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.

Role: Leadership, Talent, and Capability Specialist

Grade: HEO (Higher Executive Officer)

Position in Organisation or Team: Reports to a Leadership / Talent / Capability Lead or Consultant

Location & Terms of appointment: National / Permanent

This role is part- time - 0.7FTE

Role purpose and summary:

Your role will be to work with colleagues across the Leadership, Talent and Capability team and with stakeholders to deploy learning initiatives that ensure that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is a department where leaders inspire; talent is nurtured; diversity is celebrated; and everyone is enabled to be their best.

This includes:

• Championing people development to inspire and empower every individual to fulfil their potential across the MoJ family.
• Deploying and implementing programmes, interventions, initiatives, and events that aim to develop everyone across the MoJ family to discover their talent, build their capability and grow their leadership.
• Effective collaboration and engagement, across the team, to ensure we utilise the expertise within the team, including specialists in design, delivery, marketing, learner experience, project support, reporting and evaluation.
• Build strong and purposeful relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders.
• Striving for excellence and working in a collaborative, iterative way that balances innovation with delivery at pace.

Impact role has on organisation:

The Leadership, Talent and Capability Specialist role supports the implementation of the strategic plan through collaborating to co-ordinate and deploy programmes, interventions, initiatives and events to support the development of skills and practices, strengthen individual and organisational capability and support continuous improvement and growth across the MoJ family of 80,000 colleagues.

In our organisation:  

• Leadership is a responsibility we all have regardless of grade.  It is a transferable skill set that is developed through strategic interventions based on evidence and research.  Leadership is an area we invest in and value and we aim to develop self-sufficient, motivated leaders who inspire. 
• Talent is recognising skills and expertise in individuals, even when they do not see it in themselves.  The development of a healthy pipeline of future talent that will service our business needs.  The creation of an environment where talent is consistently, fairly, and frequently talked about. 
• Capability is ensuring we are operating an effective justice system and that our people have the right skills to perform their jobs.  Recognising our strengths and opportunities and investing in priority areas.  Opening opportunities to extend skills, for example through access to apprenticeships, qualifications, and online learning. 

Key Accountabilities, responsibilities, and deliverables:

Discovery

• Provide specialist support to leaders, managers, and stakeholders to identify leadership, talent and capability needs.
• Ensure insight e.g., lessons learned, informs decision making for programmes, interventions, initiatives, and events.
• Contribute to proposals that align to the Leadership / Talent / Capability strategies to meet customer needs. This includes identifying improvements and managing a quality service to time, cost, and quality.
• Build and maintain successful relationships with a range of stakeholders.
• Take an active role in driving the leadership / talent / capability agenda to embed a learning culture that is underpinned by our organisational values.
• Collaborate with other specialists to develop options that deliver optimal outcomes.

Design

• Work as part of virtual teams to co-ordinate and deploy a wide-reaching portfolio of programmes, interventions, events aligned to the Leadership, Talent and Capability strategies.
• Work with project teams to iterate, experiment and continuously improve our products and services.

Test

• Embrace and support the diverse needs of our customer base, deploying specific programmes and interventions that meet the needs of under-represented groups in line with MoJ wide strategies, ensuring diversity and inclusion is explicitly and proactively promoted and supported in all work.
• Work with project teams to iterate, experiment and continuously improve our products and services.

Delivery

• Pro-actively deploy several projects, simultaneously to deliver outcomes.
• Ensure delivery is on track across projects, reconciling different priorities, highlighting, and raising risks and issues, exploring underlying causes and suggesting solutions.
• Co-ordinate and deploy initiatives to support organisational development and cultural change. You will work with specialists in design, delivery, marketing, learner experience, project support, reporting and evaluation to streamline delivery, maximise efficiency and avoid duplication.
• Support learners to get the most from their learning opportunity ensuring a positive experience, with tangible impact in the workplace.

Review

• Review initiatives regularly and report on progress.
• Utilise stakeholder feedback and lessons learnt to continuously improve, pursue excellence and credibility to support and develop everyone across the MoJ.
• Work alongside Evaluation Specialists to measure and demonstrate the impact of programmes and initiatives.
• Support the Leadership / Talent / Capability Leads to provide value for money services that are conscious of the public purse and optimise funds.

The duties / responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is expected to undertake additional tasks commensurate with their grade.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience incl. qualifications

Essential criteria:

Experience:

• Delivery of initiatives that deliver measurable impact and positive change.
• Building and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships.
• Collaborating to design / deliver an intervention to meet organisational / stakeholder needs.
• Experience of working in a flexible, agile environment and adapting to meet changing operating requirements.

Skills / behaviours: 

• Attention to detail, strong organisational and planning skills.
• Good drafting and written communications skills.
• Good presentation skills and confidence engaging verbally with diverse audiences.
• Autonomy and using own initiative. 
• Effectively prioritise and deliver several projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrate a continuous improvement / growth mindset. 

Desirable criteria:

• Experience of utilising project management methodology to deliver positive outcomes.
• Experience of working on leadership, talent, or capability projects.

Qualifications:

Formal qualifications are not essential.  However, a willingness to work towards a suitable qualification such as a Level 3 or Level 5 Apprenticeship is encouraged.

We may consider any evidence within the application form 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.  

Success Profiles:

• Working Together (lead behaviour)
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service

Application process:

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

Sift:

Behaviours - Please provide examples of how you have met each one of the behaviours listed below:

• Working Together (lead behaviour)
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

Please also refer to the CS Behaviours framework for more details at this grade:

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

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

Interview:

Please note that interviews will be held remotely.

During the interview, we will be assessing you on the Behaviour below, Experience and Strengths from the Success Profiles framework. You will also deliver a presentation (details will be provided to candidates invited to interview).

Managing a Quality Service

Person specification

Please refer to job description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £32,827, Ministry of Justice contributes £8,896 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

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.