91774 - Team Leader - Barnsley Law Courts
Number of jobs available: 1
Detail of reserve list: 12 Months
Region: North East
City/Town: Barnsley
Building/Site: Barnsley County, S70 2EW, Barnsley Magistrates, S70 2DW
Grade: EO
Post Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working
Role Type: Operational Delivery
Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities? Yes
Proud to serve. Proud to keep justice going.
Our Team Leaders play a critical role in helping deliver justice, enabling you to demonstrate and develop your leadership skills. You are responsible for ensuring your team delivers excellent administrative support and customer service to service users, judiciary, and management.
About us
HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family Courts and Tribunals in England and Wales. Our roles support our service users and colleagues within HMCTS, where people and businesses access potentially life-changing justice. We’re looking for individuals who are committed to public service and making a difference in people’s lives to deliver justice. If you are interested in developing a career with a real purpose, please apply.
Your role
Leading your team, you’ll focus on the team’s area of work, ensuring that work is prioritised and organised, and your team is fully skilled to meet objectives. As an effective Team Leader, you recognise the importance of the team’s overall wellbeing and can motivate your team to succeed.
You will contribute to the delivery of operational, performance, and service standard targets and provide statistical data for the management team and judiciary. Your keen eye for detail and desire for continuous improvement are key to your success. Monitoring and analysing performance areas and trends, conducting ongoing reviews of procedures and work practices is essential, as is your ability to successfully recommend improvements, navigate change, and manage the implementation of new initiatives and legislation.
This is a challenging and rewarding role, key to the smooth running of operational functions throughout HMCTS. We’re committed to helping you develop your leadership skills through our HMCTS leadership offer, which provides a wide range of activities from development programmes to accessible bite-size guides to help build your ability and confidence to lead, guide, and inspire others.
Your skills and experience
* Ability to motivate and support your team to deliver excellent customer service and achieve effective performance.
* Experience of working in an administrative role in a customer-focussed environment.
* IT proficient with the ability to learn and adapt to different technologies and software packages.
* Excellent communication, organisational, and prioritisation skills.
For a full job description, please read supporting document 1 included below before applying.
New recruits to the Civil Service joining MoJ are expected to join at the band minimum.
These operational roles are customer-facing, requiring successful applicants to be office based to provide HMCTS services to the public.
Standard full-time working hours are 37 hours per week. HMCTS welcomes part-time, flexible, and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs and are agreed prior to appointment. The minimum number of part-time hours we can consider for this role is 18.5 hours per week.
The Role is based at Barnsley Law Courts, The Court House, Westgate, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2HW, which covers the Magistrates Court and County Court.
The job holder must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English or (when specified in Wales) Welsh.
Working Arrangements & Further Information
The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites, and/or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity.
Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.
For nationally advertised roles, the successful candidate(s) will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office. This will be discussed and agreed on the completion of pre-employment checks.
The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices. Standard full-time working hours are 37 hours per week. MoJ welcomes part-time, flexible, and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs.
Benefits
The MoJ offers a range of benefits, including:
* Annual Leave: Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years’ service. Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.
* Pension: The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.
* Training: The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition.
As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ is committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent, and abilities. MoJ can offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns.
Diversity & Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found.
Interviews via Microsoft Teams, expected early December.
To apply for roles in MOJ, you will need to confirm your employment history for at least 3 years prior to the date of application.
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
* 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)
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