Deputy Director, Crime

Job summary

This is a Nationally based role

Job description

The Role

The Deputy Director, Crime role reports to the Director Development, Strategy and Change. The role holder will work to lead two Divisions responsible for oversight of Crime jurisdictional support for HMCTS, and for leading the development of the Crime element of the Service Model.

This role will lead Crime Change work, specifically the proposed policy changes arising from the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts.

Like all Service Owners at SCS1 level, in this role you will be a visible member of HMCTS’ wider senior leadership team, both across the Development Directorate and HMCTS, demonstrating your commitment to and understanding of HMCTS’ goals.

You will in particular work closely within HMCTS HQ with the other Deputy Director of Crime, and with other Directors, Deputy Directors, the Change Portfolio Team, and operational Delivery Directors. You will also lead continuous improvement of Crime across the organisation in a consistent and coherent manner.

You will work in partnership with the senior judiciary, establishing and maintaining key internal, external and cross justice sector relationships. You will actively seek to join up processes and ways of working and be responsible for improving operating models and the development and maintenance of standard operating procedures. You will have a significant representational role for the agency on key aspects of tribunals business and will be required to speak authoritatively for the organisation, both internally and externally, in this area, and occasionally more widely.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day strategic leadership, motivating and developing a team of crime specialists, and taking a wider strategic leadership role as a member of the Development Directorate leadership team.
• Building, maintaining and managing relationships with key stakeholders (internal and external), influencing and driving change, and continuous improvement.
• Work in close collaboration with MoJ policy, and wider HMCTS to ensure HMCTS service and operational requirements are fully understood and considered in policy development and by ministers and providing support and input into policy development.
• Support the successful implementation of national changes, ensuring they are focused on improving criminal court service delivery and that they are aligned with changes across the criminal courts and criminal justice system.
• Lead the team to oversee the implementation of all current and future service reforms arising from the agreed package of reforms that follow the Independent Review of Criminal Courts (Leveson Review) and ensure service requirements are developed and delivered across all aspects of reform project and programme work in HMCTS.
• Coordinate and oversee HMCTS contributions to any requests required to support the development of legislation, and progression of bills throughout the entire legislative passage process.
• Provide subject matter expertise to senior officials and ministers to support agency and departmental responses relating to criminal court services and reforms.
• Act as Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) for key criminal court reform projects to ensure these meet their business case and any wider programme objectives.

The focus of any Service Owner role is dynamic, reflecting the continual evolution of operational business and policy implementation priorities.

Essential Experience:

• A strong track record of leading and delivering at a strategic level in a complex organisation.
• An excellent understanding/experience of developing, having responsibility for operating models or leading operational improvement.
• Experience of successfully leading business transformation (preferably using digital solutions)
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, inspire and develop a diverse and high performing team
• Excellent stakeholder relationship skills with the ability to successfully influence, challenge and negotiate to gain the confidence of a diverse, complex and senior stakeholder group.
• Ability to think and act in response to immediate needs as well as strategically identifying and working towards longer term outcomes

Desirable Experience:

In addition, knowledge of criminal courts or experience of another court/tribunal jurisdiction, and experience of working with ministers, the judiciary and with policy functions to support the delivery of large-scale reform programmes at pace are desirable (but not essential) characteristics.

Person specification

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: [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the [2] Civil Service People Plan and the [3] Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy

Please view our candidate information pack for full details about the role, key responsibilities person specification, and the criteria you will be assessed against throughout the recruitment process. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, and feel that you meet the criteria, we would welcome your application.

References

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1. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity
2. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027
3. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-2022-to-2025

For full details about the Role, Key Responsibilities and Person Specification, please download and review the Candidate Information pack

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £81,000, HM Courts and Tribunals Service contributes £23,465 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.For full details of the Selection Process and Recruitment Timeline, please view the Candidate Information pack.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : SCS Recruitment Team
• Email : scsrecruitment@justice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : scsrecruitment@justice.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitm…

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Attachments

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