Judicial Appointments Commission

5 months ago


London, United Kingdom Ministry of Justice Full time

Salary 1
- £58,847 - £66,670

Number of jobs available 1
- 1

Detail of reserve list 1
- 12 Months

Region 1
- London

City/Town 1
- London

Building/Site 1
- CLIVE HOUSE LONDON, SW1H 9EX

Grade 1
- Grade 7

Organisation Grade for MoJ 1
- Grade 7

Post Type 1
- Permanent

Working Pattern 1
- Full Time, Flexible Working

Role Type 1
- Operational Delivery, Senior Leadership

Job description 1
- **Judicial Appointments Commission - Head of Operational Delivery (Grade 7)**

Are you an experienced senior Operational Delivery manager looking for a leadership challenge in an independent public body? Do you want to play a pivotal role in ensuring a high quality, independent judiciary? Are you excited by the chance to lead a complex and varied operational function as part of our Senior Leadership Team? If so, you could be exactly who we are looking for.

**The Role**

We’re looking for a Head of Operational Delivery to lead the delivery of our judicial recruitment processes across England and Wales.

Our Head of Operational Delivery plays a vital role in enabling the organisation to achieve that vision. They provide strategic oversight and leadership of our operational delivery teams which consist of around 60 members of staff, ensuring that our busy programme of judicial selection activity is run smoothly, effectively and in line with our statutory responsibilities. They also oversee our robust quality assurance processes, driving a culture of continuous improvement while ensuring our operational activities comply with our policies and are executed to a high standard.

As part of our senior leadership team, the Head of Operational Delivery also works closely with a range of senior stakeholders. This includes senior members of the judiciary, the Ministry of Justice, HM Courts & Tribunals Service, JAC Commissioners and other key interested parties including a cadre of selection panel specialists.

This is a key role in a vital public body that delivers complex and constitutionally sensitive work at pace. It would be particularly suitable for someone seeking an interesting and complex Grade 7 role which offers a wide variety of responsibilities.

**Main Responsibilities**

Reporting to the Head of Operations and Digital, the Head of Operational Delivery is responsible for the delivery of the selection exercises, and the selection tools that support those exercises, to enable us to meet the needs of the courts and tribunals.

**Responsibilities include**:

- Leading our Operational Delivery function of around 60 staff.
- Alongside the Head of Operations and Digital, oversee the delivery of the JAC’s selection exercise programme to overall published performance standards with effective resource planning and allocation.
- Effective leadership and line management of 6 selection exercise teams, consisting of around 40 members of staff, including their performance and development to ensure they meet the needs of the Commission and our business objectives.
- Oversight of selection exercise issues, acting as the first port of call for queries from selection exercise teams; leading on briefing of senior leaders on selection exercises; ensuring escalation of issues as appropriate. This includes acting as Head of Operations and Digital in their absence.
- Oversight of selection exercise governance through sitting as the operations representative on a cross-department board providing governance to selection exercise and policy decisions. This includes providing strategic direction and leadership to selection exercises and ensuring appropriate governance and oversight of selection exercises processes.
- Leadership on quality matters for the JAC operations team, including oversight of the Quality Assurance Managers and their work; quality assuring outcome and other customer letters.
- Ensuring the high quality of papers and panel reports made to the Commission Board, and Selection and Character Committee (SCC), including checking SCC papers for accuracy and compliance with policy.
- Acting as the main point of contact between Operations and the Diversity and Equality Team and Selection Policy Team - this includes building effective relationships with Policy colleagues to ensure the smooth introduction of new policies and that operations concerns are taken account of in the development of policy proposals.
- Act as the Operations Lead on providing support to Panel Members, including sitting on the Panel Member Engagement Group, ensuring Operations issues are flagged as part of this group.

**Essential Criteria**
- Outstanding leadership demonstrated through a history of empowering and motivating others to deliver high quality services.
- Excellent attention to detail in relation to operational delivery.
- A good understanding of how operational delivery, quality assurance, governance and policy are co-dependent functions in a delivery organisation.
- Excellent organisational skills including the ability to prioritise effectiv



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