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Job Descrption

Salary

The national salary range is £37,618 - £45,870, London salary range is £39,245 - £50,251. Your salary will be dependent on your base location

Number of jobs available

1

Detail of reserve list

12 Months

Region

London, National

City/Town

London, National

Building/Site

10 SOUTH COLONNADE LONDON, E14 4PU, NATIONAL

Please note: Some of our MoJ Office locations, such as our Liverpool Justice Collaboration Centre, require higher levels of National Security Vetting. The MoJ is working to open more Justice Collaboration Centres and Justice Satellite Offices over time. Click here to learn more about where our currently open Justice Collaboration Centres and Justice Satellite Offices are, to identify where you may be based and understand National Security Vetting requirements of each location.

Grade

SEO

Organisation Grade for MoJ

PB SEO Inner London, PB SEO National, PB SEO Outer London

Post Type

Permanent

Working Pattern

Full Time, Flexible Working

Role Type

Human... Resources

Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities?

Yes

Job description

Job Description And Person Specification

Senior People, Learning and Development Manager

“Thank you for showing an interest in the Parole Board”

The Parole Board is an independent court-like body that is responsible for carrying out risk assessments on prisoners to determine whether they can be safely released into the community. We do that with great care and public protection is our top priority.

All Parole Board decisions are solely focused on whether a prisoner would represent a significant risk to the public after release. Not all decisions Members make are popular, but they make these decisions fairly and objectively. The Parole Board covers parole work across England and Wales, including conducting hearings across all prisons and working with witnesses from the probation service, prison service, psychology as well as with legal representatives. So – we are both complex and we are interesting!

The Board is made up of about 220 members of secretariat staff based in our London Head Office and approximately 320 Members who make decisions on risk and hold hearings at prisons around the country.

The Parole Board is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. Staff who work for the Parole Board Secretariat are Public Servants and not Civil Servants.

Job Title Senior People, Learning and Development Manager

Department Governance

Team People, L&D

Job Grade SEO

Number of Posts One

Reports to Head of Governance

Job Purpose

To oversee and ensure delivery of support services to Parole Board staff, clearly aligning these with the needs of the organisation. Lead the recruitment, induction, learning and development of staff at the Parole Board, leading our people strategy and workforce planning and ensuring staff are properly managed allowing them to deliver the Parole Board Business Plan objectives.

Scope of Responsibilities:

The Senior People, Learning and Development Manager has responsibility for activities and actions relating to:
• Strategic development and delivery of a CPD training programme for staff;
• Lead HR, learning and development and recruitment services to staff;
• HR Business compliance;
• Workforce planning

Managing a team of 4 (2 HEOs and 2 EOs)

Primary Deliverables
• Update and deliver HR policies.
• Improve recruitment services to staff.
• Design and lead the delivery of a CPD programme of training for staff.
• Strategic and practical HR support for the people change within the Operating Model Change programme
• Develop, provide and monitor workforce analytics to support the Senior Leadership Team.

Person Specification

Essential
• Demonstrable previous experience working in a people management role delivering:

o Strategic planning;

o Providing compliant and practical HR advice;

o Analysing HR data and trends;

o Budget and payroll management; and

o Recruitment.
• Experience delivering and/ or creating training and/or events.
• Exceptional skills and experience of:

o Relationship building; and

o Team management.
• Approachable and collaborative.
• Good understanding of Excel and data gathering and reporting.
• Strong report writing skills.
• Experience of leading a people change programme.

Willingness to learn new skills and work at pace.

Desirable
• CIPD Level 5 or demonstrable equivalent experience and knowledge

Main Duties:

Management and leadership
• Manage and support a team of 4, with two direct line reports.
• Co-Chair the Engagement, Improvement and Recognition (EIR) Staff Committee.
• Promote an organisational culture of transparency, fairness and independence.
• Actively contribute to and deliver against the PB and functional hub’s business plan, change and organisational priorities.
• Represent the organisation at cross-departmental meetings, and liaise with the union to ensure consultation on relevant changes that may affect staff terms and conditions.
• Build and maintain collaborative working relationships with external stakeholders to ensure the Parole Board’s people needs are fully supported.

HR and Policies
• Oversight and responsibility of all staff policies and procedures ensuring compliance and accuracy.
• Ensure managers and staff are informed of, and trained in, relevant policies and procedures.
• Provide compliant and practical HR advice to the secretariat and business.

Training
• With the Staff Recruitment and Training Managers’ input, produce a learning and development strategy for all staff.
• Lead the Staff Recruitment and Training Managers to implement a learning and development strategy for staff which can dovetail with the member L&D strategy and overall organisational needs and skills gaps across the business.
• Provide people training where required.
• Direct activity and delivery to understand staff training needs.

Reporting and audit
• Responsibility for accurate payroll, bonus, pension, headcount any other data required internally or for MoJ reporting.
• Responsibility for the collection, maintenance and analysis of people data and trends to draft regular reports and recommendations for the Head of Governance.
• Work with the Head of Governance on the annual pay award bid, providing data to support the bid, scenario planning and ensuring co-ordination with the people strategy.
• Oversight of staff data for the Annual Report and Accounts and audits.
• Create and maintain contingency and information assurance plans.

Recruitment
• With the Head of Governance create a workforce plan identifying talent and succession.
• Strategically guide and ensure delivery from the recruitment team on staff recruitment across hubs, reviewing business cases, with suggested planning and amendments.

Oversight
• Oversight of the Performance Management Review system, ensuring compliance with budget restrictions and policy.
• Organisation and delivery of people surveys and accreditations.
• Oversight of day-to-day people guidance.
• Responsibility for pension compliance.

Other

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
• Developing Self and Others
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Changing and Improving

Accessibility

The Parole Board is a disability confident recruiter. Accessibility requests will be carefully considered and, where reasonable, actioned.

Whilst the Parole Board office is principally located in London, and, for the purposes of organisational management and administration, it is not required to conduct business in Welsh. However, the Parole Board welcomes applications from candidates who speak Welsh and English as part of its commitment to treat both languages on a basis of equality in the conduct of public business and administration of justice in Wales, so far as is both appropriate and reasonable, and to reflect the community it serves.

Recruitment campaigns will be conducted in English online.

Office requirements

This role is hybrid. You will be required to spend 20% of your time in person contact. This is either at the PB office, an MoJ hub office, with PB colleagues, members or MoJ colleagues or in training.

If you are a national candidate please be aware that if successful you will be expected to attend the Canary Wharf office at least quarterly for team or staff meetings. Travel for these purposes will be reimbursed for national employees.

This role will require some travel outside of these requirements.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Check.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Strengths. At the sift stage you will be assessed against Behaviours and Experience.
• Should a large number of applications be received, the initial sift may be conducted using lead behaviour, Developing Self and Others. This will be the behaviour which is listed first.

Additional Information

The Parole Board offers a range of benefits:

For nationally advertised campaigns, candidates will be appointed to their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office. This will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) on the completion of pre-employment checks.

The Parole Board offers a flexible working system in many offices. Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week. Parole Board welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the Parole Board’s Flexible Working policy.

Annual Leave

Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years’ service.

There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year. Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.

Pension

The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.

Training

The Parole Board 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 employees.

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.
• For moves to or from another employer or moves across the Civil Service this can have implications on your eligibility to carry on claiming childcare vouchers. You may however be eligible for alternative government childcare support schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. More information can be found on GOV.UK or Childcare Choices. You can determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
• Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
• Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.

Interview dates

To be confirmed

Closing Date:

21/10/2024, 23:55 hours.

Contact information

If you require any assistance please call 0345 241 5359 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com

Please quote the job reference - 91198.

To apply for roles in MOJ you will need to confirm your employment history for at least 3 years prior to the date of application so that pre-employment checks (BPSS) can be undertaken. If you have spent significant time abroad (a total of 6 months in the past 3 years) you would be required to give a reasonable account of the reasons why.

For some roles you will be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting at Counter Terrorism (CTC), Security Clearance (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) level as a condition of appointment. To meet CTC/SC/DV requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 3/5/10 years prior to the date of application (The level of checks that are required are stated in the advert).

If you do not meet the above requirements, you may still be considered if, for example:
• You've been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
• You were studying abroad
• You were living overseas with parents

In such cases you will need to be able to provide referee cover for the period(s) of residence overseas. The duration of overseas residence and the country of abode will also be taken into account.

Success Profiles

Success Profiles will enable a fairer and more inclusive method of recruitment by enabling us to assess the range of experiences, abilities, strengths, behaviours and technical/professional skills required for different roles. This flexible approach to recruitment focuses more on finding the right candidate for the specific role. To find out more about Success Profiles to support your application please click here for further guidance.

if you feel that your application has not been treated in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance

We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.

Application form stage assessments

Behaviours

Developing Self and Others - 500 word limit

A sift based on the lead behaviour, Developing Self and Others, may be held if a large number of applications are received. If a large number of applications remain after the initial sift, your application will be progressed to a full sift, where all behaviours will then be considered.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

You must ensure that any evidence submitted as part of your application, including your CV, statement of suitability and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note that plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Interview stage assessments

There is 1 interview stage for this vacancy.

Behaviours

Communicating and Influencing

Developing Self and Others

Delivering at Pace

Changing and Improving

Strengths may also be assessed at interview but these are not shared in advance.

Any candidate who has been assessed as being appointable to the role they applied for may be offered a similar, lower grade role, if one is available. Furthermore, any candidate who has just missed meeting the criteria for a particular role, may be appointed to a similar role at a lower grade if such a role is available, and if they have been assessed as meeting the criteria for the lower grade role. These appointments will also be made in merit order.

A Great Place to Work for Veterans

The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.
For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

Redeployment Interview Scheme

Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.

MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:
• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules

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