Business Change Officer

**Business Change Officer - East of England - 66965**
**£30,812 - £38,289**
**Stevenage**:
**Overview of the job**

The role is responsible for delivering business change partner support to PS Divisional Deputy Directors as directed by the System Integration team.

**Summary**

The system change team will be part of the central DDC team but with a matrix line into the Divisional DD. They will deliver against an agreed national change programme. An initial priority will be ensuring integration between PS and CRC. In Wales these will include integration with Probation/Prisons and therefore solid line into HMPPS Wales.

**Responsibilities, Activities and Duties**

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
**Business change partner support responsibilities**
- Support the delivery of change in the Division, working to the Head of Business Strategy and Change
- Contribute to Probation Service change plans
- Assist in the development of Divisional change plans
- Mobilise change teams - even where these are virtual project teams, and ensure that they are effectively managed
- Support key workstreams within each change project as required
- Work alongside Divisional colleagues to plan the implementation of change plans and mitigate risks, and engaging frontline staff in continuous improvement exercises
- Translate change plans into clear action plans
- Develop stakeholder management plans
- Identify key stakeholders and implement stakeholder interventions to ensure successful delivery

**Use communication effectively**
- Providing information, feedback and advice
- Influencing and persuading
- Chair and participate in meeting using appropriate skills, styles and approaches

**Enhance your own performance**
- Manage own resources and professional development

**Use information to take critical decisions**
- Liaise with staff to receive, collate and analyse information, developing systems and compiling reports as necessary
- Develop and utilise data to identify trends and take appropriate action to maintain and enhance performance
- Implement and manage systems for the exchange of sensitive information, data and intelligence

**Manage Diversity and Quality**
- Contribute to creating a culture that promotes equality and values diversity

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alternations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.

**Behaviours**
- Making Effective Decisions
- Changing and Improving
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Managing a Quality Service

**Essential Experience**
- Experience of implementing change projects
- Operational experience of working in a Probation setting

**Technical requirements**
- Microsoft: Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint (or equivalent i.e. Lotus Notes)

**Salary**:
£30,812 - £38,289

**Additional Information**:
**Working Arrangements & Further Information**

Standard working hours are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid.

**Benefits**

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, plus public holidays. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis

**Pension**

Please note: Any current Civil Servant who is a member of the PCSPS, by accepting an offer of employment to the National Probation Services will be opted out of the PCSPS and auto enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme.

**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.

**Eligibility**

**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.
- 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