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About the Role

This is a temporary maternity cover role for 12 months as a Grade 6 Head of Victims Funding Policy and Strategy within the Ministry of Justice Criminal Courts and Victims Directorate. The role is pivotal in setting and delivering MoJ and cross-government funding and commissioning strategies, driving transformational change to the victim support offer across Government.

Responsibilities

Overseeing the Victims and Witnesses £180m budget, ensuring appropriate allocation of the 25/26 Spending Review settlement, and leading the Directorate’s package for the multi-year Spending Review
Delivery of the unit’s reform programme to transform the victims commissioning and funding landscape in the light of PCC abolition
Oversight of income generated from the Victim Surcharge and income related to the Prisoner Earnings Act (PEA)
Leading the unit’s shift to a more evidence-driven approach to funding, including championing the M&E strategy
Leading the MoJ’s victims response to major criminal incidents, which will involve extensive cross Whitehall liaison to ensure a collaborative and strategic approach is being taken in the commissioning of services in the aftermath of a serious and/ or tragic event which has caused high harm to those impacted
Coordinating cross-cutting or strategic briefings and correspondence, as well as overseeing the unit’s priority projects function
Oversight of three national grants – the National Sexual Abuse Support Line, the Live Chat service and the newly established Progression Model Helpline
Line managing four Grade 7s and a wider team of SEOs and HEOs, ensuring staff are performing well, development is prioritised, and poor performance is dealt with
Contributing to the wider leadership of the Unit and the Directorate, including working effectively with the other G6 and the DD, particularly playing a leadership role in driving strategic thinking.
Lead on implementation of the new Duty to Collaborate, which will drive partnership working for victims of serious crimes at a local level, handling consultation, funding, strategy and stakeholder engagement on this high-profile reform.
Drive collaboration with other units in CCVD, particularly with the Victims and VAWG Policy Unit, responsible for implementing new legislative measures for victims and delivery of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, as well as manifesto commitments such as Independent Legal Advisors, specialist rape courts and Domestic Abuse Prevention Orders, as well as teams across MoJ such as courts and youth justice.
Create and maintain excellent relationships with our key enablers, including legal, commercial, finance and grants teams.
Have task management responsibility for the team’s Project Delivery Function resource.
Lead the team responsible for victim support in major incidents, including related policy, ensuring these is a robust cross-government response in place and handling Ministerial and No10 requests in the aftermath.

Requirements

Must be an existing Civil Servant employee or employee of an accredited non-departmental public body (NDPB).
Candidates must still be employed as a civil servant at the point of accepting the role.
Experience of strategic thinking, ideally in a cross-Government setting
Policy experience, and evidence of using sound judgement in policy situations
Excellent leadership skills to direct and support your team to deliver high-quality work
Strong inter-personal and communication skills to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders
Confidence in understanding financial information and quantitative and qualitative data and analysis
Experience of running competitions for grants or contracts (Desirable)

Skills

Strategic thinking
Policy development
Leadership
Inter-personal skills
Communication skills
Financial information understanding
Quantitative data analysis
Qualitative data analysis
Grant competition management
Contract competition management

Location

102 Petty France, London
5 Wellington Place, Leeds

Work Type

Hybrid working model
Full-time
Part-time
Job share
Flexible working patterns
Detached Duty
Loan

Experience Level

Grade 6
Existing G6 or high-performing G7

Salary/Compensations

£71,381 - £80,419 (National)
£75,674 - £85,257 (London)

Benefits

Annual leave: 25 days on appointment, increasing to 30 days after five years’ service.
Scheme to buy or sell up to three days leave each year.
Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day.
Civil Service pension schemes.
Extensive range of training and development opportunities.
Opportunity to join employee-run networks.
‘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.
Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.

About the Company

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is the largest government department, employing over 90,000 people with a budget of approximately £10 billion. Each year, millions of people use our services across the UK - including at 500 courts and tribunals, and 133 prisons in England and Wales.
The Criminal Courts and Victims Directorate (CCVD) sits at the heart of MoJ’s policy agenda, working to reform complex systems that deal with some of the most vulnerable members of our society.
The Victim and Witness Commissioning and Implementation Unit focuses on systemic, multi-agency reform work to improve support and outcomes for victims and witnesses, to help them cope and recover from the impacts of crime and enable better justice outcomes.
The Commissioning and Implementation Unit leads on the critical work to commission and fund quality and effective support services for victims and witnesses both nationally and locally, via local Police and Crime Commissioners.
We use data and evidence to demonstrate the impact of these services and use this information to improve and influence the system through setting standards, building capability and capacity, and making evidence-driven policy decisions.
We have excellent scores from our latest People Survey, prioritise staff well-being, and offer motivating and interesting work in a supportive team environment.

Equal Opportunity

We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce and pride ourselves as being an employer of choice.
As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace.
MoJ are able to offer a guaranteed interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found.
Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ is committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.