Chief Operating Officer, Youth Justice Board

+ Delivery of the Board’s aims and objectives against the business plan and reporting to the Board on progress against stated commitments;
+ Application of effective programme and project management, and robust governance for all business plan activities;
+ Driving delivery of the organisations statutory functions as defined in the Crime & Disorder Act (1998);
+ Ensuring the allocated budget is managed in line with the principles of Managing public money - GOV.UK, and effective mechanisms are in place to administer a grant to local authorities for the purpose of establishing local youth justice teams;
+ Ensuring mechanisms are in place to enable effective oversight of the youth justice system;
+ Overseeing and advising on the collection, collation and interpretation of data, intelligence and other evidence to make informed judgements about the performance of the system;
+ Ensuring strategic engagement with those working in youth justice services supports the delivery of the Board’s aims through innovation and the development and promotion of good practice;
+ Ensuring the sharing of innovation and good practice that others can apply and advising on the development and application of funding, workforce development and peer support delivery models;
+ Overseeing the brokering of support to poor performing services identified through oversight and intelligence;
+ Overseeing strategic stakeholder engagement and communication including deciding on what should be made publicly available;
+ Understanding the Welsh context and taking account of the implications of devolved services on the delivery of youth justice. Ensuring strategic engagement with Welsh Government and all Welsh equivalent services and stakeholders to ensure their views are represented;
+ Ensuring that the organisation has the skills and resources (within budget) to deliver against the business plan, keeping the operating model under review and taking a transformative approach where necessary;
+ Overseeing the effective alignment of activities and using resources in the most flexible way to deliver the organisation’s objectives;
+ Reducing bureaucracy in the YJB’s work, both for internal and external stakeholders; and
+ Leading, motivating and coaching direct reports (6) and inspiring their staff to give their best, align their work to the Board’s strategic direction and achieve their potential.
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.
Diversity & Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
Please view our candidate information pack for full details about the role, key responsibilities person specification, and the criteria you will be assessed against throughout the recruitment process. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, and feel that you meet the criteria, we would welcome your application.

Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Seeing the Big Picture
+ Leadership
+ Changing and Improving
+ Making Effective Decisions
+ Working Together, For full details of the Selection Process and Recruitment Timeline, please view the Candidate Information pack.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.
As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security 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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Alongside your salary of £76,000, Youth Justice Board contributes £22,017 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