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.

Proud to serve. Proud to keep justice going.

Directorate: HR, Learning and Development Team

Job Title: Learning and Development Consultant

Pay Band: G7

Location: National, at any HMCTS site

Based on current ways of working, work location is likely to be a combination of working from home and from the office, dependent on business needs.  There will be the need for occasional travel and overnight stays.

Appointment Term: FTC 12 months with possibility of being made permanent.

About us

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family courts and tribunals in England and Wales. Our roles support our service users and colleagues, where people and businesses access potentially life-changing justice.  We’re looking for individuals who are committed to public service and want to make a difference in people’s lives in delivering justice. If you’re interested in developing a career with a real purpose, please apply.

This role sits in HMCTS HR, part of Organisational Capability, and is a key member of our Learning & Development (L&D) Team. We provide the learning and development for all HMCTS employees, whether that is a wide range of bespoke development specifically for our business, targeted activities relating to performance and talent management or access to cross-government learning.

We are a supportive team, bringing energy, laughter and innovation into our work. We are very focused on building capability in a way that truly makes a difference to HMCTS colleagues, who are undertaking operational roles in courts, tribunals, and our Service Centres. We are acutely aware of the pressures they are under and the need for us to play a part in making working in HMCTS something to be proud of.

About the role

The purpose of the role is to ensure the core learning and development offer reflects the priority needs of HMCTS and aligns with our strategic objectives and our People and Culture Strategy. You will provide leadership and direction and lead the business-critical development and implementation of core priority role-specific learning products and activities, including the development of management capability solutions aligned to the new Civil Service Standards.

You will work closely with senior operational and HR colleagues to develop and implement the approach to priority areas of capability build and partner with key senior stakeholders to ensure the wider approach to learning and development (L&D) across the department is consistent and equitable.

You will provide strategic, expert and definitive advice to ensure the L&D we provide internally is aimed at improving performance and building capability across the organisation to ensure that our people have the right skills to deliver for the organisation now and in the future.

As part of the leadership team in L&D, you will lead a team of L&D professionals, located across the country, which will require effective remote working leadership to bring a dispersed team together and create a sense of cohesion, embedding our organisational vision and values.

Please see the attached role profile for the key responsibilities regarding the role and for a comprehensive overview of the position.

Person Specifications:

The ideal candidate for this position should demonstrate:

Essential Skills

• Comprehensive experience in learning and/or development across the learning cycle from learning design, delivery, to evaluation.
• Excellent leadership and people management skills.
• Experience of leading and driving organisational level initiatives, delivering change and improving performance.
• High proficiency level across the Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Flexible approach to workload, demonstrating a willingness to move between different tasks and prioritise work.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to build high-quality working relationships across multiple groups, valuing relationships with stakeholders.
• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a range of audiences, both internal and external including Director level.

MoJ employees may apply for FTC opportunities in MoJ that are advertised at a higher grade than their current substantive grade. Where an employee accepts a FTC on promotion, this promotion will be temporary, and the employee will revert to their substantive grade upon return to their home business area, as per the loan policy for OGD loans. Before applying, employees must seek approval from their line managers to ensure they can be released for the duration of the FTC and can return to their substantive role at the end. If there is no role available at the end of the FTAC, the employee will be subject to redeployment and potentially redundancy procedures.

If applying from another government department, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home, host department and the applicant. This includes grade on return. Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis should be obtained before commencing the application process.

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £54,358, HM Courts and Tribunals Service contributes £15,165 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

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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.