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Reference number

381078

Salary

£98,000 - £110,000

External candidates should expect their salary upon appointment to be £98,000 - £110,000 per annum.

Existing Civil Servants will be appointed in line with the Civil Service pay rules in place on the date of their appointment.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

SCS Pay Band 2

Contract type

Fixed term
Loan

Length of employment

For a period of up to 24 months

Type of role

Senior leadership

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

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About the job

Benefits

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Location

This position can be based at the following locations: Birmingham , Brighton and Hove , Bristol , Cambridge , Cardiff , Liverpool , London, Manchester , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Nottingham

About the job

Job summary

Summary

The Director of Transformation and Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DTDCEO) will play a pivotal role in providing leadership and driving transformational operational delivery within the LAA. They will be accountable to the CEO for the leadership design and delivery of an exciting transformation programme, embedding digital and data at the heart of service delivery, and improving outcomes for the public. The DTDCEO will accordingly be responsible for leading the key members of the LAA's Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and the supporting business areas tasked with delivering the reforms.

Working in close partnership with the CEO, the Director General for Service Transformation Group, and the agency’s executive leaders and non-executive board members, the DTDCEO will provide visible leadership, challenge and influence the development and delivery of the LAA’s vision and strategic and operational priorities.

The post holder will be a member of the wider MoJ Senior Leadership Group and the Service Transformation Executive Team. They will be a formal member of the LAA Board, Audit and Risk Assurance Committee, Executive Leadership Team, and other relevant boards and committees both within the LAA, across the Service Transformation Group and more broadly across the Ministry of Justice.

This is a Nationally based role

Job description

For full details about the Role, Key Responsibilities and Person Specification, please download and review the Candidate Information pack

Person specification

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will be accountable for:

Driving an ambitious transformation programme across all LAA functions, ensuring the agency has the resources and skills to achieve a step-change in the usability and efficiency of legal aid services.
Directly managing LAA ELT members responsible for transforming legal aid services, business processes, systems and the LAA’s structure.
Deputise for the CEO, ensuring that Accounting Office considerations are met, and Director of Legal Aid Casework responsibility is preserved at all times. Leading the effective operation of the organisation, delivering against demanding operational targets, securing the supply and management of legal aid services and inputting into wider policy considerations.
Leading an ambitious workforce strategy to support business transformation.
Leading programme delivery through close collaboration with MoJ functions such as Finance, Digital, Security and Information, Data, Transformation and AI, Commercial and Project Delivery.
Maintaining high standards of corporate governance, resource management, risk management and assurance across all aspects of business systems stabilisation and transformation. Safeguard public funds by ensuring expenditure aligns with Parliament’s expectations and providing necessary assurances to the Accounting Officer and Principal Accounting Officer.
Leading multi-functional teams which will involve senior stakeholders across the Department and wider across other government departments, which will require engagement of policy teams and communicating a to external stakeholders.
Building strategic relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders to promote closer working and establish research and feedback loops for greater efficiencies across the civil and justice systems.
Implementing government policy and priorities effectively.

Additional Information

Contract Type

This role is being offered on a fixed term basis for up to 24 months.

If the successful candidate is an existing civil servant, the postholder will revert to their substantive grade in their home department following the fixed term period.

Existing Civil Servants and applicants from accredited NDPBs are eligible to apply but will only be considered on a loan (Civil Servants) or secondment (accredited NDPBs) basis. Prior agreement to be released on a loan/secondment basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This will include grade on return.

Candidates from outside the Civil Service applying on a Secondment basis will normally remain on their parent organisation’s terms.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £98,000, Legal Aid Agency contributes £28,390 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Access to learning and development
A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Annual Leave
Public Holidays
Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

For full details of the Selection Process and Recruitment Timeline, please view the Candidate Information pack.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

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)
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

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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The 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 (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

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SCS Recruitment Team

Email :

scsrecruitment@justice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email :

scsrecruitment@justice.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. I you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints/

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