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.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ)

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is responsible for everything that goes into running the UK’s criminal and civil justice systems, creating the foundations for a safe, fair and prosperous society. We are one of the largest government departments with around 90,000 staff based across England and Wales. We are responsible for 500 courts and tribunals, 122 prisons, the policies underpinning the system and much more.

Background

We are recruiting for up to two Heads of Business Architecture roles. They will share a focus on supporting the Department around its core workforce, infrastructure, skills and capability needs in the long term, and co-develop an organisational strategy to support and guide decision making of Ministers and senior leaders into the future. These are senior leadership roles within the team.  The roles will have significant management responsibility, oversight of a portfolio of work and projects, and contribute to the development of the team culture and performance – including corporately.

What we do

The new Business Architecture and Transformation Directorate will support and work with the MoJ leadership team, and in turn advise ExCo, on the people, skills, capability, resilience and infrastructure needed across the department to put us in the best possible place to deliver for the current and future Governments. We will work alongside MoJ People and in partnership with other functions and teams to ensure the machinery of the department is efficient but maintains a strong ‘people first’ culture.

The Business Architecture division is a new team at the heart of the MoJ within COO Group, and will help identify opportunities and in turn formulate a strategy to improve the way services are delivered, the organisation is structured and ensure we invest in the right skills and capability for our future workforce. They will work hand in hand with colleagues across the department, and closely with core People, Strategy and Strategic Finance colleagues in the preparation, delivery and implementation of fiscal and political events for the MoJ through the lens of people, infrastructure and capability.

Head of Business Architecture – job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join a new Directorate and be a key player in building a new division. You will be responsible for (among other things): 

•    Setting the agenda for pan-MoJ Business Architecture ambitions, working closely with the agencies, arms length bodies (ALBs), functions, and other key stakeholders
•    The initiation, development and delivery of the MoJ organisational strategy that sets out the department’s future skills, capability and infrastructure agenda
•    Owning and nurturing relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders across people, strategy, strategic finance and others to ensure that cross-department ambitions are aligned to the future organisational strategy, decisions made are informed by this, and that we are progressive organising ourselves according to our necessary future departmental capabilities
•    Active lead in and contribute in the preparation, delivery and implementation of fiscal and political events for the MoJ through the lens of people, infrastructure and capability
•    Building and leading your team, providing coaching and support to up to three Grade 7s, and ensuring quality work is progressed within your portfolio
•    Being an active senior leader, engaging across the directorate and the group corporately, and assisting in setting up and maintaining corporate culture across the team.

More generally, you will have strong leadership and management skills, be the key point of contact for building Business Architecture focused relationships with colleagues across MoJ, (including in policy teams, agencies, and across the enabling functions), practice good communication through your work and ensure alignment with the scope and deliverables of the Directorate.  You will provide strategic direction to the work within your portfolio, ensuring excellence in the quality of work delivered, and being able to understand new subject areas quickly with a strong analytical and problem-solving skillset allowing you to communicate complex ideas clearly. You will do all this as well as maintaining a strong focus on the wellbeing and development of the team.

Person Specification

These Grade 6 roles will be a central part of the senior management team for the Business Architecture division, working closely with the Deputy Director and key stakeholders.  We are looking for people who are highly motivated in leading teams and building capability, with demonstrable experience operating and delivering in a large scale and complex organisation where transformation and change are prioritised.

Essential

•    Strong problem-solving skills, bringing structure to complex issues and able to draw sound conclusions.  
•    Confidence in drawing on a range of evidence and analysis to deliver high-quality, innovative and inclusive advice.
•    An open and engaging leader, committed to building an inclusive and high-performing culture within the team, setting strategic direction and supporting your direct reports through coaching.   
•    A leader focused on personal development and wellbeing, playing an active leadership and management role across your team, directorate and the MoJ. 
•    Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to build and maintain strong relationships, and influence across the department and beyond to ensure that the work of your team has maximum impact. Open to challenge and able to effectively navigate conflicting priorities. 
•    Strong prioritisation skills and the ability to make effective decisions on how to structure your work to make best use of your resources. 
•    The ability to impose structure on complex problems, allocate scarce resources in the context of the department’s strategy and political direction, and set-up and lead teams and bring colleagues together to reach your end goal.
•    The ability to understand and articulate complex issues to senior stakeholders and ministers, drawing on your understanding of the bigger picture to ensure communications are clear, effective and relevant, and taking into account political sensitivities.

Desirable

•    Experience working in a strategy, or strategic finance function within government or in the private sector
•    Experience working in the field of business architecture within government or the private sector 
•    Academic or practical qualifications in the field of business architecture

Application process

You will be assessed against the Civil service success profiles framework.

Please also refer to the CS Behaviours framework for more details at this grade (Grade 6):

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/717275/CS_Behaviours_2018.pdf

Sift

You will need to submit an anonymised CV and Statement of Suitability as part of your application. You will also be required to provide a behaviour example, for the lead behaviour of Communicating and Influencing.  

Your CV should be no more than 2 pages long and should show us your work history and previous experience.  It should be well structured, succinct and written in clear language.

Your statement of suitability should be no more than 1250 words and should give us examples of how your skills and experience meet those needed for this role.  Consider giving examples that cover all the requirements and use work you have completed to demonstrate your experience.

Should we receive a large number of applications, we will sift primarily on the lead behaviour of communicating and influencing. Successful applicants will then be invited to an interview, testing both behaviours and strengths.

Candidates invited to interview 

During the interview, we will be assessing you on Behaviours (listed below) and Strengths from the success Profiles framework.

•    Communicating and influencing (lead behaviour)
•    Changing and Improving
•    Making effective decisions
•    Leadership

You will also be required to give a five minute presentation at interview.  Details of this will be sent to those candidates who are invited for interview.  

We may consider any evidence within your application and/or from interview that demonstrates meeting the desirable criteria as set out in the job description. This will only be after essential criteria is scored and where there is a need to differentiate between closely scored candidates.

Please note that interviews will be carried out remotely. 

Further Information

As an MoJ employee based in an MoJ building, our minimum expectation is that you will attend a workplace at least 40% of the time. Arrangements will vary depending on the space available at your base location and where it is possible, 60% in-office working is expected. Travelling to see your team alongside any other travel to different sites will be classed as a day’s office attendance.  

If we receive applications from more suitable candidates than we have vacancies for at this time, we may hold suitable applicants on a reserve list for 12 months, and future vacancies requiring the same skills and experience could be offered to candidates on the reserve list without a new competition.

Contact information

We encourage anyone interested in the role, particularly those with a background in strategy, futurism, workforce planning, strategic finance, organisational design and development and of course - business architecture, to reach out. 

To find out more about the role, the team and the wider ambition of the Business Architecture division, please contact the hiring manager: 
Chris Macera (christopher.macera@justice.gov.uk) 

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £66,314, Ministry of Justice contributes £18,501 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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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.