AMS PSR

On behalf of The Ministry of Justice (MOJ), we are looking for a Commercial Construction Policy Lead (Inside IR35) for a 6 months (potential extension) contract based 2 days a week in any MOJ office Nationwide.

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.

The Commercial Construction Policy Lead is responsible for leading the development, coordination and continuous improvement of commercial construction policy, guidance and standards within a government or public sector environment.

This role operates at a strategic level, focused on enabling effective delivery rather than day‑to‑day operational management. The postholder will work autonomously to shape policy that is informed by real‑world delivery insight, supplier relationship management activity and stakeholder engagement. Strong organisational discipline, sound judgement and a proactive, improvement‑led mindset are essential.

Working closely with relationship managers, policy owners, delivery teams and suppliers, the role ensures policy and guidance are coherent, practical and consistently applied across construction and infrastructure programmes

As a Commercial Construction Policy Lead, your main responsibilities will be:

• Lead and manage a policy development pipeline, prioritising activity to ensure timely, high‑quality outputs that respond to delivery challenges and strategic objectives.
• Coordinate inputs from a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, integrating insight from supplier relationship management (SRM) activity, stakeholder mapping and delivery feedback to shape policy and guidance.
• Design, convene and facilitate forums, working groups and communities of practice, bringing together suppliers, practitioners and senior officials to collaborate on shared challenges.
• Set and manage clear, outcome‑focused agendas for forums, ensuring discussions are purposeful, strategically aligned and directly linked to policy and improvement priorities.
• Oversee policy and guidance development end‑to‑end, from issue identification and scoping through drafting, consultation, assurance, approval and dissemination.
• Translate complex, technical or ambiguous issues into clear, practical and accessible guidance that supports consistent application across teams and suppliers.
• Work alongside relationship managers and policy owners to enable delivery and coherence, rather than owning all activity directly, ensuring roles and responsibilities remain aligned.
• Anticipate risks, emerging issues and dependencies across policy, forum activity and guidance outputs, taking ownership for driving progress and resolving obstacles.

Essential:

• Experience leading or supporting continuous improvement, change, policy development or business improvement within a complex organisation, with the ability to manage interdependencies and competing priorities.
• Demonstrable experience working in a government or public sector context, with a strong understanding of policy cycles, governance, assurance and accountability.
• Working knowledge of construction, infrastructure or project‑based delivery environments, or the capability to rapidly develop that understanding and apply it effectively.
• Proven ability to operate confidently with senior stakeholders, practitioners and suppliers, facilitating collaboration and influencing outcomes without formal authority

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".