Delivery Manager, Delivery Unit, Judicial OfficeMinistry of Justice

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Descriptions & requirements

Job description

Role title:

G7 Delivery Manager

Team/Directorate:

Delivery Unit

Overview of the Judicial Office

This is standardised wording and cannot be amended.

The Judicial Office (JO) reports to, and is accountable, to the Lady Chief Justice (LCJ). It was established in 2006 to provide support to the LCJ and to the wider judiciary in upholding the rule of law and in delivering justice impartially, speedily and efficiently, following the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.

In addition, we support, and are accountable to, the Senior President of Tribunals, whose responsibilities extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The JO is an interesting and unique place to work. Everything we do is in support of upholding the independence and impartiality of the judiciary. We work closely with HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and others across Government as well as with the legal professions.

We are an Arm’s Length Body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. This creates an interesting and complex environment in which to work where we agree our priorities with the senior judiciary and receive our funding to deliver them from the Ministry of Justice. The Judicial Office has been through a period of significant growth resulting from an expansion of our remit and responsibilities.

Overview of the team

The Judicial Office Delivery Unit supports the organisation to strengthen delivery of its strategic priorities, providing project delivery leadership, assurance, advice and targeted intervention across complex and high-priority work.

Hybrid Working Requirement

This is standardised wording and cannot be amended.

This position is eligible for hybrid working (current minimum requirement for time spent at base location is 60%, which is subject to business requirements).

Summary of the role

This is a two-year fixed term appointment.

We are looking for an experienced Delivery Manager to join the team and take a leading role across a portfolio of complex delivery and assurance activity.

The initial priority will be leading the day-to-day integrated delivery of the Judicial Office response to Immigration Appeals Reform (IAR), working closely with the Head of Delivery Unit as SRO and coordinating delivery across the programme's workstreams.

Alongside IAR, the postholder will have a significant role in strengthening delivery across the Judicial Office. This will include organisational delivery assurance through the Business Plan and P&L, leading deep dives and targeted interventions where delivery concerns emerge, and taking on other complex or priority commissions. The portfolio will evolve in response to organisational priorities.

Responsibilities,Activities & Duties:

Programme delivery

• Lead the day-to-day integrated delivery of the JO IAR programme, translating strategic direction into clear plans, milestones and deliverables.
• Coordinate activity across workstreams, maintaining oversight of the critical path, dependencies and emerging delivery pressures.
• Work with workstream leads to challenge progress, resolve delivery issues and identify matters requiring escalation.
• Provide the SRO, Board Chair and IAR Impact & Delivery Board with a clear, evidence-based and forward-looking view of the overall delivery position.
• Work with the Project Controls & Governance Lead to ensure effective programme controls, risk management, governance and reporting.

Delivery assurance and intervention

• Oversee delivery assurance of the Judicial Office Business Plan and P&L, identifying cross-cutting themes, areas of underperformance and issues requiring senior attention.
• Lead deep dives into priority areas where delivery is at risk or greater assurance is required, diagnosing underlying issues and providing clear recommendations for improvement.
• Lead targeted intervention and recovery activity, working with responsible leads to strengthen plans, address barriers and bring delivery back on track.
• Provide constructive challenge and project delivery expertise to senior leaders and teams on complex delivery issues.
• Lead or support other complex and high-priority Delivery Unit commissions as organisational priorities evolve.
• Capture and apply learning from assurance and intervention activity to strengthen delivery practice across the Judicial Office.

Leadership

• Line manage and develop the SEO Project Controls & Governance Lead and contribute to strengthening project delivery capability across the Judicial Office.

Essential Knowledge, Experience and Skills

• Experience of leading complex projects or programmes involving multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Strong project delivery skills, including planning, risk, dependency and governance management.
• Experience of providing delivery assurance, identifying delivery problems and developing practical solutions or recovery actions.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to identify key issues from complex performance and delivery information and translate these into clear advice and action.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills, with the confidence to provide constructive challenge and drive delivery through others.
• Ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with senior stakeholders and delivery leads.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including communicating complex delivery issues clearly to senior audiences.
• Experience of leading and developing others.

Desirable Knowledge, Experience and Skills

Project management qualifications

Behaviours (for Recruitment/Success Profiles):

Seeing the big picture

Communicating and influencing

Working together

Assessment process at application

CV & 500 word statement of suitability

Assessment process at interview

Assess experience and behaviours

Security clearance required:

Select one of the below.

(this will be determined by the location)

• DBS
• CTC
• SC
• DV

Please note:

Central Government policy dictates that applicants for National Security Clearance must be a resident in the UK for these minimum periods:

• CTC - 3 years
• SC - 5 years
• DV - 10 years    CTC

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