Head of Office

**General Information**:

- Salary
- £61,201 - £69,338
- Working Pattern
- Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working
- Vacancy Approach
- Cross Government
- Location
- London
- Region
- London
- Closing Date
- 11-Jun-2025
- Post Type
- Permanent
- Civil Service Grade
- Grade 7
- Number of jobs available
- 1
- Reserve List
- 12 Months
- Job ID
- 6205

**Descriptions & requirements**:

- Job description

**Grade 7 Head of Office**

**Private Office to the Lady Chief Justice of England & Wales**

**Private Offices Directorate, Judicial Office**

**Role Summary**

The Head of Office in the Lady Chief Justice’s private office is a recently created leadership role within the Private Office Directorate of Judicial Office. This is an exciting and varied role that provides unique opportunities to support the LCJ in the delivery of her strategic priorities.**The role of the Lady Chief Justice**

The Lady Chief Justice, The Right Honourable Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill is the Head of the Judiciary of England and Wales and the President of the Courts of England and Wales.

The role, which in its modern form dates back to 1873, has some 400 statutory duties. Under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, the LCJ’s key responsibilities include:

- Representing the views of the judges and magistrates of England and Wales to Parliament and Government.
- The welfare, training and guidance of the judges and magistrates of England and Wales. The LCJ discusses with Government the provision of resources for the judiciary, which are allotted by the Lord Chancellor.
- Discussing with Government the provision of resources for the judiciary, which are allotted by the Lord Chancellor, and engaging with the Concordat process under the Framework Document.
- Engaging with HMCTS on operational matters, including security issues.

The LCJ also:

- Sits on important cases in all jurisdictions. The LCJ gives judgments and lays down practice directions (these set out the approach that must be taken to cases in future) in many of the most important appeal cases.
- Shares responsibility with the Lord Chancellor for the Office for Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO), the body which investigates complaints made against judicial office holders.
- Chairs the Judicial Executive Board and the Judges’ Council, two bodies which assist in managing her responsibilities. The LCJ is also President of the Magistrates’ Association.

The LCJ is supported in her capacity as head of the judiciary by a private office of seven staff, based at the Royal Courts of Justice and led by the Principal Private Secretary. The private office provides legal, strategic policy and administrative support to the LCJ, Judges’ Council, and the wider judiciary across a range of issues, working ly with other parts of the Judicial Office, and wider government, as appropriate.

**The Judicial Office**

The Judicial Office is the organisation that supports the LCJ in delivering her wide range of functions as the Head of the Judiciary. It is a unique branch of the civil service, reporting direct to the LCJ. The Judicial Office consists of approx. 500 staff working across five directorates. The post holder will be part of the private office directorate, working to the deputy director, Head of Judicial Private Offices. For more information about Judicial Office please see: About us - Judicial Office - Judicial Office Intranet

**Main activities/responsibilities**:
The post holder will be expected to build strong relationships with the LCJ, Judicial Office Management Board and colleagues across Judicial Office, HMCTS and MoJ. They will ensure that all work coming through the offices is logged and dealt with appropriately. Duties will include:

- Ensuring comprehensive work plans are in place and that work is commissioned clearly and in a timely manner.
- collaboration with Judicial Office Communications team colleagues to ensure messaging consistently reflects the LCJ’s priorities and voice.Stakeholder engagement, including developing a stakeholder management strategy, mapping, and tracker, working in
- collaboration with Judicial Office Communications team colleagues.
- Overseeing all preparation for visits, speeches, and events, ensuring that the LCJ has the right information at the right time.
- Supporting the wider team in the management of their portfolios, ensuring that they have work plans and the right relationships in place with stakeholders relevant to their areas of work.
- Management of the team, including ensuring everyone has performance objectives, and that all HR matters are dealt with promptly, and in accordance with the relevant policies.
- Team lead for all corporate matters, including finance and accommodation.
- Act as ambassador for the LCJ and the office, communicating with senior stakeholders with accuracy and sensitivity towards views/concerns/questions as required.
- Co-ordination of briefings for the LCJ, ensuring that the Office