Delivery Manager, Delivery Unit, Judicial Office in City of Westminster

The Judicial Office (JO) reports to, and is accountable, to the Lady Chief Justice (LCJ). It was established in 2006 to provide support to the LCJ and to the wider judiciary in upholding the rule of law and in delivering justice impartially, speedily and efficiently, following the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. In addition, we support, and are accountable to, the Senior President of Tribunals, whose responsibilities extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland. The JO is an interesting and unique place to work. Everything we do is in support of upholding the independence and impartiality of the judiciary. We work closely with HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and others across Government as well as with the legal professions. We are an Arm's Length Body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. This creates an interesting and complex environment in which to work where we agree our priorities with the senior judiciary and receive our funding to deliver them from the Ministry of Justice. The Judicial Office has been through a period of significant growth resulting from an expansion of our remit and responsibilities., We are looking for an experienced Delivery Manager to join the team and take a leading role across a portfolio of complex delivery and assurance activity. The initial priority will be leading the day-to-day integrated delivery of the Judicial Office response to Immigration Appeals Reform (IAR), working closely with the Head of Delivery Unit as SRO and coordinating delivery across the programme's workstreams. Alongside IAR, the postholder will have a significant role in strengthening delivery across the Judicial Office. This will include organisational delivery assurance through the Business Plan and P&L, leading deep dives and targeted interventions where delivery concerns emerge, and taking on other complex or priority commissions. The portfolio will evolve in response to organisational priorities. Responsibilities,Activities & Duties: Programme delivery

• Lead the day-to-day integrated delivery of the JO IAR programme, translating strategic direction into clear plans, milestones and deliverables.
• Coordinate activity across workstreams, maintaining oversight of the critical path, dependencies and emerging delivery pressures.
• Work with workstream leads to challenge progress, resolve delivery issues and identify matters requiring escalation.
• Provide the SRO, Board Chair and IAR Impact & Delivery Board with a clear, evidence-based and forward-looking view of the overall delivery position.
• Work with the Project Controls & Governance Lead to ensure effective programme controls, risk management, governance and reporting.

Delivery assurance and intervention

• Oversee delivery assurance of the Judicial Office Business Plan and P&L, identifying cross-cutting themes, areas of underperformance and issues requiring senior attention.
• Lead deep dives into priority areas where delivery is at risk or greater assurance is required, diagnosing underlying issues and providing clear recommendations for improvement.
• Lead targeted intervention and recovery activity, working with responsible leads to strengthen plans, address barriers and bring delivery back on track.
• Provide constructive challenge and project delivery expertise to senior leaders and teams on complex delivery issues.
• Lead or support other complex and high-priority Delivery Unit commissions as organisational priorities evolve.
• Capture and apply learning from assurance and intervention activity to strengthen delivery practice across the Judicial Office.

Leadership

• Line manage and develop the SEO Project Controls & Governance Lead and contribute to strengthening project delivery capability across the Judicial Office.

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.

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Desirable Knowledge, Experience and Skills

Project management qualifications Behaviours (for Recruitment/Success Profiles): Seeing the big picture Communicating and influencing Working together, Communicating and Influencing Working Together Level of security checks required DBS Standard Counter Terrorism Check (CTC)

• Experience of leading complex projects or programmes involving multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Strong project delivery skills, including planning, risk, dependency and governance management.
• Experience of providing delivery assurance, identifying delivery problems and developing practical solutions or recovery actions.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to identify key issues from complex performance and delivery information and translate these into clear advice and action.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills, with the confidence to provide constructive challenge and drive delivery through others.
• Ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with senior stakeholders and delivery leads.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including communicating complex delivery issues clearly to senior audiences.
• Experience of leading and developing others.

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. Vacancies advertised cross-government are only open to all Civil Service employees and employees of accredited non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) who were appointed on merit following a fair and open competition; or were appointed to a permanent post through an exception in the Civil Service Commissioners' rules.

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