Judicial Appointments Commission - Policy Officer

£32760

Ministry of Justice, City of Westminster

Full time
Temporary
Onsite working

, 11 Sep | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 80fa6f7ca5104e6fb34bf9b67f8c0e09

Full Job Description

Are you well organised with outstanding stakeholder skills? Do you have great attention to detail and a passion for supporting your colleagues? Would you like the opportunity to support our team to develop policies and processes at the heart of judicial recruitment? If the answer is yes, you could be exactly who we're looking for.

We're looking for a Policy Officer to help us deliver high quality recruitment campaigns at pace. As an independent public body, the Judicial Appointments Commission is responsible for designing, planning, and running recruitment campaigns to select judges in the courts and tribunals, up to and including the High Court, as well as non-legal tribunal members. You can read more about our work on our website: http://judicialappointments.gov.uk

With a new recruitment campaign launched every couple of weeks, and statutory responsibilities to make sure we select candidates on merit and through fair and open competition, it's essential that our processes are robust, inclusive, and attractive to candidates from the widest possible backgrounds.

Our Policy Officer will play a key role in helping us to achieve that. They will work with our Policy Advisors and Selection Exercise Teams to help make sure our shortlisting and interview materials are challenging, fair and fulfil our statutory responsibilities. They will support our policy advisors to advise colleagues across the organisation, and beyond, on how to implement JAC policies correctly, and take on their own projects such as providing secretarial support for key JAC committees and making sure our key policy decisions are clearly recorded and shared with our exercise teams so that we can continue to run the most efficient and effective judicial recruitment process., The role of JAC Policy Officer includes:

Directly supporting a Senior Policy Advisor with selection exercise activity and supporting the wider Policy team where required. This may include attending selection exercise meetings and briefings.

Assisting with reviews of selection material and taking forward internal policy work, such as providing policy advice and guidance to operational colleagues.

Ensuring the JAC's Selection Exercise Policy Guide and selection exercise templates are reviewed and revised as appropriate to reflect agreed changes.

Processing character checks for judicial applicants, liaising with internal & external colleagues where necessary, and monitoring our Information Sharing Agreements with external stakeholders.

Providing secretariat support for the JAC Welsh Matters Committee.

Maintaining appropriate logs noting progression of work and policy decisions.

Assisting in creating and lead on coordinating internal policy training and inductions.

Making Effective Decisions

Delivering at Pace

Communicating and Influencing, We would consider a part time, compressed hours or job share application that ensured business needs were met., The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity.

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

Excellent attention to detail with an ability to provide high quality support and meet tight deadlines.

Strong organisational skills

Good stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to interact with a wide variety of internal and external audiences (including senior staff and judges)

Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor communications appropriately.

The ability to quickly learn to use unfamiliar software to a good standard, with appropriate training, Written evidence of the 2 core behaviours for this role: Making Effective Decisions and Delivering at Pace., At interview we will assess you against 3 behaviours: Making Effective Decisions, Delivering at Pace, and Communicating and Influencing. We will also ask you about your experience. You can find out more about the Civil Service's recruitment framework here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles, 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.

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 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.

To Shared Service Connected Ltd (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com);

To Ministry of Justice Resourcing team (resourcing-management-office@justice.gov.uk);

To the Civil Service Commission (details available here)