About the job

Job summary

This position is based nationally

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.

HM Courts and Tribunals Service

Directorate: Digital Technology Services (DTS)

Pay Band:  SEO

Job Title:  Senior Project Manager 

Location: National

Successful applicants will be expected to be office based 2 days per week in any HMCTS Office (subject to business availability). The frequency may increase in the Future.

Term: Permanent

Interview: Video conference via Teams

Important salary details: 

New recruits to the Civil Service joining MoJ are expected to join at the band minimum.

Existing Civil Servants applying on promotion, will usually be appointed on the salary minimum of the new pay band, or receive an increase of 10 percent on the current base salary, whichever is higher (This is restricted to the pay maximum of the new band).

DDaT:

These roles will be recruited using a combination of the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) and Success Profile Frameworks. The roles are aligned to the Product and Delivery Family, Product Manager role at Product Manager level, but carries the title Senior Project Manager within DTS. 

Reserve List:

HMCTS run a Reserve List, where candidates who are unsuccessful at interview by only a few points, can be offered other roles, at the same band, for up to 12 months. You will be able to view your status via the application screen. If you have been added to the Reserve List, your status will show either Merit or Reserve list.

Introduction

These are exciting times at His Majesty’s Court and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). As an agency of the MoJ, we support the judiciary across England and Wales, and we are looking for talented people to help us achieve our ambitions. It will be challenging, important and rewarding. 

DTS is creating a place in which it is great to do work and part of our offer is brilliant training opportunities and support from expert colleagues. As well as that you’ll find flexible working, an inclusive culture and a place where your opinion is valued. 

Please follow the link below for further information about HMCTS. www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service

Job Description:

You will be working closely with cross functional product teams to build delivery roadmaps. You will also be responsible for building and maintaining project teams, ensuring they are motivated, collaborating and working well; identifying obstacles and helping the team to overcome them. You will have the ability to focus the team on what is most important to the delivery of products and services and encourage and facilitate continuous improvement of the delivery team. 

You will have good infrastructure and or digital delivery background and enjoy working in a delivery focused environment with multidisciplinary teams. You will also have strong interpersonal and communication skills and able to engage stakeholders. You will take responsibility for delivery of a project through its full life cycle. 

Key Accountabilities:

• Define and document project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders,
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communication documents,
• Effectively set and communicate project expectations to project team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion,
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical paths,
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools,
• Develop a sound project plan that suitably identifies resources and project outputs,
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations,
• Take ownership and responsibility in terms of time, quality and cost for all assigned projects or workstreams within larger projects,
• Execute project lifecycle in accordance with in-house processes, embracing Agile project delivery,
• Take an active role in supporting procurement of third-party services and ensuring commercial controls are adequate for delivering,
• Provide effective risk management.

Essential Criteria:

• Previous experience of working in a large digital organisation, or demonstrable understanding of large digital organisations operate in the context of this role.
• Have been accountable for successful delivery of a project or workstream,
• Prior project management experience having and supporting the work of junior grade,
• Ability to work with technical and business stakeholders to drive out needs and interpret between them.
• The capability to be responsible for deciding direction and methodology,
• Excellent facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
• Use your knowledge to give expert advice to more senior grades,
• Experience of working in an Agile environment.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of working with the digital and technology products planned for the HMCTS estate.

Application process:

The following areas of Success Profile Framework will be used to assess and score your application during the sift, and interview.

• Experience – As demonstrated in your application form.
• DDaT Assessment – During the interview, you will be assessed against the DDaT  framework
• Strengths – The interview will involve a discussion around 2 strengths.
• Behaviours – You will be required to provide evidence of the following key behaviours at Level 3
• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions 

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £39,868, HM Courts and Tribunals Service 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

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours 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

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.