Ministry of Justice UK
Deputy Head of Operations (Ref: 22448)
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Job Summary
This position is based nationally.
Job Description
Job Title: Deputy Head of Operations – Probate
While your base location may be at any of our National Services sites, regular attendance at the Birmingham site is required.
Proud to serve. Proud to keep justice going.
If you’re customer-focused, intent on delivering excellent service, enthusiastic about leading and motivating a team, then this role gives you the opportunity to play a pivotal role within HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS).
About Us
HMCTS is an agency of the Ministry of Justice responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family Courts and Tribunals in England and Wales. Our roles support our service users and colleagues within HMCTS, where people and businesses access potentially life-changing justice.
Spread nationally over several sites, our Courts and Tribunal Service Centres (CTSCs) deliver services through several jurisdictions known as ‘service lines’. These include Social Service & Child Support, Family Public Law, Probate, Crime, Immigration & Asylum, Divorce, Online Civil Money Claims, the Single Justice Service (non-imprisonable offences e.g., no TV license / car tax), and supporting audio video hearings.
Your Role
Deputising and supporting the Head of Operations, the role holder will have considerable influence and responsibility over service provision within National Services. The role holder will provide a high level of support to the Head of Operations in the operational management of services across National Services. A key part of this role will involve creating, developing, and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders and managing their varying and complex needs.
This role has significant people leadership responsibility, and will provide clear strategic direction and focus, leading by example, and visibly championing and leading change which delivers results and improved performance across the region. The role holder will create and enhance effective working relationships to support the local judiciary and ensure hearings operate effectively and efficiently, supporting the Head(s) of Operations and representing them as required. The scope of the role is significant, contributing substantially to the achievement of business objectives across their region.
The role holder will promote inclusive leadership, champion our values and behaviours, and foster a culture that values innovation and creativity, ensuring everyone feels valued, supported, challenged and capable.
Your Skills And Experience
The Deputy Head of Operations will have:
- Excellent leadership and relationship management skills with proven ability and experience of delivering through others, leading and managing operational teams in accordance with appropriate management practices policy and strategy.
- Assess locational performance to anticipate strategic organisational issues, drawing evidence from multiple sources and drawing out key insights to understand workload fluctuations and variances and to identify where improvements are needed.
- Analyse and interpret complex and possibly conflicting evidence and data to make sound judgment on the most appropriate solutions that take into account the views of important stakeholders.
- Use own judgement to resolve sensitive/complex problems and/or complaints as they arise, engaging personally with the key stakeholders to ensure constructive outcomes and exercising appropriate discretion approaches and taking the necessary mitigating actions. The Deputy Head of Operations will be responsible for reviewing potential solutions and mitigations referred by Operations Managers and for making the final decision.
- Identify and implement workable solutions to immediate significant issues as they arise at a Court or Tribunal on the day of a hearing.
- Take steps to resolve complex issues involving organisational interdependencies, collaborate with Court & Tribunal Managers and Heads of Operations to influence and develop strategic solutions and improve overall service performance.
- Develop innovative approaches to maintaining and improving service delivery, balancing public user, professional user and judicial needs in a complex and challenging operating environment, identifying and evaluating risks to service delivery.
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Lead criterion at application stage: Statement of Suitability. A sift based on the statement of suitability may be held if a large number of applications are received.
As part of the application process, you will be required to submit a 500-word Statement of Suitability and complete a 1,000-word CV Experience question.
Further Details
New recruits to the Civil Service joining MoJ are expected to join at the band minimum.
Standard full-time working hours are 37 hours per week. HMCTS welcomes part-time, flexible, and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs and are agreed prior to appointment. All applications for part-time, flexible, and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the MoJ’s Flexible Working policy. Applications for part-time working will be considered however due to the nature of the role the minimum hours would be 30 hours per week over 4 days.
Non-contractual hybrid working is available. Hybrid working arrangements will be determined by the business and will only be available when it has been established that delivering the service from home can be done effectively. We may not be able to facilitate requests for a particular work from home/working in the office schedule.
While a specific jurisdiction is referenced, this does not guarantee permanent assignment to this particular service. Work allocation will be determined by business needs, and you may be required to transfer to other services as deemed necessary by the organisation.
Occasional Travel To Other Courts
For this post, occasional travel to other National Services sites is required.
Job Title: Deputy Head of Operations – Probate
While your base location may be at any of our National Services sites, regular attendance at the Birmingham site is required.
Proud to serve. Proud to keep justice going.
If you’re customer-focused, intent on delivering excellent service, enthusiastic about leading and motivating a team, then this role gives you the opportunity to play a pivotal role within HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS).
Occasional Travel To Other Courts
For this post, occasional travel to other National Services sites is required.
Person Specification
Please refer to job description.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Delivering at Pace
Technical Skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
Candidates will receive a scenario before the interview and will be required to deliver a verbal presentation as part of the interview process.
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Benefits
Alongside your salary of £58,511, HM Courts and Tribunals Service contributes £16,950 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
- 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.
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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
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
Working for the Civil Service
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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.
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