13973 - Strategy Lead in the Service, Strategy and Transformation Directorate

The Service, Strategy and Transformation Directorate is recruiting permanently for a Grade 7 Strategy Lead. This campaign is being run externally and so is open to all who consider themselves suitable for the roles and meet the eligibility criteria in the wider advert within Civil Service Jobs.

Location: Successful candidates will have the option to be based at one of the following locations:

• 102 Petty France, London
• National

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your chosen base location.

Ways of Working: At the MoJ we believe and promote alternative ways of working, these roles are available as:

• Full-time, part-time or the option to job share
• Flexible working patterns

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.

We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce and pride ourselves as being an employer of choice.

Salary: New entrants to the Civil Service will be expected to join on the minimum of the pay range. If you are already a civil servant and are successful in an external recruitment competition for a role with us, your starting pay will be the better of:

• promotion terms or transfer terms, as appropriate; or
• pay on appointment arrangements (minimum of pay range)

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is the largest government department, employing over 90,000 people with a budget of approximately £10 billion. Each year, millions of people use our services across the UK - including at 500 courts and tribunals, and 133 prisons in England and Wales.

We are responsible for:

• Working across the Service Transformation Group (with Justice Digital, the Legal Aid Agency, Office of the Public Guardian and the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority), to understand and drive collaboration on current transformation and digital plans
• Supporting digital development and innovation to enhance the victim experience throughout the criminal justice (CJ) process, implement recommendations from the Independent Sentencing Review and support probation workers in His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS)
• Identifying, encouraging and delivering new ways of working, acting as a critical friend to delivery partners and collaborating with a wider range of stakeholders to improve experiences for those in the CJ system
• Identifying cross-cutting transformation opportunities across the Ministry of Justice that can drive cutting‑edge digital delivery, user experience, efficiencies and delivery of policy goals
• Baselining and supporting performance and prioritisation across the Service Transformation Group
• Bringing together all areas of the Group to collectively create a clear and compelling narrative for delivery over the next 3-5 years
• Engaging across the Ministry of Justice and its agencies to gain buy-in and support for our initiatives
• Supporting the Director General for Service Transformation with strategic and analytical activity

We are looking for experienced and enthusiastic candidates to join the team as a Strategy Lead. In this role, you will play a leading role in setting the strategy for the Service Transformation Group and monitoring delivery against it. Our directorate works flexibly to suit the needs of the business, with team members based in London and nationally. This role is an excellent opportunity to work at the heart of MoJ in a vibrant environment, learning how Service Transformation Group operates within MoJ as well as the wider Civil Service.

Key responsibilities include:

• Work with senior officials and stakeholders across the Ministry of Justice and its agencies to understand existing transformation plans and identify opportunities for collaboration
• Using evidence and data, work to identify cross-cutting journeys throughout justice, including identifying how they could be practically delivered and defining the value of investment and prioritisation of this work
• Support the creation of a whole Group transformation and delivery plan, including business cases for the work which can be used in future spending cycles, capitalising on new digital opportunities and deployment of cutting‑edge technology
• Work closely with the Head of Strategy for Service Transformation, to respond to high priority challenges and project‑based work
• Operate in an agile and flexible manner, interfacing with Digital, Operational and Policy colleagues to capitalise on the benefits of working as a collective across the specialisms
• Collaborate with other members of the Strategy team and other teams throughout the Directorate to deliver effective proposals and solutions based on robust analysis and data

To note: the above list of key responsibilities is not exclusive or exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks that may be expected within the scope and grading of the post.