Team Manager, Planning and Operational Support Team, Judicial College, Judicial Office (Ref: 19013)

Job summary

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Job description

Team Manager, Planning and Operational Support Team, Judicial College

Team Manager, Judicial College – HEO Grade

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Judicial College Planning and Operational Support leadership team. This role would suit someone with operational and leadership experience who can manage a busy team that works closely with judiciary and College colleagues to deliver a challenging training programme.

The Judicial College

The principal role of Judicial College is to support the Lady Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals in fulfilling their responsibilities for the arrangements for training the judiciary in an ever-evolving justice system. Working with the College Board, the Judicial College supports these senior members of the judiciary in setting the direction for training and ensuring the College has the right support in place to provide advice on the design and delivery of training, innovative digital systems to support delivery and that seminars are well-organised.

We are a unique branch of the civil service, independent from Government, dedicated to supporting the judiciary and promoting judicial independence, to maintain confidence in the rule of law. The Judicial Office reports to, and is accountable to, the Lady Chief Justice and was set up in 2006 to provide support to them and to the wider judiciary. The Judicial College is part of the wider Judicial Office, which is a unique branch of the Civil Service dedicated to supporting judicial independence, to maintain confidence in the rule of law. The Judicial Office assists the Lady Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals to fulfil their responsibilities to the judiciary (about 25,000 judicial office holders), and an ever-evolving justice system.

The Judicial College is a very busy and high-profile section of the Judicial Office. We are responsible for judicial training, and we currently deliver approximately 2000 judicial seminars each year. This is an exciting time for the Judicial College as our training programme is expanding to address judicial training needs emerging from the Independent Review of Criminal Courts. In addition, the College is continuing to develop its methods of delivering training to incorporate more digital platforms, increasing its use of e-learning and webinars. following the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.

The Judicial College team is based over four sites – London, Loughborough, Leeds and Glasgow. This post can be based in London, Loughborough or Leeds, with travel to the other sites where required.

Key responsibilities

As the post-holder you will:

• Lead a team of operational staff at AO and EO grades who provide administrative support to organising and supporting magistrate training with a variety of delivery methods - digital, face to face and blended learning.
• Ensure that your team’s assigned profile of magistrate training is delivered to schedule and is properly resourced. This includes having responsibility for the budget for your seminars and ensuring that you have the right staff resources in place to support the training.
• Work with a range of stakeholders (including magistrate training teams, and colleagues across the Judicial Office, Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service and Ministry of Justice) to plan, manage and monitor new and emerging training needs.
• Manage the budget for your training events, by providing accurate and timely reporting, forecast expenditure and report on risks and pressures, ensuring value for money.
• Actively contribute to the development and delivery of continuous improvement projects and ensure the team is fully involved to assist with the delivery of the Planning and Operational Support Team’s business plan.
• Have an integral role in planning and arranging the training programme for future years, including the development of the online prospectus.
• Work collaboratively as part of the leadership team to support the wider Planning and Operational Support team and help build a resilient team that can adapt and flex to changing priorities.
• Work in partnership with the College’s Judicial Education Team and Digital and Technical Team to support and help to continue to implement and develop the delivery of digital training.

This is a full-time role.

You will report to a SEO manager. As team manager, you will line manage 2-3 EO’s and have management oversight of up to 12 AO’s depending on which training jurisdictions you are assigned.

Essential skills and experience

You will have experience in:

• Leading and managing a team
• Planning and operational delivery
• Managing a budget
• Continuous Improvement
• IT skills including MS Teams and Excel
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate at senior levels and tailor style of communication to suit audience and context.

Selection criteria:

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

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

In the event of a high volume of applications there will be an initial sift on the lead behaviour Leadership.

Please also refer to the CS Success Profiles framework for more details at this grade (Level 3 – HEO)

Success Profiles: Civil Service behaviours - GOV.UK

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles: Civil Service behaviours - GOV.UK, and the sift will assess the behaviours outlined above.

At interview we will be assessing success profiles and strengths.

Please also refer to the CS Success profiles for strengths:

Success Profiles: Strengths - GOV.UK

Working hours

This is a full-time role of 37 hours per week, and we operate a flexible working policy. The post can be based in any of the following offices: London, Leeds, or Loughborough, with occasional travel to the other offices as required.

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Behaviours

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

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

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,335, Ministry of Justice contributes £10,236 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• 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, 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.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist 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.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.

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 : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
• Telephone : 0345 241 5359

Recruitment team

• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.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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