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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is responsible for everything that goes into running the UK’s criminal and civil justice systems, creating the foundations for a safe, fair and prosperous society. We are one of the largest government departments with over 88,000 staff based across England and Wales. We are responsible for 500 courts and tribunals, 122 prisons, the policies underpinning the system and much more.

MoJ People and Capability supports the organisation by enabling its people to be the best that they can be. We are continuously reviewing and enhancing the services we provide to ensure the delivery of high-quality services for our customers. MoJ People and Capability has over 1,400 committed and capable professionals delivering people services across the Justice family. At the heart of delivering these services are our people.

This is an exciting opportunity to provide strategic HR partnering to senior leaders in HM Prisons and Probation (HMPPS). You will be critical ensuring HMPPS meets it aims in protecting the public and reducing reoffending and gain unique experience which will enable you to progress in your career. This role sits within the HR Business Partner (HMPPS) Team which is the front facing arm of the People & Capability Function supporting a number of business units across HMPPS.

The post holder will partner Governors within the Prison Service and equivalent senior leaders within the Probation Service or National Services, dependent on the customer groups. It’s an interesting time to join the team with a huge amount of opportunity to be involved in supporting business change in a complex environment.

Working in partnership with senior leaders, this role will be responsible for supporting the business to deliver against people priorities. The postholder will operate as an implementer, facilitating access to central services and working alongside the business to execute innovative people initiatives.

The post holders will be required to partner customer groups in various locations across the Directorate of Security & Long Term High Security Estate and may be called upon to support regional or national projects across areas of the business.

As a qualified (or aspiring) HR professional, the post holder will use a combination of generalist knowledge, personal skills and experience to advise and partner senior leaders on how best to align the people and business priorities.

Most roles require line management responsibility.

The post holder will be required to bring together the people priorities for their prison and probation customer group or National Services at a senior level. They will support on the underpinning activities to enable;

Solving: Provide strategic input on HR topics and help leaders develop effective people solutions
Connecting: Help the organisation draw on appropriate People Function Services and shared service support
Coaching: Coach leaders on how to manage people issues and drive the people agenda effectively

With links to the wider HR specialist functions within MoJ People and Capability, the post holder will facilitate access to the right services to deliver relevant people initiatives.

Key Delivery Strands:

Change Management

Understanding the business and the drivers for change to be able to support the business with the people elements of change implementation.
Support the business through reorganisation, restructures and redeployment.

Resourcing & Retention

Working in partnership with the business and finance to understand the current and predicted workforce picture based on attrition and recruitment forecasting.
Support in the execution of interventions to address resourcing and retention challenges and facilitating access to the right services across MOJ People and Capability.
Provide support and advice on resourcing vacancies, ensuring compliance with Civil Service Recruitment Principles.

Management & Leadership Capability

To understand the line manager and leadership capabilities within the business unit, support the business to access centrally run learning through the learning and development team and/or helping to develop the right learning interventions.
Supporting senior leaders with the development of their leadership teams.

Attendance & Performance

Help build management confidence and capability in managing absence, performance, conduct and grievance cases ensuring the right advice can be accessed.
Work with the business to understand the casework picture and support senior leaders to drive action to progress cases within policy timelines, supporting in the access of advice.
Work between HR and the business to ensure the policies are understood and embedded
Understand the role of the unions and support managers with union engagement related to people activity.

Employee Experience and Staff Engagement

Working with the senior leaders to analyse and identify the right people priorities through the annual Civil Service People Survey. Bringing in other workforce and people data as required to enable the business area to bring together an appropriate engagement delivery plan.
Supporting the stakeholder group to implement the right employee engagement interventions, accessing the right support from within the people group drawing on best practise and central offers.

Inclusion & Well-being

Ensure diversity and inclusion runs through all people strategies and action plan.
Facilitate access to products and services to help support networks to improve delivery.
Support the business to access the necessary wellbeing services for staff. Bringing together all that is available through the People Function to provide the right well-being package or service dependent on the need.

Essential Criteria

The ability to confidently build and manage a diverse range of relationships, including senior stakeholders. (assessed via behaviour Working together)
Experience of delivering in a HR team; (assessed via Seeing the Big Picture)
Experience of delivering HR plans, people management, and supporting others to optimise performance of their staff. (assessed via behaviour Managing a Quality Service)
Excellent communication skills, both in verbal and written formats. (assessed via behaviour Communicating and Influencing)
Ability to analyse and understand data to ensure evidence based decisions support business delivery. (assessed via behaviour Managing a Quality Service)

Base Location and Travel Requirements

This role will be based at HMP Manchester and require occasional travel to HMP Garth as well. The successful candidate will be required to travel occasionally to other Directorate of Security and Long Term & High Security Prisons. All applicants should be aware that business partnering arrangements are subject to change and postholders will be expected to accommodate changes in partnering arrangements in line with business need to include providing cover and support for other business areas when required.

Application process:

You will be assessed against the Civil service success profiles framework.

Sift

Behaviours - Please provide examples of how you have met each one of the behaviours listed below:

Seeing the Big Picture (Lead Behaviour)
Communicating and Influencing
Managing a Quality Service
Working Together

Experience

Please submit an anonymous copy of your CV.

Qualification

You will have completed and achieved your Chartered MCIPD (or have an equivalent HR qualification) be willing to work towards it, and actively demonstrate Continuous Professional Development.

Should we receive a large number of applications, we will sift primarily on the lead behaviour of . Successful applicants will then be invited to an interview, testing both behaviours and strengths.

Interview:

At interview you will be assessed using the below behaviours and strengths -

Seeing the Big Picture (Lead Behaviour)
Communicating and Influencing
Managing a Quality Service
Working Together

Seeing the Big Picture or Please note that interviews will be held virtually.

If you have any questions regarding the role please contact – Caroline.Kennedy3@justice.gov.uk / Nichola.Sheppard@justice.gov.uk

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Qualifications

You will have completed and achieved your Chartered MCIPD (or have an equivalent HR qualification) or be willing to work towards it, and actively demonstrate Continuous Professional Development.

Please answer 'yes' to meeting the qualification requirement if you are either:

1) Chartered MCIPD (or have an equivalent HR qualification) or
2) Willing to work towards the Chartered MCIPD qualification.

If you are answering yes to option 2, please upload a note indicating your willingness to work towards the qualification.

Behaviours

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

Seeing the Big Picture
Communicating and Influencing
Managing a Quality Service
Working Together

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £42,914, Ministry of Justice contributes £12,432 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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Salary range

£42,914 - £46,182 per year