88147 - StakeHolder and Communications Lead

88147 - StakeHolder and Communications Lead

The national salary range is £54,358 - £61,585, London salary range is £58,847 - £66,670. Your salary will be dependent on your base location
Number of jobs available

1
Detail of reserve list

12 Months
Region

National
City/Town

National
Building/Site

NATIONAL
Please note:

Some of our MoJ Office locations, such as our Liverpool Justice Collaboration Centre, require higher levels of National Security Vetting. The MoJ is working to open more Justice Collaboration Centres and Justice Satellite Offices over time. Click here

to learn more about where our currently open Justice Collaboration Centres and Justice Satellite Offices are, to identify where you may be based and understand National Security Vetting requirements of each location.
Grade

Grade 7
Grade 7
Post Type

Permanent
Working Pattern

Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working
Role Type

Digital
Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities?

Yes
Stakeholder & Communications Lead
Location:

National
Closing Date:

30/06/2024
Interviews:

W/C 08/07/2024
Grade:

G7
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Working pattern : Full-time, part-time, flexible working.
Contract Type:

Permanent
Vacancy number:

88147
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found

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The Role

We’re recruiting for a

Stakeholder & Communications Manager

here at

Justice Digital

, to be part of our warm and collaborative Technology Services Portfolio team.
We are looking for a tenacious and enthusiastic communications & engagement manager to join the team providing support and expertise for the Technology Services Portfolio, a complex portfolio of projects delivering people, process, and technology changes for the MoJ. The role requires excellent written and verbal skills, strong organisational skills, and the ability to prioritise in a complex environment and deliver to deadlines.
With colleagues based across the UK, we recognise the importance of producing clear and compelling messages to keep the project and our MoJ stakeholders informed and engaged in this portfolio’s aims.
Background
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is one of the largest UK government departments, employing over 70,000 people, with a budget of approximately £8 billion. Each year millions of people use our services across the UK, including courts, tribunals and prisons in England and Wales.
The MoJ are coming to the end of large technology contracts with suppliers who provide End User Computer Services and Network Infrastructure Services. Evolve is a portfolio of eleven projects working to define and implement a future-orientated technology strategy and operating model for the MoJ, including multiple contract re-tenders, new contract awards, building internal capability, in-sourcing key services and new ways of working.
Develop communications and engagement plans for specific projects and manage their effective implementation.
Develop engaging, targeted content and messages suitable for use across a range of channels.
Maintain a stakeholder register holding key information regarding all stakeholders.
Ensure appropriate and consistent content, messaging and tone in all communication.
Manage stakeholder relationships to ensure communications and engagement with multiple stakeholders across the MoJ is timely, consistent and fit for purpose.
Ensure key stakeholders understand the need for change and gain buy-in.
Manage risks issues and escalations about communications
Be responsible for advising and supporting project colleagues on effective engagement with stakeholders.
Collaborating with other MoJ communication teams to align messages and timing of messages.
Apply a strategic approach, attention to detail and tenacity to ensure that communications plans and activities achieve maximum impact.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best-in-class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms
Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.
Person Specification

Proven experience as a Communications Manager in a complex organisation, able to schedule work, multi-task and deliver to deadlines.
Able to confidently engage with colleagues at all levels including executive leadership, providing robust, credible and deliverable communication advice, and generating commitment to goals.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with a high degree of accuracy in executing work. Able to distil complex information into clear and engaging narratives.
A strong collaborator focused on working effectively with others, supporting colleagues and achieving success as a team.
Good knowledge of Microsoft Office including SharePoint, PowerPoint and PowerBI
Candidates must submit

a CV and supporting statement (of no more than 750 words)

which describes how you meet the requirements below
Proven experience as a Communications Manager in a complex organisation, able to schedule work, multi-task and deliver to deadlines.
Able to confidently engage with colleagues at all levels including executive leadership, providing robust, credible and deliverable communication advice, and generating commitment to goals.
A strong collaborator focused on working effectively with others, supporting colleagues and achieving success as a team.
Candidates who do not submit both a CV and a separate statement of suitability will not be invited to interview.
Within your statement of suitability, please focus on demonstrating how you meet the following essential criteria which are being assessed at the pre-sift or sift stages;
Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference.
Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on your proven experience as a Communications Manager in a complex organisation, able to schedule work, multi-task and deliver to deadlines. will be conducted before the sift.
Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.
A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.
Terms & Conditions

Please review our

Terms & Conditions

which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.
To apply for roles in MOJ you will need to confirm your employment history for at least 3 years prior to the date of application so that pre-employment checks (BPSS) can be undertaken. If you have spent significant time abroad (a total of 6 months in the past 3 years) you would be required to give a reasonable account of the reasons why.
For some roles you will be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting at Counter Terrorism (CTC), Security Clearance (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) level as a condition of appointment. To meet CTC/SC/DV requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 3/5/10 years prior to the date of application (The level of checks that are required are stated in the advert).
If you do not meet the above requirements, you may still be considered if, for example:
You've been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
You were studying abroad
You were living overseas with parents
In such cases you will need to be able to provide referee cover for the period(s) of residence overseas. The duration of overseas residence and the country of abode will also be taken into account.
Success Profiles

Success Profiles will enable a fairer and more inclusive method of recruitment by enabling us to assess the range of experiences, abilities, strengths, behaviours and technical/professional skills required for different roles. This flexible approach to recruitment focuses more on finding the right candidate for the specific role. To find out more about Success Profiles to support your application please

click here for further guidance

.

We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.
Application form stage assessments

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
You must ensure that any evidence submitted as part of your application, including your CV, statement of suitability and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note that plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Interview stage assessments

There is 1 interview stage for this vacancy.
A Great Place to Work for Veterans
The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.
For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
Redeployment Interview Scheme
Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.
MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
· 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) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families
· 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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