Onboarding Appointments Advisers, HR Operations, Judicial Office - ( Ref : 91693 )

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.

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Overview of the team

The Judicial HR Operations Team is accountable for delivering the right Judicial Office Holders with the right skills, in the right place, at the right time in support of the Lord Chancellor, Lady Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals as set out in the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. We are responsible for working with the judiciary, wider JO, HMCTS, MoJ and the JAC. The Judicial Office Holder Appointments team provides support to the senior judiciary and the Lord Chancellor concerning Judicial Office Holder appointments and retirements. We also provide advice on the authorisation of judges and the deployment of individuals to other roles, including leadership roles.

Hybrid Working Requirement

This position is eligible for hybrid working (current minimum requirement for time spent at base location is 60%, which is subject to business requirements).

Summary of the role

As Adviser on the Onboarding Appointments team, the role holder will be required to support a range of appointments and an onboarding service to the senior judiciary and the Lord Chancellor in relation to their responsibilities to judicial office holder appointments (Courts, Tribunals and Magistracy).

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties:

Working to the Onboarding Appointments Manager, and alongside the EO Complex Appointments and Admin Advisers this role involves managing quality and timely advice on appointments to the judiciary. This will include amongst others the following responsibilities:

Lead Areas.

• Provide accurate and timely advice to the Lord Chancellor, the Lady Chief Justice, the Senior President of Tribunals and the Senior Presiding Judge on recommendations for judicial office holder appointments.

• Assist with the planning of swearing in ceremonies and liaising with colleagues across the Ops team to provide appropriate. support

• Drafting accurate offer and appointment letters and public announcements, taking forward all necessary steps to formalise appointments.

• Providing accurate and timely advice on appointments.

• Receive and check appointment submissions prior to drafting clear and concise advice to the Senior Presiding Judge on magistrates appointments, ensuring that full information has been obtained from Advisory Committees to inform advice, relevant issues are highlighted in sufficient detail and appropriate recommendations are being made.

• Support close working with the JAC & HMCTS on the implementation of the rolling programme of recruitment.

• Supporting good working relations with principal stakeholders in the Advisory Committees by providing weekly update bulletins and attending

• joint JO/AC monthly meetings when required to do so.

• Completing appointment submission work within the SLA parameters.

• Accurate and timely completion of the Team Work Tracker

• Providing assistance with HR Freedom of Information and Subject Access Requests.

• Providing ad hoc flexible support to colleagues across the HR Operations Team as and when required to meet shifting work priorities.

Core management standards.

• To support the process of embedding continuous improvement within the team, using quantitative information to inform decision making.

• To support the delivery of new ways of working to business as usual, whilst balancing the demands on the team.

• To support the team in ensuring submissions follow approved templates and guidance, and that supporting advice is clear and succinct.

• To ensure the records management system (J-HR) is up-to-date.

• To work across the team to support Service Level Agreements (SLA s) and Key Performance Indicators (KPI s)

Develop a collaborative way of working with EO colleagues in the Admin and Onboarding Teams and the Complex Appointments that will ensure a seamless systematic approach, providing clarity for Judicial Office Holders and the Department through collaborative working and shared knowledge of the whole appointments system. The individual will be expected to cover and provide seamless leadership across all offboarding & onboarding areas of appointments in the courts, tribunals and magistracy when necessary, during colleagues periods of absence., Applicants will be assessed on their behaviour statements at sifting stage.

Assessment process at interview

Successful applicants will then be invited to a virtual interview on MS Teams, testing both Behaviours and Strengths.

Security clearance required:

CTC

Please note:

Central Government policy dictates that applicants for National Security Clearance must be a resident in the UK for these minimum periods:

• CTC – 3 years

• SC – 5 years

• DV – 10 years, This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Strengths.

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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals

• nationals of the Republic of Ireland

• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK

• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)

• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)

• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020

• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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• Excellent stakeholder management skills.

• Excellent organisational and time management skills.

• Excellent drafting skills and attention to detail.

• Ability to identify areas of improvement and create innovative approaches to delivering better quality services and products.

Desirable Knowledge, Experience and Skills

• Experience of people operations particularly recruitment and managing a customer focused service.

• Knowledge of the work of the judiciary.

• Experience of working with Judicial Office Holders and/or experience working in the justice system., + Working Together (Lead behaviour)

• Managing a Quality Service

• Making Effective Decisions

• Seeing the Bigger Picture

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together

• Managing a Quality Service

• Making Effective Decisions

• Seeing the Big Picture, Alongside your salary of £31,169, Ministry of Justice contributes £9,029 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Access to learning and development

• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance

• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity

• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

• Annual Leave

• Public Holidays

• Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

This position is based at London CTS Royal Courts of Justice, WC2A 2LL, + Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com

• Telephone : 0845 241 5359

Recruitment team

• Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com, Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission s Recruitment Principles. I you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints/

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