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About the Role

The MoJ’s central Strategy, Priorities, and Innovation Directorate is recruiting permanently for an SEO Senior Strategy Advisor. This role offers an exciting opportunity to join the Strategy Unit, providing integrated, system-wide advice to ministers on policy, transformation, and delivery issues. You will help the Department make better decisions, plan for the long-term, and achieve its aims across the public sector and beyond.

Responsibilities

Shape long-term strategic outcomes for the justice system.
Promote efficient integration across the MoJ and its agencies.
Connect the justice system across the public sector and wider partners.
Provide strategic coordination and alignment with central government strategy.
Deliver regular key briefings for the Secretary of State and Permanent Secretary.
Gather intelligence on emerging and evolving priorities in justice.
Build relationships across the Department and with external experts.
Undertake strategic and surge projects to develop recommendations for senior leaders.
Scope new projects, draft advice for the Permanent Secretary, and prepare papers for Cabinet.
Support projects across the team and engage in corporate activities like learning and development.
Provide breadth of strategy experience and support peers.

Requirements

Must be an existing Civil Servant employee or employee of an accredited non-departmental public body (NDPB).
Must still be employed as a civil servant at the point of accepting the role.
Candidates applying from HMPPS should note that the Ministry of Justice does not have the same conditions of employment.
Must meet minimum criteria for the role to be eligible for a guaranteed interview as a Disability Confident employer.
Must provide truthful and factually accurate evidence in application, including CV and statement of suitability.
Plagiarism, including presenting AI-generated content as original, may lead to withdrawal.
Must provide a CV assessing demonstrable experience, career history, and achievements.
Must upload a Statement of Suitability (max 500 words) addressing skills and experience.
Must provide an example of how they have met the Making Effective Decisions behaviour.
Must be able to provide examples of behaviours at interview: Making Effective Decisions, Seeing the Big Picture, Working Together, Delivering at Pace.
Must be able to provide examples for strength-based questions at interview.
Must be able to give a 5-minute presentation at interview.
Must pass Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) security checks.

Skills

Critical and analytical thinking to understand and assess trade-offs and break down complex problems.
Ability to interpret and analyse different types of information from various sources.
Sensitivity to the wider context and understanding of how work fits into departmental priorities.
Ability to provide strategic insight and ensure clear, effective, and relevant communications.
Relationship building and collaborative working skills.
Ability to work flexibly and at pace.
Ability to manage workload effectively.
Comfort working in an ambiguous environment with changing priorities.

Location

102 Petty France, London
5 Wellington Place, Leeds

Work Type

Full-time
Part-time
Job share
Flexible working patterns
Hybrid working model

Experience Level

SEO (Senior Executive Officer)

Salary/Compensations

£42,914 - £46,182 (National)
£49,325 - £53,081 (London)

Benefits

Annual leave: 25 days on appointment, increasing to 30 days after five years’ service.
Option to buy or sell up to three days leave annually.
Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day.
Choice of Civil Service pension schemes.
Extensive training and development opportunities.
Opportunity to join employee-run networks for advice and support.
Family Friendly policies (reduced hours, job share).
Access to flexible benefits (retail vouchers, discounts).
Paid paternity, adoption, and maternity leave.
Free annual sight tests for computer screen users.

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.
MoJ services are used by millions of people across the UK, including at 500 courts and tribunals, and 133 prisons in England and Wales.
The Strategy, Priorities and Innovation Directorate sits at the centre of MoJ’s Policy Group.
The Directorate works collaboratively to provide strategic leadership, support governance, drive innovation, and surge high-capability teams into priorities for the justice system.
The Directorate is made up of several functions: Strategy Unit, Innovation Team, Priority Projects Team, and Board Secretariat.
The MoJ is proud to be Level 3 Disability Confident.
The Civil Service is committed to attracting, retaining, and investing in talent.
The MoJ is committed to the Redeployment Interview Scheme, providing opportunities to those 'at risk of redundancy'.

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 an 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.