About the job

Job summary

This position is based nationally

Job description

Profession Management Lead: Government Digital & Data Pay

Location: National*

Closing Date: 10 July 2024

Interviews: 19 July 2024

Grade: 7

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £58,847 - £66,670; National: £54,358 - £61,585

Working pattern: Full-time, part-time, flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: 88403

*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Profession Management Lead for Government Digital & Data Pay here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Capability Team.

The Ministry of Justice’s vision is to deliver a world-class justice system that works for everyone in society.  You will be a leader driving our efforts to build and maintain the capability delivering the vital products and services to make that vision a reality. 

Part of the Capability Team’s remit is to support Justice Digital’s fantastic Civil Servant talent in the Government Digital and Data (GDD - formally DDaT) profession, created by Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO).  Everything we do is to attract, retain and develop Civil Servant talent who can build their skills and careers with us.  We proactively run and maintain an impressive Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and Learning and Development package, alongside exciting Emerging Talent products and many other initiatives including a bespoke Justice Digital Capability Framework.  This exciting position will enable you to maximise the impact of the Cabinet Office GDD Pay scheme, a key attraction, retention and development enabler.

Your main priority will be to lead Justice Digital’s Government Digital and Data Pay business as usual team.  As Lead you will set the strategy and objectives for the team and define what good looks like.  Applying your leadership skills and using your experience and expertise you will lead this small team to equip them and others to provide effective advice and assure the pay scheme as well as making sure we have a continuous improvement culture.

This is a high-profile, fascinating and fulfilling place to work.  If you’re passionate about the Civil Service and Civil Servants, this role is for you!

GDD Pay allows us to recruit and retain the best talent by offering capability-based allowances on top of base pay. Successfully implemented around 5 years ago Justice Digital was an early adopter and we have continuously improved our approach through successive iterations.

We ensure that capability assessments are meaningful and impactful, we own the artefacts that make assessments possible and we provide the tools for individuals and their line managers to make sure allowances are paid.  We are also the lead in the relationship between Justice Digital and CDDO and cross-government in terms of GDD Pay.  Leaning into CDDO’s effort to improve the profession on behalf of MoJ you will bring back knowledge and information to add further value.

There will be opportunity to build on your skills in researching, designing and delivering enduring products or services that can be refined and upgraded through business as usual process improvements. As you can see, change management is a key skillset for GDD Pay.  Over time, our efforts to automate and innovate will also mean your focus might shift to include other capability priorities in our Talent Implementation Plan.  We have many great things to do to support our Civil Servants.

You will be someone who is enthusiastic, engaging, enjoys a challenge and can develop high-performing teams to deliver in a busy, demanding and fast moving environment. We’re continuously iterating and improving so you will thrive in an environment of and be able to lead change.  In return, part of our commitment to you is that we will support you in obtaining and maximising the CPD opportunities you deserve. 

This role most closely aligns to the Human Resources (HR) Profession, for HR professionals across Government, but would also suit someone with a strong Operational Delivery and / or Project Management background.  We are especially interested to hear from anyone with a pay policy background but this is not essential. 

Experience of, or a clear desire to work in, a fast-moving Government Digital and Data (GDD) department would be advantageous as would working with or knowledge of the CDDO GDD Profession, its Capability Framework and skills and how they can help a large scale GDD organisation. 

To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Key Responsibilities:

• End to end management of Government Digital and Data Pay capability assessments in Justice Digital. Ensuring the right allowances can be paid in a timely manner and owning processes and systems that are robust and repeatable.
• Leading and directing a team on a day-to-day basis, providing guidance and support to develop a high-performing and collaborative team dedicated to Continuous improvement of business-as-usual process to streamline and create efficiencies.
• Keeping accurate user records and handling queries as they arise.
• Getting messages out; communicating and engaging. We are committed to engaging extensively such that individuals and the department as a whole can understand and feel the benefits of the GDD Profession and so we can continue building on the success of our implementation.
• Working with GDD professional communities of practice to provide clear direction and structure.
• Working closely with CDDO via their Working Groups to add value from a departmental perspective and bring back improvements for our projects and products. Picking up new cross-government and cross-MoJ initiatives as they are developed.
• Working closely with the strategic GDD Pay Lead to design and implement projects in support of continuing CDDO cross-government alignment and continuous improvement.
• Managing and/or leading those projects, working for example with Agile approaches, setting clear outcomes and supporting implementation of business-as-usual, with the User at the centre.
• Strategically creating and managing enduring stakeholder and partner relationships across wide audiences from internal customers to c-suite colleagues, for example with Heads of Profession, MOJ Reward, HR, Legal, SSCL, Tech Adoption Group, CDDO and Users, channelling engagement and buy-in for delivery.
• Updating seniors on developments and creating and managing Business Cases as required.
• Anticipating and identifying priorities and working across the Capability Team to deliver as required; regular context-switching and prioritising projects based on an understanding of the broader landscape.
• Adapting your style depending on the group and communication channel (written, presentation, facilitation) including strong business case writing or transferable drafting skills to try and generate as much value as possible from cross-government pay initiatives.

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Benefits

• 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
• A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms
• Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
• Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)
• 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
• Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
• Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
• Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
• Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
• 5 days volunteering paid leave.
• Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
• Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.

Person Specification

Essential

• Experience managing a team on a day-to-day basis; providing advice, guidance and support to ensure autonomous-high-performance from team members and excellent delivery of results.
• Experience leading and managing projects to deliver in terms of scope, deliverables, timescales and risk and the use of Project Management approaches and methodologies such as Agile methodology
• Experience in identifying and successfully managing change, supporting others throughout.

Willingness to be assessed against  the requirements for BPSS clearance

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

How to Apply

Candidates must submit a CV and Cover Letter (up to 750 words), which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.

In Justice Digital, we recruit using Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Working Together

A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above.

Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on your experience managing a team on a day-to-day basis; providing advice, guidance and support to ensure autonomous-high-performance from team members and excellent delivery of results will be conducted before the sift.

Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact recruitment@digital.justice.gov.uk

Person specification

Please refer to the attached Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £54,358, Ministry of Justice 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

How to Apply

Candidates must submit a CV and Cover Letter (up to 750 words), which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.

In Justice Digital, we recruit using Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Working Together

A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above.

Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on your experience managing a team on a day-to-day basis; providing advice, guidance and support to ensure autonomous-high-performance from team members and excellent delivery of results will be conducted before the sift.

Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.

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. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.