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About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to lead an in-house people services function and have a tangible impact on a growing organisation of nearly 500 members of staff. The role combines strategic leadership with strong operational grip, providing authoritative, evidence-based advice on the organisation’s immediate and long-term people priorities.

Responsibilities

Provide JOMB, the Chief Executive and senior leaders with clear, evidence-based strategic people advice on current and longer-term organisational priorities.
Lead proactive workforce planning and resourcing, using data on demand, skills, funding and organisational priorities to anticipate future needs.
Provide strategic oversight of people policy, governance and risk, ensuring fair and controlled approaches across the Judicial Office.
Turn people data, survey findings and engagement insight into clear priorities, targeted interventions and measurable improvements in culture and performance.
Set the strategic direction for learning, capability and talent, aligning development activity with future workforce needs and priority capability gaps.
Lead the People Services Team to deliver reliable business-as-usual services while maintaining capacity for strategic priorities and continuous improvement.
Engage outwardly with MOJ and other ALBs to share best practice and influence the development and operation of core polices.

Requirements

Substantial experience of providing authoritative strategic people or HR advice to boards, executive teams or senior leaders in a complex organisation.
A strong track record of translating organisational strategy and evidence into clear, deliverable medium- and long-term people priorities.
Experience of balancing a broad operational service with strategic programmes, using prioritisation, delegation and performance management to deliver through others.
Highly developed influencing and relationship-management skills, including the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders constructively.
Experience of leading and developing a team, improving services and embedding consistent, customer-focused ways of working.
CIPD qualification, or equivalent breadth and depth of professional HR experience.

Skills

Making Effective Decisions
Seeing the Big Picture
Communicating and Influencing
Managing a Quality Service

Location

Leeds
London
Loughborough

Work Type

Hybrid Working
Full Time
Permanent

Experience Level

Grade 7

Salary/Compensations

£58,511 - £65,329 (National)
£63,343 - £70,725 (London)

Benefits

Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years’ service.
Scheme to allow qualifying staff 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.
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.
Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.

About the Company

The Judicial Office is an arm’s length body of the Ministry of Justice, which supports the Lady Chief Justice and the wider judiciary in the effective administration of justice.
It also supports the Senior President of Tribunals, whose responsibilities extend across England and Wales and, for some tribunals, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Everything we do supports the independence and impartiality of the judiciary.
The People Services Team is an established central function within the Judicial Office, and sits within the wider Business Support Team.
It provides strategic people advice, organisational insight and practical services to the Judicial Office Management Board (JOMB), senior leaders, managers and staff.
Its portfolio includes strategic workforce planning, recruitment, people policy, people data and analysis, learning and development, staff engagement, the People Survey, reward and recognition, talent and succession planning, and oversight of people-related risk.

Equal Opportunity

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.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found.
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.
The MoJ is committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.