Advisers - Business Architecture

This is an exciting opportunity to be a key player in the Business Architecture division. You will be responsible for (among other things):

• Working across the MoJ, its agencies and arms length bodies (ALBs), and other key stakeholders internally and externally, to drive forward the agenda for pan-MoJ Business Architecture ambitions
• Contributing to major change projects, focused on department-wide Organisational Transformation, and on more bespoke or ad-hoc and high priority organisational issues, including leading on certain issues/workstreams.
• Contributing to the development of the MoJ organisational strategy, owning one or more specific thematic area/s, that sets out the department's future workforce, skills, capability and infrastructure agenda
• Nurturing relationships with key stakeholders across people, strategy, strategic finance and others to ensure that cross-department ambitions are aligned to the future organisational strategy, decisions made by the department and senior leaders are informed by this, and that we are progressive in organising ourselves according to our necessary future departmental capabilities
• Supporting in the preparation, delivery and implementation of fiscal and political events for the MoJ through the lens of your thematic area/s
• Being a visible team member by engaging across the directorate and the group corporately and assisting in setting up and maintaining corporate culture across the team.
More generally, you will be expected in your role to:
• Build relationships across the department and balance competing interests to ensure advice and decisions are based on an understanding of the whole picture
• Play a significant role in developing and communicating the organisational strategy for the department in line with senior leaders and ministers' priorities, and the key strategic challenges the department faces
• Help bring together policy, strategy, functional and operational teams across the department to coordinate future work
• Act as an advocate for the MoJ and build effective relationships with critical partners across the department and externally.
In practice, this can include a wide range of activities - such as drafting clear advice to ministers or senior officials to enable decisions to be taken; running workshops with policy, strategy, functional and operational teams across the department; preparing papers or slide packs to support discussions; presenting your work at meetings; briefing ministers or senior officials in person or in writing; or scoping and delivering projects to help the department answer important strategic questions about our future as an organisation. Person specification These SEO roles will be central to progressing the work of Business Architecture, actively working across a broad portfolio and supporting the senior management team for the Business Architecture Division. We are looking for highly motivated people with demonstrable experience operating and delivering in a large scale and complex organisation where transformation and change are prioritised., You will be assessed against the Civil service success profiles framework for the behaviour -
• Communicating and Influencing
Please also refer to the CS Behaviours framework for more details at this grade (SEO): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles/success-profiles-civil-service-behaviours#why-we-assess-behaviours Experience You will need to submit an anonymised CV and Statement of Suitability as part of your application. Your CV should be no more than 2 pages long and should show us your work history and previous experience. It should be well structured, succinct and written in clear language. Your statement of suitability should be no more than 750. Please use your statement to explain how you are the right person for this role linking it to your skills, experience and any evidence in relation to the behaviours and essential criteria that has been outlined. Should we receive a large number of applications, we will sift primarily on the CV. Successful applicants will then be invited to an interview, testing both behaviours and strengths and a presentation. Candidates Invited to Interview Behaviours You will be assessed against the Civil service success profiles framework at interview stage, with a focus on your experience and the following behaviours:
• Communicating and Influencing (lead behaviour)
• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace, The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity.
Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone's circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review. For nationally advertised role: all successful candidates will be appointed to the nearest viable office nearest to their home postcode and on its respective pay scale. This will be at either a HQ building (subject to desk allocation, a Justice Collaboration Centre (JCC) or a Justice Satellite Office (JSO) - See Map. All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity). For current MoJ employees, your base location will need to be changed to the nearest viable office (to your home postcode), either at a HQ building, JCC or JSO within the National Office Network and moved its location's respective pay scale (any legacy arrangements/locations will need to be amended). Some of MoJ's terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made. MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain their grade on lateral transfer. All candidates who are currently in receipt of Mark Time / Pay Protection should ensure they are familiar with the new policy on permanent and temporary promotion which can be found on the employee intranet. Flexible working hours The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices. Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week. MoJ welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the MoJ's Flexible Working policy., Behaviours Application Form Question Word Limit 250 Communicating and Influencing Experience We will assess your experience for this role via the following methods CV or Work History, Statement of Suitability Statement of Suitability Guidance for the Statement of Suitability Please use your statement to explain how you are the right person for this role linking it to your skills, experience and any evidence in relation to the behaviours and essential criteria that has been outlined. Evidence of Experience CV or Work History, Statement of Suitability


• The ability to develop an understanding of how your work fits into the department's priorities and provide strategic insight, drawing on your understanding of the wider context to ensure your work is clear, effective and relevant.
• Strong problem-solving skills, bringing structure to complex issues and able to draw sound conclusions.
• Ability to draw on a range of evidence and analysis to deliver high-quality advice.
• Strong prioritisation skills and the ability to make effective decisions on how to structure your work and work autonomously.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to build and maintain strong relationships, and influence across the department and beyond to ensure that your work has maximum impact.
• Openness to challenge and able to effectively navigate conflicting priorities.
Desirable
• Experience working in the field of business architecture within government or the private sector.
Please note that whilst we don't assess or score 'desirable' criteria, we may consider evidence provided that demonstrates meeting the desirable elements of the role, only after essential criteria is assessed and where there is a need to differentiate between closely scored candidates., Communicating and Influencing Making Effective Decisions Delivering at Pace

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is responsible for everything that goes into running the UK's criminal and civil justice systems, creating the foundations for a safe, fair and prosperous society. We are one of the largest government departments with around 90,000 staff based across England and Wales. We are responsible for 500 courts and tribunals, 122 prisons, the policies underpinning the system and much more. What we do The Business Architecture and Transformation (BAT) Directorate sits at the heart of MoJ within the People & Capability Group. It supports and works closely with the MoJ leadership team, and in turn advises ExCo, on the people, skills, capability, resilience and infrastructure needed across the department to put us in the best possible place to deliver for the current and future Governments. We will work in partnership with the MoJ Chief Operating Officer (COO) Group, and closely alongside other functions and teams to ensure the machinery of the department is efficient but maintains a strong 'people first' culture. The Business Architecture division is a core part of the BAT Directorate that helps identify opportunities and in turn formulate a strategy to improve the way services are delivered, the organisation is structured and ensure we invest in the right skills and capability for our future workforce. We work hand in hand with colleagues across the department, and closely with core People, Policy, Strategy and Strategic Finance colleagues in the preparation, delivery and implementation of fiscal and political events for the MoJ through the lens of people, infrastructure and capability., The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy. A Great Place to Work for Veterans 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. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces. For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

At the MoJ we believe in and promote alternative ways of working, these roles are available as:
• Full-time, part-time or the option to job share
• Flexible working patterns
If we receive applications from more suitable candidates than we have vacancies for at this time, we may hold suitable applicants on a reserve list for 12 months, and future vacancies requiring the same skills and experience could be offered to candidates on the reserve list without a new competition. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce and pride ourselves as being an employer of choice. To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace, visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity, The MoJ offers a range of benefits: Annual Leave Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years' service. There is also a 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. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis. Pension The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best. Training The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities. Networks The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. Support
• 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.
• For moves to or from another employer or moves across the Civil Service this can have implications on your eligibility to carry on claiming childcare vouchers. You may however be eligible for alternative government childcare support schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. More information can be found on www.GOV.UK or Childcare Choices. You can determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
• Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
• Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles. Should you feel that the recruitment process has breached the recruitment principles you are able to raise a formal complaint in the following order
• To Transformative Business Services (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk);
• To Ministry of Justice Resourcing team (resourcing-management-office@justice.gov.uk);
• To the Civil Service Commission (details available here)
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.