Programme Director - HMCTS - #1751230

East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

Job Summary

This is a Nationally based role

Job Description

The Programme Director is responsible for leading a defined set of interdependent projects, accountable as or to the SRO. This role is responsible for driving effective and efficient change delivery showcasing value for money, whilst ensuring HMCTS is improving services for our users in line with our strategic aims and business need. The Programme Director will champion project delivery within HMCTS, driving the strategic development of the PPM profession in line with best practice and the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) standards.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting into the Portfolio Director you will:

• Lead projects and programmes as SRO/Programme Director. Take responsibility for setting the strategic vision, identifying success criteria, set project controls and be accountable for overall performance and delivery. Engage with assurance reviews and act on recommendations.
• Provide strategic leadership in monitoring benefit delivery in-line with the business case to maximise benefits from the programme.
• Ensure strategic and operational risks and issues are identified, prioritised, assessed and mitigation actions developed and implemented.
• Champion and empower project teams to apply the appropriate standards, good practices and lessons learned in-line with NISTA guidance and the Teal Book. Role modelling positive behaviours aligned to HMCTS standards and professional excellence.
• Develop, inspire and foster PPM capability by leading a professional practice area. Driving cultural and behavioural change outside your direct sphere of influence and providing coaching, mentoring and development support to the wider team.
• Build strategic, collaborative and constructive relationships across the change and PPM community, within HMCTS, wider MOJ, cross government and with NISTA.
• Act as an active member of the HMCTS Change Leadership Team, ensuring effective management and running of the organisation. Including sitting on the Change Directorate Resourcing Panel overseeing effective deployment of the PPM flexible resource pool resources to build high performing project teams.
  
  

The Programme Director is responsible for leading a defined set of interdependent projects, accountable as or to the SRO. This role is responsible for driving effective and efficient change delivery showcasing value for money, whilst ensuring HMCTS is improving services for our users in line with our strategic aims and business need. The Programme Director will champion project delivery within HMCTS, driving the strategic development of the PPM profession in line with best practice and the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) standards.

Reporting Into The Portfolio Director You Will

• Lead projects and programmes as SRO/Programme Director. Take responsibility for setting the strategic vision, identifying success criteria, set project controls and be accountable for overall performance and delivery. Engage with assurance reviews and act on recommendations.
• Provide strategic leadership in monitoring benefit delivery in-line with the business case to maximise benefits from the programme.
• Ensure strategic and operational risks and issues are identified, prioritised, assessed and mitigation actions developed and implemented.
• Champion and empower project teams to apply the appropriate standards, good practices and lessons learned in-line with NISTA guidance and the Teal Book. Role modelling positive behaviours aligned to HMCTS standards and professional excellence.
• Develop, inspire and foster PPM capability by leading a professional practice area. Driving cultural and behavioural change outside your direct sphere of influence and providing coaching, mentoring and development support to the wider team.
• Build strategic, collaborative and constructive relationships across the change and PPM community, within HMCTS, wider MOJ, cross government and with NISTA.
• Act as an active member of the HMCTS Change Leadership Team, ensuring effective management and running of the organisation. Including sitting on the Change Directorate Resourcing Panel overseeing effective deployment of the PPM flexible resource pool resources to build high performing project teams.
  
  

Person specification

Additional Information

Please view our candidate information pack for full details about the role, key responsibilities person specification, and the criteria you will be assessed against throughout the recruitment process. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, and feel that you meet the criteria, we would welcome your application.

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. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity

Diversity & Inclusion

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

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
  
  

Alongside your salary of £81,000, HM Courts and Tribunals Service contributes £23,465 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance
  
  

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

For full details of the Selection Process and Recruitment Timeline, please view the Candidate Information pack.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
  
  

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

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 (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

• Name : SCS Recruitment Team
• Email : [email protected]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : [email protected]
  
  

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. I you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL ([email protected]) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints/

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