assessments of wider organisational practices and processes and; influencing stakeholders to support the delivery the D&I initiatives.  

Experience of managing multiple workstreams, and of monitoring progress against budgets and objectives.

Ability to build and maintain strong relationships internally and externally, and at all levels.

Confidence in using technology to support outreach and to manage projects.

Experience of using facilitation skills to successfully run events both in person and digitally.

Desirable:

Experience of working with the judiciary.

Working knowledge of managing culture change.

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development qualification

Security clearance required:

CTC 

Additional Information: 

The team is based in the Thomas More Building in the Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ), London.  The successful candidate will be based at the RCJ a minimum of 60% of their contracted hours (current policy applies this requirement over a three month period), There may be a need to attend meetings with the judiciary, with meetings often taking place before or after court (before 9.30am and after 4.30pm) so there will be the need for flexibility.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess Experience and Behaviours.  Please note that in the event of a large number of applications being received, we may run the initial sift on Making Effective Decisions.

Application stage

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide a Personal Statement / Statement of Suitability in no more than 1250 words and address the lead behaviour ‘Making Effective Decisions’ in 250 words.

This should outline your skills, experience, and achievements, providing evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the Experience criteria (outlined above).

You will also be asked to provide information within the ‘Employer/ Activity history’ section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history. This will be used in the sifting process and will not be scored.

Please note that in the event of a large number of applications being received, we may run the initial sift on the lead behaviour of Making Effective Decisions.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage.

Interview stage

All applicants that progress to interview will be assessed on the Civil Service Behaviours laid out above, Experience through a short presentation, and Civil Service Strengths.

Interviews expected to take place in person – 16 or 17 July 2024

Contact for further details:

Teresa Williams – teresa.williams@judiciary.uk

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £45,824, Ministry of Justice contributes £12,784 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. 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.