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This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-profile and fast-paced team which sits at the heart of both MoJ HQ and HMCTS to set the strategic approach to recovery across the justice system. We are recruiting up to two permanent SEO’s. This campaign is open to current civil servants on level transfer and is suitable candidates on promotion
Location
The successful candidate(s) will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office. This will be discussed and agreed on the completion of pre-employment checks.
Our staff, who have an HQ building as their base location, are expected to work in an office at least 2 days per week.
Ways of Working
At the MoJ we believe in and promote alternative ways of working. These roles are available as:
- Full-time, part-time or the option to job share
- Flexible working patterns
- Flexible working arrangements between base locations, MoJ Hubs and home.
If we receive applications from more suitable candidates than we have vacancies for at this time, we may hold suitable applicants on a reserve list for 12 months, and future vacancies requiring the same skills and experience could be offered to candidates on the reserve list without a new competition.
Courts and Tribunals Recovery Unit
The Court and Tribunals Recovery Unit (CTRU) is a high-profile, friendly and supportive team, established in December 2020 to lead the strategic approach to recovery across all our court jurisdictions.
The pandemic has created a once in a generation challenge for the courts, with significant implications for the administration of justice in England and Wales and the experience of all users of the justice system, not least victims, vulnerable groups and all those who need swift access to justice. Ensuring that our courts can continue to hear the cases coming in is essential to maintaining the rule of law and public confidence in the justice system.
This work is a ministerial and No.10 priority and is subject to significant interest from partners in the justice system from across government. It is our role to ensure ministers across government receive the best possible advice on a range of important operational and policy issues, to help the department make better and more coordinated decisions, plan for the long-term and set out a clear ambition and plan for delivering recovery.
The Role
We are recruiting for up to two permanent SEO’s within CTRU. Successful candidates will work closely with analytical colleagues in MoJ HQ and HMCTS to bring insights from data and modelling to the work of the unit. You will cover a wide variety of exciting and challenging work in the role, from working at pace on high-profile commissions, to presenting data effectively and articulating the assumptions underpinning analytical models.
Personal Attributes & Skills
The individual should:
- Be able to think analytically and be confident in working with numbers.
- Have excellent writing skills and be able to critically engage with and challenge information provided.
- Have strong communication and collaboration skills, particularly the ability to drive progress to get things done within CTRU and through external teams.
- Be able to quickly build positive relationships with colleagues across HMCTS and MoJ HQ as well as other key stakeholders in a complex and sensitive environment.
- Be confident in absorbing and making sense of high volumes of complex information.
- Have good organisational skills and be capable of managing a high volume of work at pace.
- Have good judgement and the ability to independent spot and manage risk and bring solutions to problems to CTRU SMT and other senior officials.
Application process
You will be assessed against the Civil Service success profiles framework.
Please provide examples of how you have met each one of the behaviours listed below (see Annex A for more information):
- Making effective decisions
- Communicating and influencing
- Working together
Please also refer to the CS Behaviours framework for more details at this grade (Level 3 – Grade SEO or equivalent): https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/717275/CS_Behaviours_2018.pdf
Should we receive a large number of applications, we will sift primarily on the lead behaviour of making effective decisions. Successful applicants will then be invited to an interview, testing both behaviours and strengths. We are planning to build a merit list which we may use to fill future vacancies in CTRU which require the same competencies.
Candidates invited to Interview
You will be required to carry out a short task at interview. Details of this will be sent to those candidates who are invited for interview.
Please note that interviews will be carried out remotely.
During the interview, we will be assessing you on Behaviours and Strengths from the success Profiles framework.
Interviews are expected to take place in week commencing early April 2022.
The MoJ is proud to be Level 3 Disability Confident. Disability Confident is the approach through which we offer guaranteed interviews for all people with disabilities meeting the minimum criteria for the advertised role as set out in the job description.
At interview stage, if candidates do not score high enough to be appointed to a SEO role, but have passed the minimal requirements, they could be offered a Policy role at the more junior level of HEO.
The MoJ is proud to be Level 3 Disability Confident. Disability Confident is the approach through which we offer guaranteed interviews for all people with disabilities meeting the minimum criteria for the advertised role as set out in the job description.
Contact information
Please do get in touch with Alex Wylde (alexander.wylde@justice.gov.uk) if you would like to know more about the role or what it is like working in our team.
Annex A - The STAR method
Using the STAR method can help you give examples of relevant experience that you have. It allows you to set the scene, show what you did, and how you did it, and explain the overall outcome.
Situation - Describe the situation you found yourself in. You must describe a specific event or situation. Be sure to give enough detail for the job holder to understand.
- Where are you?
- Who was there with you?
- What had happened?
Task - The job holder will want to understand what you tried to achieve from the situation you found yourself in.
- What was the task that you had to complete and why?
- What did you have to achieve?
Actions - What did you do? The job holder will be looking for information on what you did, how you did it and why. Keep the focus on you. What specific steps did you take and what was your contribution? Remember to include how you did it, and the behaviours you used. Try to use “I” rather than “we” to explain your actions that lead to the result. Be careful not to take credit for something that you did not do.
Results - Don’t be shy about taking credit for your behaviour. Quote specific facts and figures. Explain how the outcome benefitted the organisation or your area. Make the outcomes easily understandable.
- What results did the actions produce?
- What did you achieve through your actions and did you meet your goals?
- Was it a successful outcome? If not, what did you learn from the experience?
Keep the situation and task parts brief. Concentrate on the action and the result. If the result was not entirely successful describe what you learned from this and what you would do differently next time. Make sure you focus on your strengths.
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