Profession Management Lead: Government Digital & Data Pay (Ref: 88403)

Profession Management Lead: Government Digital & Data PayLocation: National*Closing Date: 10 July 2024Interviews: 19 July 2024Grade: 7(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)Salary: London: 58,847 - 66,670; National: 54,358 - 61,585Working pattern: Full-time, part-time, flexible workingContract Type: PermanentVacancy number: 88403*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAPThe RoleWere recruiting for a Profession Management Lead for Government Digital & Data Pay here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Capability Team.The Ministry of Justices vision is to deliver a world-class justice system that works for everyone in society. You will be a leader driving our efforts to build and maintain the capability delivering the vital products and services to make that vision a reality. Part of the Capability Teams remit is to support Justice Digitals fantastic Civil Servant talent in the Government Digital and Data (GDD - formally DDaT) profession, created by Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO). Everything we do is to attract, retain and develop Civil Servant talent who can build their skills and careers with us. We proactively run and maintain an impressive Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and Learning and Development package, alongside exciting Emerging Talent products and many other initiatives including a bespoke Justice Digital Capability Framework. This exciting position will enable you to maximise the impact of the Cabinet Office GDD Pay scheme, a key attraction, retention and development enabler.Your main priority will be to lead Justice Digitals Government Digital and Data Pay business as usual team. As Lead you will set the strategy and objectives for the team and define what good looks like. Applying your leadership skills and using your experience and expertise you will lead this small team to equip them and others to provide effective advice and assure the pay scheme as well as making sure we have a continuous improvement culture.This is a high-profile, fascinating and fulfilling place to work. If youre passionate about the Civil Service and Civil Servants, this role is for you!GDD Pay allows us to recruit and retain the best talent by offering capability-based allowances on top of base pay. Successfully implemented around 5 years ago Justice Digital was an early adopter and we have continuously improved our approach through successive iterations.We ensure that capability assessments are meaningful and impactful, we own the artefacts that make assessments possible and we provide the tools for individuals and their line managers to make sure allowances are paid. We are also the lead in the relationship between Justice Digital and CDDO and cross-government in terms of GDD Pay. Leaning into CDDOs effort to improve the profession on behalf of MoJ you will bring back knowledge and information to add further value.There will be opportunity to build on your skills in researching, designing and delivering enduring products or services that can be refined and upgraded through business as usual process improvements. As you can see, change management is a key skillset for GDD Pay. Over time, our efforts to automate and innovate will also mean your focus might shift to include other capability priorities in our Talent Implementation Plan. We have many great things to do to support our Civil Servants.You will be someone who is enthusiastic, engaging, enjoys a challenge and can develop high-performing teams to deliver in a busy, demanding and fast moving environment. Were continuously iterating and improving so you will thrive in an environment of and be able to lead change. In return, part of our commitment to you is that we will support you in obtaining and maximising the CPD opportunities you deserve. This role most closely aligns to the Human Resources (HR) Profession, for HR professionals across Government, but would also suit someone with a strong Operational Delivery and / or Project Management background. We are especially interested to hear from anyone with a pay policy background but this is not essential. Experience of, or a clear desire to work in, a fast-moving Government Digital and Data (GDD) department would be advantageous as would working with or knowledge of the CDDO GDD Profession, its Capability Framework and skills and how they can help a large scale GDD organisation. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025Key Responsibilities:End to end management of Government Digital and Data Pay capability assessments in Justice Digital. Ensuring the right allowances can be paid in a timely manner and owning processes and systems that are robust and repeatable.Leading and directing a team on a day-to-day basis, providing guidance and support to develop a high-performing and collaborative team dedicated to Continuous improvement of business-as-usual process to streamline and create efficiencies.Keeping accurate user records and handling queries as they arise.Getting messages out; communicating and engaging. We are committed to engaging extensively such that individuals and the department as a whole can understand and feel the benefits of the GDD Profession and so we can continue building on the success of our implementation.Working with GDD professional communities of practice to provide clear direction and structure.Working closely with CDDO via their Working Groups to add value from a departmental perspective and bring back improvements for our projects and products. Picking up new cross-government and cross-MoJ initiatives as they are developed.Working closely with the strategic GDD Pay Lead to design and implement projects in support of continuing CDDO cross-government alignment and continuous improvement.Managing and/or leading those projects, working for example with Agile approaches, setting clear outcomes and supporting implementation of business-as-usual, with the User at the centre.Strategically creating and managing enduring stakeholder and partner relationships across wide audiences from internal customers to c-suite colleagues, for example with Heads of Profession, MOJ Reward, HR, Legal, SSCL, Tech Adoption Group, CDDO and Users, channelling engagement and buy-in for delivery.Updating seniors on developments and creating and managing Business Cases as required.Anticipating and identifying priorities and working across the Capability Team to deliver as required; regular context-switching and prioritising projects based on an understanding of the broader landscape.Adapting your style depending on the group and communication channel (written, presentation, facilitation) including strong business case writing or transferable drafting skills to try and generate as much value as possible from cross-government pay initiatives.If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!Benefits37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.A 1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platformsStaff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & growGenerous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.Bike loans up to 2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.5 days volunteering paid leave.Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.Person SpecificationEssentialExperience managing a team on a day-to-day basis; providing advice, guidance and support to ensure autonomous-high-performance from team members and excellent delivery of results.Experience leading and managing projects to deliver in terms of scope, deliverables, timescales and risk and the use of Project Management approaches and methodologies such as Agile methodologyExperience in identifying and successfully managing change, supporting others throughout.Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearanceThe Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.How to ApplyCandidates must submit a CV and Cover Letter (up to 750 words), which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.In Justice Digital, we recruit using Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:Communicating and InfluencingDelivering at PaceSeeing the Big PictureWorking TogetherA diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above.Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference.Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on your experience managing a team on a day-to-day basis; ...