Job Description

Job Title	Business Delivery Manager
Group Profile	Data Protection Team
Grade	SEO

Overview of SID

SID is part of the Service Transformation Group. The Group oversees the building of a strategic vision for modernising and digitising our legacy systems, generating a coordinated plan across the MoJ and its agencies for transformation, and tracking delivery of this transformation.

Security and information management are fundamental building blocks of enabling the department to deliver. We have highly skilled experts working collaboratively with the department, Government Security Group and other partners to enable the whole of the MoJ to function securely, lawfully and transparently.

We identify, manage, and mitigate MoJ’s security, data protection and information risks, and provide assurance against those risks. We’re also home to the Counter Fraud Centre of Expertise. Part of our mission is to up-skill the department so that security becomes second nature to our people and partners.

Team Profile

The remit of the Data Protection Team covers Headquarters, the five Executive Agencies and 12 Arm’s Length Bodies.

Their work includes:

Monitoring and overseeing compliance with data protection legislation and MoJ personal data policies
Advising on Data Protection Impact Assessments
Acting as the point of contact with the Information Commissioner’s Office
Receiving requests from data subjects who wish to exercise their rights to - access, restrict, rectify or erase - their personal data

Summary

The Role

Reporting to the Deputy Data Protection Officer you will be responsible for the management of finances, people, engagement, portfolio, contract management and the effective operational running of the Data Protection Team. You will manage the Data Protection Team Coordinators and lead the delivery of defined projects that contribute to the ongoing transformation of DPT operations. You will also support the management and oversight of the ICO Concerns process, ensuring that potential risks to statutory compliance are identified, escalated, and addressed in a timely manner.

Responsibilities,

Activities and Duties

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities, and duties:

Key Responsibilities include:

Supporting the work of the Data Protection Team in order to deliver the data protection strategy, prioritising complex issues
Responding to ad hoc requests for information, including Freedom of Information (FOI), Cabinet Committee correspondence and Parliamentary Questions
Developing accurate insights and recommendations on a broad range of topics

Supporting business planning and reporting and audit management as required

Contributing and to commissions from within the business and cross-government
Managing space moves and re-organisations as required
Shaping and delivering ad hoc projects to improve the DPT operations
Day-to-day management of the DPT mailboxes and the data protection compliance tool, OneTrust

Person Specification

Essential

Working in a Deputy Director or Director level office, or data protection team in a government department or other large, high-profile organisation
Strong analytical skills and report development
Engaging with risk and audit functions in a complex organisation
Shaping and delivering projects
Building relationships easily with people at different levels of an organisation
Demonstrating capability to manage and coordinate the work of information security or assurance specialists, including the ability to realign resources and workflows in response to shifting organisational priorities.

Proven ability to plan, organise, and deliver work efficiently and at pace, ensuring operational outputs and deadlines are consistently met.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical and regulatory information clearly to a range of stakeholders.

Desirable

A data protection/GDPR qualification e.g. CIPP/E or CIPM

This list 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.

Minimum Eligibility

▪ All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post.

▪ All external candidates are subject to a minimum of 6 months’ probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they have not already served a probationary period within MoJ.

▪ All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or organisation which MoJ consider to be racist.

Application Process

This vacancy will be assessed using Success Profiles to assess behaviours and technical expertise. The application process will require 250-word STAR format for the identified behaviours, the submission of a CV and a statement of suitability to evidence how you meet the essential and technical criteria required for the role.

The sift will be based on the following behaviour:

Managing a Quality Service

The interview will be based on the following behaviours:

Managing a Quality Service
Delivering at pace

Technical

A current and continued understanding on how to manage and coordinate the work of information security or assurance specialists, including the ability to realign resources and workflows in response to shifting organisational priorities.

Selection process details

All candidates must submit a CV and Statement of Suitability (of up to 500 words) which demonstrates the key behaviours required for the role.

Note: due to the volume of applications we receive we are unable to provide feedback after the CV review (sift) stage.

At the interview we will be assessing your technical/specialist skills and experience, testing your ability through relevant assessments and asking you questions around the behaviours we require to be successful in this role.

Hours of Work/Working Pattern

37 hour working week (standard).