24028 - Deputy Director, Criminal Justice System Strategy and Reform
Ministry of Justice UK · BW
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About the Role
This is a senior leadership role at the heart of the Government’s work to strengthen collective leadership across the criminal justice system. The Criminal Justice System Strategy and Reform Directorate provides strategic leadership to make the criminal justice system work better as a whole.
Responsibilities
- Providing visible and inclusive leadership across the Directorate, and in particular a team of c15-20 FTE, setting clear priorities and creating the conditions for teams to perform at their best.
- Leading development and delivery of a shared vision, strategy and outcomes for the criminal justice system.
- Bringing together political priorities, evidence, operational insight and longer-term trends to support coherent strategic choices.
- Advising ministers and senior officials on complex cross-system issues, including priorities, dependencies, risks and trade-offs.
- Building trusted relationships with senior leaders across the Ministry of Justice, Home Office, Attorney General’s Office, criminal justice agencies, the judiciary, policing and other partners.
- Leading work to develop a CJS horizon scanning and insights function so that the system is better prepared for emerging challenges and opportunities.
- Leading cross system work to prepare for SR27.
- Leading cross-CJS policy development on devolution.
Requirements
- A strong track record of providing visible, inclusive and supportive leadership in a complex environment, setting a clear direction and enabling multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality outcomes.
- A track record of doing this in the criminal justice system is highly desirable.
- Experience of translating strategic ambitions or political priorities into clear outcomes, practical programmes of work and deliverable plans, with effective arrangements for ownership, sequencing, risk management and review.
- Strong communication and influencing skills, with the credibility to advise ministers or senior officials, present complex issues clearly, build a persuasive shared narrative and encourage partners to act collectively across organisational or professional boundaries, including where do you not have direct authority.
- Experience of bringing together policy, operational, analytical, financial and stakeholder perspectives to provide rigorous advice and support decision-making.
Skills
- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communication
- Influencing
Location
- Leeds
- London
Work Type
- Part Time/Job Share
- Flexible Working
Experience Level
- Senior leadership role
- SCS 1
About the Company
- The Criminal Justice System Strategy and Reform Directorate provides strategic leadership to make the criminal justice system work better as a whole.
- The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found.
- 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.