Ministry of Justice UK

Company Name: Ministry of Justice UK
Job Title: Senior Delivery Manager(Ref: 4232)
Job Description: East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

Job Summary

This position is based nationally.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

As a senior delivery manager, you will be accountable for the effective delivery of complex high-risk products and services, will have strong communication skills, and will engage with senior stakeholders.
You will have experience across a range of products and services, throughout the entire lifecycle, and will have responsibility and accountability as the main point of escalation.
You will coach and mentor other delivery managers at different levels.
You will be experienced in leading multidisciplinary teams, supporting and continuously improving products of significant scale and complexity.
You will be responsible for building, maintaining and motivating teams. You will protect the team and make sure the team collaborates to focus on what is most important.
You will coach team members and facilitate a culture of continuous improvement in the team. You will proactively manage dependencies and risks to overcome obstacles to delivery.
You will be an active part of the broader delivery management community in Technology Services and MoJ Digital, receiving and providing coaching and mentoring, and you will also have the chance to participate in informal support networks with peers.

Key Responsibilities

As a senior delivery manager, you will be accountable for the effective delivery of complex high-risk products and services, will have strong communication skills, and will engage with senior stakeholders.
You will have experience across a range of products and services, throughout the entire lifecycle, and will have responsibility and accountability as the main point of escalation.
You will coach and mentor other delivery managers at different levels.
You will be experienced in leading multidisciplinary teams, supporting and continuously improving products of significant scale and complexity.
You will be responsible for building, maintaining and motivating teams. You will protect the team and make sure the team collaborates to focus on what is most important.
You will coach team members and facilitate a culture of continuous improvement in the team. You will proactively manage dependencies and risks to overcome obstacles to delivery.
You will be an active part of the broader delivery management community in Technology Services and MoJ Digital, receiving and providing coaching and mentoring, and you will also have the chance to participate in informal support networks with peers.

Person specification

Please Refer To Job Description.

Alongside your salary of £56,532, Ministry of Justice contributes £16,377 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

Selection process details

Candidates must submit a CV and a tailored Supporting Statement,of no more than 750 words, which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.

Candidates who do not submit both a CV and a separate statement of suitability will not be invited to interview.

Within your statement of suitability, please focus on demonstrating how you meet the following essential criteria which are being assessed at the pre-sift or sift stages;

Agile and Lean practices
Technical understanding You will have demonstrable experience of ONE of the DISO Technology Services: Networks, Voice/Video, Cloud, Security, Hosting or Monitoring.
Maintaining delivery momentum - You have expertise in solving issues and unblocking problems, drive teams - setting the pace and you ensure teams are working towards delivery commitments. You have a proven track record of managing various dependencies across teams, departments or the overall organisation.
Planning - You can use a continuous approach to planning, forecasting, estimating, managing uncertainty, metrics and measurements, contingency planning and produce road maps.

Skills

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, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:

Leadership
Changing and Improving
Delivering at Pace

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 1-hour panel interview held via video conference.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on your Agile experience will be conducted before the sift.

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.

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 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.

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 ...

London, United Kingdom

On site

25-03-2025

Company Name: Ministry of Justice UK
Job Title: Workforce and Capability Officer(Ref: 4374)
Job Description: East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

Job Summary

This position is based nationally.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for collating and updating the data on start dates for all DTS vacancies, and reporting to SMG (Senior Management Group) and finance and other stakeholders monthly.
Support the design, development and embedding of appropriate tools, guidance, and templates to support business areas in DTS to deliver their workforce plans.
Work with the DTS Workforce Planning Manager to build and maintain a network of business contacts to offer workforce planning support regarding workforce planning.
Promote best practice and ensure internal workforce planning practices and guidance are up to date to encourage alignment and maturity across DTS.
Support PSR (Public Sector Resourcing) contract process adhering to timelines and acting as relevant IT system (Fieldglass) administrator for the submission and management of requirements.
Provide clarity and analytical interpretation of the workforce and payroll position and identify potential financial risks, mitigating actions and opportunities and providing initial challenge as appropriate.
Responsible for providing time critical monthly reports, maintaining data accuracy, including risks where appropriate.
Maintain positive relationships with stakeholders.
Governance and assurance administration of the DTS business case process including:
scheduling of regular ongoing weekly business case approval meetings,
reviewing business case submission against Ardoq (IT System), TOM (Target Operating Model) or SMG approvals
reviewing quality of business case submission against required submission criteria
manage submissions to redeployment team and once cleared ensure appropriate communication with recruiting manager and HMCTS recruitment team.
liaison point between recruitment, business operations Governance and Assurance and DTS recruiting managers to ensure accuracy and timeliness of submission of new starter forms.
Design, publish and maintain workforce are content within DTS virtual hub.
Provide support to the DTS Capability Manager during high work volume periods including but not limited to supporting delivery of generalist programme campaigns & awareness events and budget support to raise and track PO’s (purchase orders)
The direct team are geographically dispersed so there is a requirement to attend the teams’ strategic face to face meetings every month as a minimum. In addition, attendance at the wider Business Operations face to face meetings held quarterly in either Birmingham Manchester London is required.
Contribute to the booking and chairing of team meetings and business operations meetings and content for meetings on a rota basis. Prepare and present content as required for those meetings and the DTS staff forum.
As part of the DTS People and Professions team 2 yearly Job rotation requires HEOs to possess a certain level of versatility and adaptability to perform well in different roles, subject to necessary capability support being provided.

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for collating and updating the data on start dates for all DTS vacancies, and reporting to SMG (Senior Management Group) and finance and other stakeholders monthly.
Support the design, development and embedding of appropriate tools, guidance, and templates to support business areas in DTS to deliver their workforce plans.
Work with the DTS Workforce Planning Manager to build and maintain a network of business contacts to offer workforce planning support regarding workforce planning.
Promote best practice and ensure internal workforce planning practices and guidance are up to date to encourage alignment and maturity across DTS.
Support PSR (Public Sector Resourcing) contract process adhering to timelines and acting as relevant IT system (Fieldglass) administrator for the submission and management of requirements.
Provide clarity and analytical interpretation of the workforce and payroll position and identify potential financial risks, mitigating actions and opportunities and providing initial challenge as appropriate.
Responsible for providing time critical monthly reports, maintaining data accuracy, including risks where appropriate.
Maintain positive relationships with stakeholders.
Governance and assurance administration of the DTS business case process including:
scheduling of regular ongoing weekly business case approval meetings,
reviewing business case submission against Ardoq (IT System), TOM (Target Operating Model) or SMG approvals
reviewing quality of business case submission against required submission criteria
manage submissions to redeployment team and once cleared ensure appropriate communication with recruiting manager and HMCTS recruitment team.
liaison point between recruitment, business operations Governance and Assurance and DTS recruiting managers to ensure accuracy and timeliness of submission of new starter forms.
Design, publish and maintain workforce are content within DTS virtual hub.
Provide support to the DTS Capability Manager during high work volume periods including but not limited to supporting delivery of generalist programme campaigns & awareness events and budget support to raise and track PO’s (purchase orders)
The direct team are geographically dispersed so there is a requirement to attend the teams’ strategic face to face meetings every month as a minimum. In addition, attendance at the wider Business Operations face to face meetings held quarterly in either Birmingham Manchester London is required.
Contribute to the booking and chairing of team meetings and business operations meetings and content for meetings on a rota basis. Prepare and present content as required for those meetings and the DTS staff forum.
As part of the DTS People and Professions team 2 yearly Job rotation requires HEOs to possess a certain level of versatility and adaptability to perform well in different roles, subject to necessary capability support being provided.

Person specification

Please Refer To Job Description

Behaviours

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

Managing a Quality Service
Working Together
Changing and Improving

Alongside your salary of £34,140, HM Courts and Tribunals Service contributes £9,890 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 proce...

London, United Kingdom

On site

26-03-2025

Company Name: Ministry of Justice UK
Job Title: Data Ethicist (Ref: 4365)
Job Description: East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

Job Summary

This position is based Nationally

Job Description

Data Ethicist

Location: National*

Grade: SEO

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

Closing date: 16th April 2025

Interviews: from 16th May 2025 (please note that this may be subject to change)

Salary: The national salary is £41,463 - £45,276, London salary range is £47,657

£52,040. Your salary will be dependent on your base location.

Working pattern: Full-time, part-time, flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

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 two Data Ethicists here at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), to be part of our warm and collaborative Data Improvement Team within the Data Directorate.

We align our Data Ethics roles to the Government Digital and Data Framework, adapted to the appropriate role level.

We create a culture in which people are empowered with the data and information to make excellent decisions; using cutting edge tools, techniques and collaboration; putting evidence at the heart of the justice system. We launched our data strategy for MoJ and are working on improvements across data governance, architecture, literacy, ethics, culture, dissemination and linking.

You can read more about the Data Strategy in this blog post.

Data ethics is a cross-cutting discipline that assesses the wider societal impact of technology, producing recommendations for technologists and data professionals. It involves thinking about fairness, accountability, the law, moral dilemmas, and the risks involved in creating technology and data products and policies.

As a Data Ethicist in the Data Ethics Team, you will enable teams across the MoJ to understand data ethics and implement best practice in their work, helping with the rollout and adoption of the newly developed MoJ AI & Data Science Ethics Framework in new business areas.

You’ll assist the Data Ethics Lead in providing a data ethics advisory service across the directorate and use your facilitation skills to create safe spaces for data teams to engage in ethical discussions, allowing team members to challenge and question their work in a constructive way.

You’ll get to work in an exciting and innovative area, working on cutting-edge guidance and forming part of a centre of excellence for data ethics.

Key Responsibilities:

Tools & products:

Assist the Data Ethics Lead in the iteration and expansion of the current MoJ AI & Data Science Ethics Framework
Evaluate the impact of the MoJ AI & Data Science Ethics Framework by developing monitoring and evaluation mechanisms

Advocacy & Support:

Be a point of contact for ethical enquiries and support across data teams
Enable and empower others to implement data ethics best practice in their work (this could be through providing training, facilitating workshops or advising data science teams)
Provide research and expertise on data ethics, and act as a champion and change agent

Community & Engagement:

Communicate effectively with colleagues and stakeholders across technical boundaries to explain and raise awareness of data ethics issues
Identify opportunities to actively promote and champion the use of the MoJ AI & Data Science Ethics Framework (e.g. through events, written communications)
Take ownership of the management and expansion of the MoJ Data Ethics Champions Network
Build awareness of the Data Ethics Team and it’s service offering across the Directorate

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Person Specification:

Strong understanding of the ethical implications of data science approaches
Good knowledge of social issues, the types of bias and discrimination different groups may face, and how to apply this understanding to data ethics work
Understanding of data science techniques, including machine learning, natural language processing, and data visualisation
Proven ability to communicate complex concepts to both technical and non- technical audiences
Experience facilitating group discussions and workshops, encouraging participation, and managing group dynamics
Experience leading a project
Knowledge of project management tools and techniques, including monitoring, evaluation, and reporting

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.

How to Apply

Candidates must submit an anonymised CV and a personal statement (up to 750 words), which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.

We Are Recruiting Using The Success Profiles Frameworks. We Will Assess Your Experience, Technical Skills And The Following Behaviours During The Assessment Process:

Communicating and Influencing
Working Together
Making Effective Decisions

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 1-hour panel interview held via video conference.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on ‘strong

understanding of the ethical implications of potential data science approaches’ will be conducted before the sift.

You may be required to give a 5-minute presentation at interview. Details of this will be sent to those candidates who are invited for interview.

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 datarecruitment@justice.gov.uk

Data Ethicist

Location: National*

Grade: SEO

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

Closing date: 16th April 2025

Interviews: from 16th May 2025 (please note that this may be subject to change)

Salary: The national salary is £41,463 - £45,276, London salary range is £47,657

£52,040. Your salary will be dependent on your base location.

Working pattern: Full-time, part-time, flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote...

London, United Kingdom

Hybrid

26-03-2025

Company Name: Ministry of Justice UK
Job Title: AI Product Manager(Ref: 4328)
Job Description: This position is based 102 PETTY FRANCE (MOJ) LONDON, SW1H 9AJ

Job Summary

Please refer to Job Description

Job Description

The Role

As an AI Product Manager at the Justice AI Unit, you will be responsible for delivering innovative products that create real value for users. You will work with cross-functional teams to define, develop, and launch AI-driven products that align with our strategy and customer needs. Your expertise will guide the product from discovery through delivery, ensuring it solves important problems for the justice system.

Key Responsibilities

Continuously assess the value and viability of your product.
Prioritise product features based on user and customer needs.
Collaborate closely with the tech lead and lead designer.
Create and maintain a product roadmap, outlining key priorities.
Drive product discovery and delivery in parallel, applying excellent product thinking.
Develop deep knowledge of customers, product data, department models, and market trends.
Act as the acknowledged expert on your product within the organization.
Stay up-to-date with the latest trends in AI to incorporate them effectively and ethically into the evolving product plans.

Skills And Experience

Proven experience as a Product Manager building Gen AI products or related industry software products
Strong ability to understand user needs and translate them into actionable product requirements.
Ability to analyse both qualitative and quantitative data to support decision making and measure success
Experience working effectively in cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration.
Ability to turn product strategy into actionable results.
Expertise in product discovery techniques, including:
Framing (e.g., lean canvas, PR/FAQs).
Planning (e.g., journey mapping).
Ideation (e.g., customer visits, hack days).
Prototyping (e.g., live data prototypes).
Ability to support both product discovery and delivery simultaneously.
A track record of experimenting, building, iterating and growing successful products

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.

Locations

You will be based in London

Travel to other locations across the UK may be required for workshops and collaborations.

The Role

As an AI Product Manager at the Justice AI Unit, you will be responsible for delivering innovative products that create real value for users. You will work with cross-functional teams to define, develop, and launch AI-driven products that align with our strategy and customer needs. Your expertise will guide the product from discovery through delivery, ensuring it solves important problems for the justice system.

Skills And Experience

Proven experience as a Product Manager building Gen AI products or related industry software products
Strong ability to understand user needs and translate them into actionable product requirements.
Ability to analyse both qualitative and quantitative data to support decision making and measure success
Experience working effectively in cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration.
Ability to turn product strategy into actionable results.
Expertise in product discovery techniques, including:
Framing (e.g., lean canvas, PR/FAQs).
Planning (e.g., journey mapping).
Ideation (e.g., customer visits, hack days).
Prototyping (e.g., live data prototypes).
Ability to support both product discovery and delivery simultaneously.
A track record of experimenting, building, iterating and growing successful products

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.

Locations

You will be based in London

Travel to other locations across the UK may be required for workshops and collaborations.

Person specification

Please Refer To Job Description

Technical skills

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

Previous experience as Product Manager

Alongside your salary of £73,115, Ministry of Justice contributes £21,181 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

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Technical skills.

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

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Technical skills.

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.

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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London, United Kingdom

On site

27-03-2025

Ministry of Justice UK

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