Honours and Corporate Support LeadMinistry of Justice
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Descriptions & requirements
Job description
Job Title: Honours and Corporate Support Lead
Band
SEO
Business Group
People and Capability Group
Directorate
People and Capability Group
Team
People and Capability DG Office
Type
Permanent
Location
National
Purpose
This is an exciting, challenging and high-profile opportunity to work in the Director General’s Office, supporting delivery across a varied portfolio including honours and corporate priorities. The postholder will help coordinate key business activity across the Directorate, supporting strategic planning, governance and delivery against organisational priorities. You will work closely with colleagues across the Ministry of Justice and senior stakeholders, maintaining effective relationships while providing flexible support to both the DG’s Office and wider corporate teams.
The role will be a part of a collaborative and engaging private office team that supports the DG across his full portfolio to maintain, strengthen and lead the MoJ People and Capability Group of over 1,100 people. You will need to be well organised and adaptable, with excellent judgement and the ability to prioritise a busy workload with conflicting priorities, along with having a strategic mind.
You will support the delivery of priorities across the Director General’s Office, helping to ensure that key corporate, governance and honours activity is effectively coordinated and progressed. The role will involve working with colleagues and senior leaders across the Ministry of Justice, engaging with stakeholders at all levels to support strong planning and the successful delivery of honours and corporate work across the organisation.
Responsibilities
Lead the coordination of the Ministry of Justice honours process, including preparing submissions and briefings for senior leaders, supporting Honours Sub Committee and Senior Honours Committee activity, and helping deliver twice-yearly Birthday and New Year honours rounds.
Work at the centre of a high-profile programme with exposure to senior stakeholders across MoJ and Cabinet Office, contributing to outreach, diversity initiatives, communications, and the delivery of key milestones across honours, Royal Garden Parties and Imperial Service Medals throughout the annual honours calendar.
Develop and maintain strong stakeholder relationships across the Department, including secretariat, governance and risk teams, as well as with colleagues within the Group and senior leaders across the wider department.
Flexible support across the portfolio of the Governance, Performance and Risk team to deliver corporate priorities across the Directorate and support cross-cutting governance meetings and associated stakeholder engagement and processes.
Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability by supporting wider Director General’s Office priorities as required, including providing additional support to the DG’s Private Office during periods of high demand, helping ensure the smooth running of senior leadership activity and corporate priorities.
Working closely with People and Capability Group colleagues, and the wider organisation; anticipating problems and actively resolving issues as they arise, providing the group with support and challenge where appropriate.
Prepare briefings and support Senior Leaders to help them make effective and fair decisions, especially when it comes to honours nominations.
Note: The responsibilities of this role may evolve, and change based on reviewing of portfolios and work that is taking place across the group and team.
Travel to London will be required on an ad hoc basis, but we will provide plenty of notice and work in line with any personal/caring responsibilities you may have. This travel will be included as part of your in-office days.
Essential criteria
Experience of supporting senior governance, boards or committees, including coordinating meetings, managing papers and ensuring effective follow-up of actions.
Experience of working in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary environment, with the ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities and demands.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to work with and influence senior stakeholders, and to communicate clearly and persuasively.
Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage a complex and competing workload, prioritise effectively, and maintain attention to detail under pressure.
Desirable
Knowledge and experience of working in a private office
Knowledge and experience of the Honours process
We may consider any evidence within your application and/or from interview that demonstrates meeting the desirable criteria as set out in the job description. This will only be after essential criteria is scored and where there is a need to differentiate between closely scored candidates
Application process:
You will be assessed against the Civil service success profiles framework at level for this post.
Sift
Experience:
Please provide a CV.
Statement of Suitability (750 words) - Please use your statement to tell us how your experience aligns with the essential criteria listed in the job description.
Interview
Please note that interviews will be held remotely.
During the interview, we will be assessing you on Experience and Strengths questions.
You will be assessed on four experience questions which are based on the essential criteria.