Senior International Relations Manager (Judicial Office & Law Commission)
Salary: £45,824 -£50,039
Region: London
Grade: SEO
Post Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time (50/50 Judicial Office/Law Commission)
Directorate: Judicial Conduct Investigations, Communications, Information and Library Services, International
Team: International Team
Location: The team is based in the Thomas More Building in the Royal Courts of Justice. The role will also require attendance at the Law Commission’s offices at 102 Petty France. The post is eligible for hybrid working, the current requirement being a minimum 60% of time spent at RCJ or Petty France, subject to business requirements. The successful candidate will be required to travel to attend meetings, committees and staff events. These meetings may be before or after court so there will be the need for flexibility. There will also be some international travel.
Security clearance: CTC level
The Judicial Office
The Judicial Office (JO) reports to, and is accountable, to the Lady Chief Justice and was established in 2006 to provide support to her and to the wider judiciary 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 HMCTS, the Ministry of Justice
(MoJ) and others across Government as well as with the legal professions. See JO staff talk about working here: https://design102.wistia.com/medias/uhgtmbtnlv
The Law Commission is an independent non-departmental body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. The Commission has a judicial Chair, four Commissioners and around 70 members of staff. The Commission’s aims are: to ensure that the law is as fair, modern, simple, and as cost-effective as possible. To do that, the Commission works on some of the most complex legal and policy questions facing our society making a positive difference to millions of lives.
The Judicial Office International Team
The International Team supports the judiciary in their engagement with other jurisdictions around the world through bilateral activity and as part of multilateral organisations. This can be through welcoming visiting judges and providing programmes of activity, engaging in roundtables on technical subjects, attending conferences on matters of mutual interest, and the provision of training on specific topics or judicial skills.
The team provide support through policy briefing and advice on strategic engagement, logistics and administration, record keeping and analysis, and liaison with Government and strategic partners.
The team acts as the secretariat for a number of Committees including the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts (SIFoCC).
The team is expanding and at full complement will consist of a G7 Head of Team, three Band B/SEOs (one position 50/50 with the Law Commission, two Band C/HEO and two Band D/EOs). Some international travel will be expected across the team.
The post-holder will work closely with a range of judicial international leads, and be line-managed by the G7 in the team.
The Law Commission’s international work
The Law Commission is seeking to develop its international engagement.
The Law Commission receives incoming visitors from overseas law reform agencies and Governments who look to us as international leaders in law reform. We also undertake a range of activity overseas. That involves work with partner organisations including the FCDO, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Association of Law Reform Agencies. We collaborate regularly with our neighbouring Law Commissions and are active in Wales.
Our international engagement is led by our Chair and Head of Legal. The role will also involve collaboration with the CEOs and members of the Commission’s legal staff.
The role
The post-holder will take a leading role in the delivery of international relations through the facilitation of international engagement by the judiciary and the Law Commission. Particular responsibilities will include:
Develop and lead a programme of both bilateral and institutional engagement with Commonwealth jurisdictions and organisations. This may require assisting with arrangements for incoming and outgoing visits, drafting advice, reports and briefing for judges and officials and occasional international travel for scoping visits or to accompany judges.
Work with members of the Law Commission to develop and deliver its international strategy. As above this may require assisting with arrangements for incoming and outgoing visits, drafting advice, reports and briefing, financial monitoring and other reporting. It will involve seeking to build new international networks and developing relationships with FCDO, the Commonwealth Secretariat and other partner organisations.. It will also involve supporting the Commission’s relationships with neighbouring law reform agencies and the Commission’s activities in Wales, and assisting with the administration and other activities of the Commonwealth Association of Law Reform Agencies.
Directly line manage an HEO and have responsibility for oversight of two EO members of staff, managed by the HEO.
Oversee the International Training Committee Secretariat and ensure appropriate level of support is provided.
Support the delivery of the wider international strategy of the judiciary of England and Wales and work collaboratively with others (UKSC/MOJ/HMCTS/FCDO/OGDs in particular) to successfully deliver these activities.
Accurately forecast demands on judicial and official resources (including the international budget) and ensure the judiciary and colleagues are kept informed by contributing to the international work log and forward look.
Skills And Qualifications
The responsibilities of this role offers an opportunity for the successful candidate to apply their skills and experience in a unique context, that of supporting an independent judiciary, making the role substantially different from other civil service roles.
Essential Criteria
Experience of working with a wide range of stakeholders to deliver projects or events.
Excellent interpersonal, influencing and stakeholder skills, with the ability to build and use effective and credible relationships at all levels.
Ability to adapt to emerging or changing priorities.
Good written and oral communication skills with an ability to brief senior judges and to prepare reports, with strong resilience and influencing skills.
Desirable Criteria
Experience of working with Judicial Office Holders and knowledge of the judiciary.
Experience of international engagement would be an advantage.
Please contact [email protected] if you would like to discuss this role.
Assessment
This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess the Behaviours and Experience elements.
Application stage:
As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide a Personal Statement of Suitability of no more than 750 words. Your answers should outline your skills, experience, and achievements, providing evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the Success Profiles (the Behaviours, and your Experience). The Behaviours tested at application stage will be:
Seeing the Big Picture
Delivering at Pace
Communicating and Influencing
Working Together
Making Effective Decisions
You will also be asked to provide information within the ‘Employer/ Activity history’ section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history. This will be used in the sifting process and will not be scored. Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Interview stage:
All applicants that progress to interview will be assessed on Civil Service Strengths and Behaviours, with reference to your Experience and the Essential Criteria for the role. The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:
Seeing the Big Picture
Delivering at Pace
Communicating and Influencing
Working Together
Making Effective Decisions
Person specification
Please Refer To Job Description
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Seeing the Big Picture
Delivering at Pace
Communicating and Influencing
Working Together
Making Effective Decisions
Alongside your salary of £45,824, Ministry of Justice contributes £12,784 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 average employer contribution of 27%
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.
Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About the MOJ
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About the MOJ
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist 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.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
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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