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About the Role

The Judicial Office (JO) supports the Lady Chief Justice (LCJ) and the wider judiciary in upholding the rule of law and delivering justice impartially, speedily, and efficiently. This role is within the Magistrates Uplift Programme Division, a cross-MoJ team focused on increasing the size of the magistracy in England and Wales by approximately 50% over the next three years. This is a high-profile programme overseen by Ministers and the Judiciary, aiming to strengthen the resilience and capacity of magistrates' courts.

Responsibilities

Owning and leading delivery of discrete programme workstreams, setting direction, milestones, and performance measures.
Developing and implementing evidence-based policy, translating strategic objectives into deliverable plans.
Providing high-quality written and oral briefing and advice to senior leaders, the judiciary, and ministers.
Building and maintaining effective relationships with key stakeholders across MoJ, HMCTS, Judicial Office, the judiciary, and external partners.
Leading and developing a small team, fostering a collaborative culture.
Overseeing governance and assurance for the workstream, ensuring accurate reporting and robust controls.

Requirements

This vacancy is only available to existing Civil Servant employees and employees of accredited non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs).
Strongly driven and self-sufficient, able to shape work independently and proactively.
Excellent leadership skills, including the ability to lead and motivate a team in a fast-moving, high-profile, and challenging policy context.
Track record of delivering at pace and prioritizing multiple competing priorities.
Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and evidence of influencing and managing stakeholders at diverse levels.
Ability to brief leaders and decision makers on complex and high-profile policies, verbally and in writing.
Confidence in working independently to scope and develop work, drive activity forward, and take initiative across a range of priorities.
Comfortable adapting to new ideas and programmes of work to respond flexibly to new priorities.
A strong understanding of, and experience working on, policy development and formulation.
Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) clearance required.

Skills

Leadership
Seeing the Bigger Picture
Making Effective Decisions
Stakeholder Engagement
Policy Development
Briefing
Team Leadership

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid Working
Full Time
Detached Duty
Loan

Experience Level

Grade 7

Salary/Compensations

£63,343 - £70,725

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 each year.
Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day.
Civil Service pension schemes.
Extensive training and development opportunities.
Opportunity to join employee-run networks.
Family Friendly policies (reduced hours, job share).
Access to flexible benefits (vouchers, retail discounts).
Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
Free annual sight tests for computer screen users.

About the Company

The Judicial Office (JO) reports to, and is accountable, to the Lady Chief Justice (LCJ). It was established in 2006 to provide support to the LCJ and to the wider judiciary in upholding the rule of law and in delivering justice impartially, speedily and efficiently, following the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.
The JO supports, and is accountable to, the Senior President of Tribunals.
The JO is an interesting and unique place to work, supporting the independence and impartiality of the judiciary.
We work closely with HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and others across Government as well as with the legal professions.
We are an Arm’s Length Body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice.
The Judicial Office has been through a period of significant growth resulting from an expansion of our remit and responsibilities.
The Magistrates Uplift Division is a cross MoJ team developed specifically to grow the size of the magistracy of England and Wales by around 50% over the next 3 years.
Magistrates are vital to the justice system, hearing cases in crime, youth, civil and family jurisdictions and are essential to delivering government court reform priorities.
The Magistrates Uplift Division leads work to ensure we have the magistrates we need, working closely with the judiciary, Judicial Office, HMCTS, magistrates themselves and key partners.
Our high-profile programme aims to increase magistrate numbers by 50% to reach 21,000 in 2028/29.
The programme is structured around three strands: Attraction and Recruitment, Retention, Leadership and Training, and Engagement, Governance and Business of State.
This fast-paced programme reports to the Justice Board and Ministers.
We are a friendly, high-performing cross-functional, cross-organisational team bringing together colleagues and expertise from across Judicial Office, the MoJ, HMCTS to deliver this ambitious agenda.

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.
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'.