Ministry of Justice UK
22881 - Senior Policy Adviser - Death Management Policy and Casework Team
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Job Description
Senior Policy Adviser
Department: Civil, Family, Tribunals and Administration of Justice Directorate
Team: Death Management Policy and Casework Team
Role Code: SEO
The Civil, Family, Tribunals and Administration of Justice Directorate is recruiting for a SEO Senior Policy Adviser in the Death Management Policy and Casework Team. This campaign is open to current civil servants on level transfer and suitable candidates on promotion.
Eligibility
This vacancy is only available to existing Civil Servant employees and employees of accredited non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs). Please review the "Eligibility" section before you apply.
Location
Successful candidates will have the option to be based at one of the following locations:
- 102 Petty France, London
- 5 Wellington Place, Leeds
Occasional travel between the two locations may be required. We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your base location (102 Petty France or 5 Wellington Place Leeds).
Ways of Working
At the Ministry of Justice, we promote alternative ways of working. These roles are available as:
- Full-time, part-time, or the option to job share
- Flexible working patterns
About the Role
The role involves regular liaison with lawyers, analysts, ministers and their private offices, as well as colleagues in other government departments. The post holder will report to the Grade 7 and will have responsibility for taking forward policy development and implementation on specific policy issues, which may include:
- The Government’s response to the Law Commission’s project on Burial, Cremation and New Funerary Methods
- A range of interesting and often complex issues relating to burial and cremation law and policy
- MoJ’s interest in changes flowing from the introduction in 2024 of the statutory Medical Examiner scheme
- Supporting the team’s casework function
Skills and Experience
Essential:
- Self-starting, able to prioritise competing demands, and work proactively
- Excellent written communication and oral communication/interpersonal skills
- Highly organised
- Ability to take responsibility for solving problems and using those solutions to develop and improve your own and the team’s ways of working
- Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
- Aptitude for detailed work, with the ability to communicate complex policy issues clearly to non-experts and senior stakeholders
Desirable:
- Understanding of the Parliamentary system, including PQs and secondary legislation
- Knowledge of Office 365 applications
- Knowledge of advising, briefing, and drafting policy
Application Process
You will be assessed against the Civil Service success profiles framework. You must ensure that any evidence submitted as part of your application is truthful and factually accurate. Plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
Application Stages
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Application Form:
- Behaviours: Making Effective Decisions, Delivering at Pace, Seeing the Big Picture, Leadership
- Experience: Work History
Interview:
- Behaviours: Making Effective Decisions, Delivering at Pace, Seeing the Big Picture, Leadership
- Strengths: Strength-based questions
Interviews are expected to take place in November 2026.
Salary
Existing Civil Servants will have their salary calculated in accordance with the Department’s pay on transfer/pay on promotion rules. The national salary range is £42,914 - £46,182, with a London salary range of £49,325 - £53,081. Your salary will be dependent on your base location.
Benefits
The Ministry of Justice offers a range of benefits, including:
- Annual leave: 25 days on appointment, increasing to 30 days after five years’ service
- Pension: Choice of pension schemes
- Training: Extensive range of training and development opportunities
- Networks: Employee-run networks for minority groups
- Family-friendly policies: Opportunities to work reduced hours or job share
- Access to flexible benefits: Voluntary benefits, retail vouchers, and discounts
- Paid paternity, adoption, and maternity leave
- Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens
Contact Information
For more information about this role, please contact the vacancy manager, Heather Atkinson, at heather.atkinson@justice.gov.uk.
Working Arrangements
The Ministry of Justice 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. All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity.
Eligibility
Staff on fixed-term appointments must have been recruited through fair and open competition. Vacancies advertised “cross-government” are only open to all Civil Service employees and employees of accredited non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) who were appointed on merit following a fair and open competition; or were appointed to a permanent post through an exception in the Civil Service Commissioners' rules.
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.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.
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Diversity & Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attracting, retaining, and investing in talent wherever it is found. To learn more, please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
Redeployment Interview Scheme
The Ministry of Justice is committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.
Civil Service Nationality Rules
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)
- 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
Contact Information
MoJ: If you require any assistance, please call 0345 241 5359 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or email moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk. Please quote the job reference 22881.
HMPPS: If you require any assistance, please call 0345 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or email moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk. Please quote the job reference 22881.
General Information
- Salary: £42,914 - £46,182 (national range), £49,325 - £53,081 (London range)
- Working Pattern: Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working
- Vacancy Approach: Cross Government
- Location: Leeds, London
- Region: London, Yorkshire and the Humber
- Closing Date: 29-Oct-2026
- Post Type: Permanent
- Civil Service Grade: SEO
- Number of jobs available: 1
- Reserve List: 12 Months
- Job ID: 22881
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate, and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn, and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
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