JOB DESCRIPTION

People & Capability Group

People and Capability is here to support the organisation by enabling its people to be the best that they can be. We are continuously reviewing and enhancing the services we provide across the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to ensure the delivery of high-quality services for our customers.

As a department, we are going through a period of significant transformation and our people services are at the forefront of enabling that change. MoJ People and Capability is a team of 1,400 committed and capable professionals delivering people services across the Justice family. At the heart of delivering these services, are our people.

Information about the MoJ and its priorities can be found at www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about

About the Role

The postholder will support the effective delivery of the MoJ Arm’s Length Body (ALB) Strategy within the Synergy Programme by coordinating planning, engagement, governance, and communications across multiple programme workstreams and ALBs. Working closely with the ALB Strategy Lead and senior stakeholders, the role ensures alignment to programme milestones, manages interdependencies and competing priorities, and supports transition and implementation readiness. The postholder provides analysis, insight, and recommendations to inform senior decision-making in a complex and evolving programme environment.

Main Activities / Responsibilities

The job holder will be required to undertake the following duties and responsibilities:

Strategic Coordination & Delivery

• Support development, maintenance and active management of the ALB Strategy and delivery plans across multiple ALBs

• Coordinate inputs across programme workstreams, ensuring alignment to milestones, dependencies and critical path activity

• Monitor delivery progress, managing interdependencies and identifying risks/issues in a complex, fast-paced environment

Governance & Reporting

• Lead the development and delivery of high-quality governance outputs (agendas, papers, briefings, actions, minutes)

• Maintain oversight of milestones, risks, issues and dependencies through structured reporting

• Ensure governance outputs are delivered to agreed standards and timelines, supporting senior forums and decision-making

Stakeholder Engagement & Influence

• Build and manage relationships across ALBs, departments and programme teams to drive alignment and delivery

• Facilitate cross-organisational engagement forums and working groups

• Influence Stakeholder Engagement & Influence stakeholders to provide timely inputs, agree priorities, and align to programme requirements

• Deputise for the ALB Strategy Lead where required, representing the strategy across senior forums

Communications & Change Support

• Develop and coordinate clear, consistent communications, guidance and briefing materials for a wide stakeholder audience

• Support business change and readiness activity, ensuring ALBs are prepared for transition and implementation

• Enable consistent messaging and effective information flow across programme and ALB stakeholders

Analysis, Insight & Decision Support

• Analyse Programme data and stakeholder feedback to identify trends, risks and emerging issues

• Provide clear, evidence-based insight and recommendations to senior stakeholders

• Support informed decision-making by translating complex information into concise briefings and options

Management of Resources

No direct budget or workforce management. However, the postholder may need to adapt communications, governance packs and readiness assessments to reflect any programme decisions affecting how ALBs plan for changes to shared services, resourcing, processes and controls during transition.

Travel Requirements

Travel will be required on an ad hoc basis to attend meetings and related events linked to the role.

Essential Criteria

• Strong planning and organisational skills, managing competing priorities, milestones and dependencies.

• Effective stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across ALBs, departments and programme teams.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, translating complex information into recommendations.

• Ability to manage ambiguity and complexity in a fast-paced programme environment.

• Collaborative, adaptable and resilient, working across boundaries to maintain momentum.

Desirable Criteria

• A working knowledge of Arms Lengths Bodies (Public Bodies) landscape

• Experience in large scale transformation programmes

Please note that whilst we don’t assess or score ‘desirable’ criteria, we may consider evidence provided that demonstrates meeting the desirable elements of the role, only after essential criteria is assessed and where there is a need to differentiate between closely scored candidates.

Application process

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

Sift

Experience

Please provide:

• an anonymous copy of your CV.

• A Statement of Suitability (no more than 1000-words). The Statement of Suitability should outline your skills and experience, providing evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to your experience on how you meet the essential criteria (outlined above).

Behaviours

Please provide a 250-word example of how you meet the behaviour listed below:

• Seeing the Big Picture (lead behaviour)

Please refer to the CS Behaviours framework for more details, including by grade:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles/success-profiles-civil-service-behaviours#why-we-assess-behaviours

If we receive a large number of applications, we will carry out an initial sift on the lead behaviour of Seeing the Big Picture.

Candidates invited to Interview

Please note that interviews will be carried out remotely via MS Teams. During the interview, we will be assessing you on Behaviours (listed below) and Strengths from the Success Profiles framework.

• Seeing the Big Picture (lead behaviour)

• Changing and Improving

• Making Effective Decisions

• Communicating and Influencing

If you have any questions about the role please contact - helen.adam1@justice.gov.uk