About the job

Job summary

This position is based Nationally

Job description

Reporting Lead

Location: National*

Closing Date: 10th June

Interviews: W/C 24th June (subject to change)

Grade: G7

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

Salary: £58,847-£66,670 (London). £54,358-£61,585 (National).

Working pattern: Full-time, part-time, flexible working, job share.

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: 87311

*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 Reporting Lead here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Strategic Initiatives team.

You will be working alongside the multiple Project and Programme Delivery Teams and with our Digital Finance & Assurance Team, as part of the wider Technology Services Delivery Team. These teams work closely with stakeholders from right across Justice Digital, the Finance and Commercial Professions, and with other colleagues across the Ministry to support Justice Digital in delivering large scale Projects and Programmes and to support adherence to all of its financial responsibilities while driving maximum value from its budget.

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:

• Working with stakeholders across the organisation to co-design a sustainable reporting model;
• Leading on the modelling of data in support of decision making

More specifically this means:

• Developing a thorough understanding of Justice Digital’s existing financial reporting model, including the underpinning financial systems;
• Working with internal teams to perform analysis and model scenarios which aid in decision making
• Developing a project finance model to evaluate the feasibility of new initiatives and forecast costs
• Relaying generated information to management and recommending action plans
• Producing reports and presentations using digital tools and spreadsheets
• Building excellent working relationships with stakeholders and contributing teams, becoming a trusted partner and reporting expert.
• Ensuring the needs of users are at the heart of the process.

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

• Has worked as a senior member of an financial assurance function, preferably in a Digital & Technology setting;
• Has built financial processes, reports, and dashboards;
• Experienced with working with large datasets and solving problems;
• Is able to draw conclusions from, and make recommendations based on, numbers and data;
• Is comfortable presenting to, and challenging, senior stakeholders;
• Experienced with bringing people from different teams or groups together to deliver a common objective.

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.

Person specification

Please refer to 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 a statement of suitability (of no more than 750 words) which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.

Candidates invited to attend an interview will be asked to deliver a 5 minute presentation on a topic to be confirmed at a later date.

In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving

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 45 minute panel interview held via video conference.

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

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

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.