Ministry of Justice

We are recruiting for a Deputy Director who will be responsible for delivering end-to-end service transformation of public facing MoJ services through a newly established pathfinder model. They will have responsibility for the planning, design, delivery and upwards reporting of at least three pathfinder projects including line management of c.20 - 30 staff and further matrix management responsibilities.

This a new role created to accommodate the growing prioritisation of pathfinder activity within MoJ and the ExCo prioritised Transformation plan for the department. The roles will execute the delivery aspects of this plan, as well as acting as a key member of the Service Strategy and Transformation leadership team.

We are a new function, with a mandate from the top to apply digital technology to some of our biggest underlying challenges, whether its managing offenders, supporting victims, or the end-to-end user experience in Legal Aid. There is a lot of excitement about bringing in a new way of working that is cross-functional, impact oriented and fast-paced and we have significant exposure to top leadership.

We are looking for strong leaders with proven ability to deliver change programmes with experience of leading teams to undertake strategy development at scale, within the public or private sector. Ideally, we are also seeking candidates with experience of digital delivery leadership.

As Deputy Director for Transformation, you will have:

• Responsibility for the pathfinder portfolio and ExCo Transformation plan – planning and tracking progress of delivery for projects to tackle critical problems across Justice, including coordination between other directorates and groups. Updating and securing ongoing buy-in for pathfinder elements of the ExCo Transformation plan.
• Delivery accountability for Service Strategy and Transformation – leadership and delivery of pathfinder projects owned within the directorate, through the use of multi-disciplinary teams and innovative technology. Delivery to include the full lifecycle of the work (planning, design, build and scaling).
• Progress across the pathfinder portfolio to senior officials and Ministers, in particular focusing on delivery progress for priority work.
• Business case responsibility – creation and iteration of business cases that clearly outline the quantitative benefits of pathfinder activity and successfully make the case for ongoing investment over the next 4 years.
• Team leadership and senior leadership team responsibilities – line management of c.20FTE – 30 FTE and regular contributions to the running of the Service Strategy and Transformation Directorate as a member of its senior leadership team. The DD will exemplify civil service values and leadership traits and champion this within their teams. They will also matrix manage work of up to 80FTE across MoJ through multi-functional transformation teams.