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.

Job Description

Job Title:                  Responsible Procurement Assistant Manager   

Job Grade:               HEO

Reporting to:           Responsible Procurement Lead   

Job Location:          National

Contract Type:        Permanent

Business Area:       MOJ – Commercial & Contract Management Department (CCMD)

Type of role:           Policy Advisor

Working pattern:   Flexible working, Full-time

Number of Posts:  1

About the Department

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is a major government department, at the heart of the justice system. Responsible for courts, prisons and probation services, we work to ensure sentences are served and offenders are given rehabilitation opportunities to become law-abiding citizens.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has one of the largest and most complex spend profiles in central government. The Commercial and Contract Management Directorate (CCMD) is responsible for coordinating procurement and contract management across the MoJ, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.

The MoJ spends £6.7bn a year and manages over 1000 active contracts, all of which are sourced and managed by CCMD. We are running some of the most groundbreaking programmes such as Prison Reform and His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service Reform. The scope of our contracts ranges from building, maintenance and the operation of Prisons, Courts and Young Offender establishments through to food for prison dogs. The directorate also buys and manages contracts  for feeding up to 80,000 prisoners, the secure escorting of prisoners from numerous establishments based around the country and translation services.

CCMD is organised into category teams, each with an interesting portfolio of contracts and diverse customers and suppliers to manage. We also have systems, programme management office, supplier relationship and risk management teams who work across all areas.

Scope

Portfolio

MoJ Commercial and Contract Management Directorate (CCMD)

CCMD is responsible for procuring the goods and services required for the delivery of the justice system, the total value of which each year is around £3.2 billion. In recent years, CCMD has conducted some of the most innovative commercial work in government and has played a crucial role in the successful delivery of prison reform and court reform programmes.

The postholder will sit in the Responsible Procurement Team, which, along with the Commercial Policy and Governance Team, forms the Commercial Standards Team in CCMD’s Operating Centre.

The Responsible Procurement Team is responsible for four key areas:

• Promoting compliance with social value policy and developing ways of working to capture and share outcomes across the MoJ.
• Delivery of the CCMD Sustainability Action Plan in collaboration with the wider commercial and sustainability team
• Delivery of the published MoJ SME and VCSE Action Plan
• Promoting compliance with modern slavery policy to minimise the risk of modern slavery occurring in our supply chains

The Role:

Are you passionate about making a difference and have an interest in social value, human rights, small businesses and sustainability? Look no further, MoJ commercial are seeking an organised and motivated, individual to join our Responsible Procurement Team.

The main purpose of this role is to support the team on the delivery and reporting of the Responsible Procurement four key areas of work.

This is a varied and busy roll within a small friendly team where you will be able use your organisational and project management skills to support a range of projects as MoJ continue to embed responsible procurement activity into all aspects of its commercial operations.

Key Responsibilities

The jobholder will be responsible for: -

• Working with the Responsible Procurement Lead/Manager to support further embedding of social, economic and environmental considerations across multiple projects.
• Monitoring and helping to report on responsible procurement related objectives/metrics.
• Engaging with commercial and contract management colleagues to collate, report/share RP outcomes achieved for dissemination.
• Managing internal and external engagement events.
• Managing the Modern Slavery Assessment Tool (MSAT) data analysis with the support of the Responsible Procurement Manager.
• Creating / managing responsible procurement communications in conjunction with the CCMD communications team.
• Maintaining, co-ordinating and updating responsible procurement content on the MoJ SharePoint/intranet.
• Managing the CCMD Social Value mailbox.

Experience

It is essential that the candidate has experience of supporting delivery of corporate social responsibility, social value or ESG. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is ready for their next long-term step.

• The ideal candidate will have strong stakeholder engagement skills to ensure they can work with individuals across a range of grades within CCMD.
• Core skills will include:

Desirable Skills:

• You will have a related qualification in CSR, responsible procurement or ESG.
• You will have a genuine interest in making a difference to communities through contributing to the implementation of socially responsible procurement policy.

• Working in a commercial environment in the public sector

Application stage (Sifting):

An initial sift will be performed against the following elements:

Experience

• CV
• Statement of Suitability

Behaviour

• Changing and Improving - Provide an example of when you have identified an opportunity for change and improvement within an area or aspect of your work. Summarise the steps taken to identify the need and any obstacles/challenges, to ensure a successful outcome

If shortlisted, you’ll be invited to an interview and will be assessed on the selected success profile elements at the interview stage. Please carry a valid proof of Id that has your photo on it (passport, BRP, driving licence etc) at the interview.

Interview stage:

There is one interview stage for this vacancy and as part of the interview process you will be required to provide evidence on the following:

Behaviours

• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving

Please use STAR approach to structure your examples.

• Situation – Describe the situation you found yourself in and what happened.
• Task – The Hiring Manager will want to understand what you tried to achieve from the situation that you found yourself in.
• Action – What actions did you take and how did you do it. Make sure to use “I”, not “we” to explain how your actions lead to a result.
• Result – Use facts and statistics to demonstrate the results that your actions produced. Explain whether it was a successful outcome, and if not, what you learned from the experience.

Further information on the Success profile elements can be found on Success Profiles - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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 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. 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.