AMS PSR

On behalf of The Ministry of Justice, we are looking for a Service Owner (Inside IR35) for a 12 Month contract based Hybrid in any MOJ office.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) priorities include improving public safety and reducing reoffending by reforming prisons, probation and youth justice, and building a justice system which makes access to justice swifter and more certain for all citizens whatever their background. Project professionals in the MoJ help to improve the government’s ability to protect the public and reduce reoffending, and to provide a more effective, transparent and responsive criminal justice system for victims and the public.

As a Service Owner, your main responsibilities will be:

• Deliver services that meet the government Digital by Default Service Standard and are best in class for government meeting users’ raised expectations of technology.
• Be outcome-focused and balance the needs of competing stakeholders, ensuring that services are valuable and effective for the organisation
• Create and communicate a compelling service vision and roadmap ensuring the right balance of meeting business/user objectives and managing technical risk
• Represent a service area to departmental board-level officials and senior stakeholders, using information from diverse user, commercial and service sources
• Be responsible for legacy technology which is part of the service area, and tackling the risks associated with this
• Lead and develop a high performing team that use service design and user-centred, data-driven, cloud-based delivery practices - most of which is focussed on replacing our legacy systems

Essential:

• Strategic ownership
• Agile working
• Lifecycle perspective
• Operational management

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, MOJ guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

The Ministry of Justice guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".