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General Information

Salary
The national salary range is £68,967 - £78,842, London salary range is £73,115 - £ 83,585. Your salary will be dependent on your base location
Working Pattern
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working
Location
National
Region
National
Closing Date
09-Jan-2025
Post Type
Permanent
Civil Service Grade
Grade 6
Number of jobs available
1
Job ID
1450

Descriptions & requirements

Job description

Head of Digital Talent Acquisition & Engagement

Location: National*

 

Closing Date: 09 January 2025

Interviews: From 21 January 2025

 

Grade: 6

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

 

Salary: London: £73,115 - £85,913; National: £68,967 - £78,842, which may include an allowance up to £12,798

 

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 a Head of Digital Talent Acquisition & Engagement here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Strategy & Operations team.

 

This role aligns against Service Owner from the Government Digital and Data Framework

 

As the head of a pivotal function, you will oversee the end-to-end service line, from talent acquisition to strategic workforce planning and successful onboarding of new joiners. You will play a strategic role, ensuring the service line is seamlessly integrated, efficient, and continuously improved to meet evolving business needs. 

 

You will operate at scale and provide the connection between multidisciplinary business areas and stakeholders. You will be responsible for the successful operation of your service, ensuring that it is in line with Justice Digital’s mission and contributes to the overall goals of the Ministry of Justice. Your work will directly communicate and liaise with internal stakeholders at all levels of the organisation and with external partners. 

 

To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Owning and leading the strategic direction for recruitment, workforce planning,  onboarding and communications and engagement across Justice Digital. 

  • Lead the Recruitment & Engagement team providing clear direction to support them to deliver a strategy that supports Justice Digitals and the MoJ’s business objectives and ensure staff feel empowered, connected and understand the part they play in the departments success. 

  • Operating at scale to manage the end-to-end service line, ensuring that necessary business processes are followed. 

  • Establishing strong strategic relationships with internal stakeholders, external partners, and suppliers, acting as an escalation point for delivery teams and ensure consistent and joined up internal and external communications. 

  • Communicating the benefits and performance of your service to internal and external stakeholders. 

  • Proactively identifying opportunities for service improvements and implementing changes in collaboration with the respective teams. Ensuring teams consistently deliver high quality work by quality assuring and evaluating effectiveness. 

  • Managing operational issues and championing operational management across the community. 

  • Developing a long-term vision and objectives for the service, ensuring they align with the strategic goals of Justice Digital and the Ministry of Justice. 

  • Facilitating collaboration between your team and other teams within Justice Digital to drive targeted enablement and adoption efforts and engagement. 

  • Advocating for user focus, ensuring the service meets users' needs across various channels. 

  • Ensuring that resourcing activities comply with legislative, regulatory, and Ministry of Justice requirements. 

  • Partnering with product delivery managers to develop consumer-based, integrated enablement plans for new capabilities. 

  • Anticipating problems and building problem-solving capabilities within your team to deal with them proactively. 

 

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

 

Benefits

  • 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.

  • A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms 

  • Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow

  • Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)

  • 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.

  • Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!

  • Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app. 

  • Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)

  • Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.

  • 5 days volunteering paid leave.

  • Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.

  • Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.

 

Person Specification

 

Essential

 

  • A proven and resilient leader with a track record of delivering a high-volume digital and technology recruitment function within a complex organisation and able to provide motivational leadership to the team. 

  • Expert-level strategic ownership: you develop a long-term vision and objectives and take a discerning and disciplined approach to focus on what is most relevant. 

  • Expert-level operational management: you make operations efficient, act as the escalation point for major operational issues and work closely with leaders of delivery teams in Government Digital and Data. 

  • Expert-level problem management: you anticipate and defend against problems at the right time by understanding how the problem fits into the larger picture and building problem-solving capabilities in others. 

  • User focus.  Gives direction on which tools or methods to use. Is experienced in meeting the needs of users across a variety of channels.  Able to bring insight and expertise in how user needs have changed over time to ensure these are met by the business.  Applies strategic thinking in how to provide the best service for the end user. 

  • Qualification or expert-level experience in Agile project management. 

  • Expert knowledge of recruitment technology, civil service recruitment principles, HR policies, and pay structures and the ability to ensure these are integrated into all aspects of the recruitment service. 

 

Willingness to be assessed against  the requirements for BPSS clearance

 

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 a CV and Personal Statement (up to 750 words), which describes how you meet the following requirements set out in the Person Specification above:

 

  • A proven and resilient leader with a track record of delivering a high-volume digital and technology recruitment function within a complex organisation and able to provide motivational leadership to the team.

  • Qualification or expert-level experience in Agile project management. 

  • Expert knowledge of recruitment technology, civil service recruitment principles, HR policies, and pay structures and the ability to ensure these are integrated into all aspects of the recruitment service. 

 

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:

 

  • Changing & Improving

  • Leadership

  • Making Effective Decisions

  • Managing a Quality Service

  • Seeing the Big Picture

 

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 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 recruitment@digital.justice.gov.uk

Additional Information

If you require any assistance please call 0345 241 5359 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com 

Please quote the job reference 1450


Working Arrangements & Further Information

The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity.

Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.

For nationally advertised roles, 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. 

Some of MoJ’s terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made.

MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain their grade on lateral transfer.

All candidates who are currently in receipt of Mark Time / Pay Protection should ensure they are familiar with the new policy on permanent and temporary promotion which can be found on the employee intranet.

Flexible working hours 

The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices. Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week. MoJ welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the MoJ’s Flexible Working policy.

Benefits 

The MoJ offers a range of benefits:

Annual Leave

Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years’ service.

There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year. Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.

Pension 

The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.

Training 

The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.

Networks 

The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.

Eligibility

Staff on fixed term appointments must have been recruited through fair and open competition.

Support

  • A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
  • Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
  • For moves to or from another employer or moves across the Civil Service this can have implications on your eligibility to carry on claiming childcare vouchers. You may however be eligible for alternative government childcare support schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. More information can be found on www.www.GOV.UK or Childcare Choices. You can determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
  • Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
  • Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code 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. Should you feel that the recruitment process has breached the recruitment principles you are able to raise a formal complaint in the following order

As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace. MoJ are able to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns.

You will be able to request reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process within the application form. If you need additional help completing the application form, please contact the SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team.

For more information on applying for a role as a candidate with a disability or long-term condition, please see our Disability Confident Scheme Frequently Asked Questions webpage.

Diversity & Inclusion

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 Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.

Contact Information

If you require any assistance please call 0345 241 5359 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com 

Please quote the job reference 1450

Allowance

May include an allowance up to £12,798

Application form stage assessments

Evidence of Experience
CV or Work History, Experience Questions, Statement of Suitability

Interview stage assessments

Behaviours
Changing and Improving
Leadership
Making Effective Decisions
Managing a Quality Service
Seeing the Big Picture
Experience
Your Experience for this role will be assessed at interview. To learn more about Experience and how they are assessed please click here.

We will assess your experience for this role via the following methods
CV or Work History, Experience Questions, Statement of Suitability
Use of Artificial Intelligence (Al)
You must ensure that any evidence submitted as part of your application, including your CV, statement of suitability and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note that plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.