Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber About the job Job summary The Synergy Programme comprises of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Department for Work and Pensions, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Home Office. A Programme has been established to bring together our plans in line with Government Shared Service strategy: this includes transforming ways of working through the development of common way of working across the departments, procuring a new supplier for back-office services and establishing a business unit to deliver shared services across the four departments. Due to the value and nature of this programme it is classified as a government major programme. 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 Some of the key responsibilities for this role include: Leading MoJ work to inform the development of a second full business case for the Synergy programme (expected summer 2025) securing appropriate sign-off. Leading work to ensure an effective engagement on and coordination of the MoJ Spending Review bid. Leading the overall approach to business change, working through the senior leads in MoJ and its family. Leading effective delivery of a plan of readiness for MoJ (people, technology, operational, policy). Building strong engagement across government to deliver the programme (Synergy departments, Cabinet Office, Treasury etc). Leading effective supplier management with world class vendors, implementation and change partners. Working with Senior MoJ leaders to identify, deliver and track benefits including ensuring the business case reduces running costs and achieves best value for money. Building a high performing, inclusive and multi-disciplinary programme team. Promoting diversity and inspiring a sense of pride and identity. For more information on the key responsibilities and essential criteria for this role please view our Candidate Information Pack below. We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity. Diversity & 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 and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy. Additional Information Full details about the role, key responsibilities person specification, and the criteria you will be assessed against throughout the recruitment process can all be found in our Candidate Information Pack. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, and feel that you meet the criteria, we would welcome your application. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Communicating and Influencing Leadership Seeing the Big Picture Changing and Improving Benefits Alongside your salary of £76,000, Ministry of Justice contributes £22,017 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. Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience. 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. This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise. As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above. 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 Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) 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). Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name : SCS Recruitment Team Email : scsrecruitmentjustice.gov.uk Recruitment team Email : scsrecruitmentjustice.gov.uk Further information Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commissions 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-enquiriesgov.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/ https://scsrecruitment.tal.net/vx/appcentre-1/brand-0/spa-1/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/3/opp/325-325-Ministry-of-Justice-Synergy-Programme-Director/en-GB Attachments Candidate Information Pack Programme Director MoJ Synergy Final Opens in new window (docx, 3690kB) MoJ Synergy Programme Accessible Candidate Pack Opens in new window (docx, 63kB) Apply at advertiser's site Share this page Print Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn GMail