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87870 - Digital Workforce Officer
| Posting date: | 07 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £32,827 to £40,403 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The national salary range is £32,827 - £35,678, London salary range is £37,174 - £40,403. Your salary will be dependent on your base location |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 June 2024 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 87870 |
Summary
Grade: HEO
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary: London: £37,174 - £40,403; National: £32,827 - £35,678
Working pattern: Full-time, part-time, flexible working
Contract Type: 2 year FTA
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
The Role
We’re recruiting for a Digital Workforce Officer here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Strategy & Operations team.
When our managers want to recruit great people for their team, working on some of the largest technology programmes in the Civil Service, they will come to you looking for expert advice, solutions and guidance. You will enjoy partnering and crafting relationships and will be someone who takes pride in providing a slick, great workforce planning experience.
As a Digital Workforce Officer, you will belong to a warm and welcoming team that works at pace, collaborating and contributing to a range of exciting change projects and sit as part of our broader Strategy & Operations team. We are responsible for enabling our colleagues to get on with delivery by instilling a culture of accountability, value for money and commerciality across Justice Digital, and we want to make it a great place to work.
To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025
Key Responsibilities:
Workforce Planning
• Working with SMT, Heads of Professions, Leads & Managers at all levels across Justice Digital, to support them in determining their people needs, both “the who and the when”.
• Facilitate collaboration between these partners and the Recruitment Team to plan, monitor and deliver hiring objectives within agreed timeframes, proactively identifying and managing risks.
• Support the end-to-end cycle of annual workforce planning; from collection during annual budget planning to tracking and governance throughout the plan year, including headcount, in order to support business objectives.
• Support the Digital Workforce Manager with SMT and Finance to forecast workforce growth, establishing targets and providing monthly reports on progress and risk.
• Support the development and implementation of the Business Case Writing process for Contingent Labour requests, involving ownership for writing contractor business cases across Justice Digital. Ensure compliance with governance to provide the best value for money when deploying a contingent labour resource.
• Support the implementation of wider workforce planning and demand forecasting processes in partnership with SMT, HoPs/Leads, Managers, Budget/Finance teams & Recruiters.
• Provide relevant tools and processes, and partner with the Recruitment Team, to drive strategic recruitment that delivers the right people at the right time, and at the right cost
• Respond to workforce-related queries and directing to Recruitment, and wider People Team colleagues, where appropriate.
Reporting
• Track the progress of recruitment activity against workforce plans and provide accurate updates to stakeholders at all levels; confidently communicating these reports often to Senior stakeholders in an easy to understand way.
• Effectively use reporting tools and dashboards to support business decision making and provide ad-hoc analytics to SMT, HoPs/Leads and Managers.
• Develop and produce a range of regular reports that support the wider Recruitment & People Teams.
• Confidently analyse and manipulate data to ensure the business have access to clear and accurate metrics at all times, allowing for data-led decision making across the business.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
Benefits
• 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
• A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms
• Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
• Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)
• 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
• Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
• Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
• Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
• Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
• 5 days volunteering paid leave.
• Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
• Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.
Person Specification
Essential
• Experience in a workforce planning, finance, reporting or similar data-related function.
• Proficient in spreadsheet management (i.e. Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets).
• Experienced in data analysis using high volumes of data.
• Experience managing stakeholder relations at senior levels.
• Experience developing, building and refining reporting packs.
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance
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 D&I Strategy.
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary: London: £37,174 - £40,403; National: £32,827 - £35,678
Working pattern: Full-time, part-time, flexible working
Contract Type: 2 year FTA
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
The Role
We’re recruiting for a Digital Workforce Officer here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Strategy & Operations team.
When our managers want to recruit great people for their team, working on some of the largest technology programmes in the Civil Service, they will come to you looking for expert advice, solutions and guidance. You will enjoy partnering and crafting relationships and will be someone who takes pride in providing a slick, great workforce planning experience.
As a Digital Workforce Officer, you will belong to a warm and welcoming team that works at pace, collaborating and contributing to a range of exciting change projects and sit as part of our broader Strategy & Operations team. We are responsible for enabling our colleagues to get on with delivery by instilling a culture of accountability, value for money and commerciality across Justice Digital, and we want to make it a great place to work.
To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025
Key Responsibilities:
Workforce Planning
• Working with SMT, Heads of Professions, Leads & Managers at all levels across Justice Digital, to support them in determining their people needs, both “the who and the when”.
• Facilitate collaboration between these partners and the Recruitment Team to plan, monitor and deliver hiring objectives within agreed timeframes, proactively identifying and managing risks.
• Support the end-to-end cycle of annual workforce planning; from collection during annual budget planning to tracking and governance throughout the plan year, including headcount, in order to support business objectives.
• Support the Digital Workforce Manager with SMT and Finance to forecast workforce growth, establishing targets and providing monthly reports on progress and risk.
• Support the development and implementation of the Business Case Writing process for Contingent Labour requests, involving ownership for writing contractor business cases across Justice Digital. Ensure compliance with governance to provide the best value for money when deploying a contingent labour resource.
• Support the implementation of wider workforce planning and demand forecasting processes in partnership with SMT, HoPs/Leads, Managers, Budget/Finance teams & Recruiters.
• Provide relevant tools and processes, and partner with the Recruitment Team, to drive strategic recruitment that delivers the right people at the right time, and at the right cost
• Respond to workforce-related queries and directing to Recruitment, and wider People Team colleagues, where appropriate.
Reporting
• Track the progress of recruitment activity against workforce plans and provide accurate updates to stakeholders at all levels; confidently communicating these reports often to Senior stakeholders in an easy to understand way.
• Effectively use reporting tools and dashboards to support business decision making and provide ad-hoc analytics to SMT, HoPs/Leads and Managers.
• Develop and produce a range of regular reports that support the wider Recruitment & People Teams.
• Confidently analyse and manipulate data to ensure the business have access to clear and accurate metrics at all times, allowing for data-led decision making across the business.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
Benefits
• 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
• A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms
• Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
• Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)
• 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
• Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
• Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
• Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
• Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
• 5 days volunteering paid leave.
• Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
• Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.
Person Specification
Essential
• Experience in a workforce planning, finance, reporting or similar data-related function.
• Proficient in spreadsheet management (i.e. Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets).
• Experienced in data analysis using high volumes of data.
• Experience managing stakeholder relations at senior levels.
• Experience developing, building and refining reporting packs.
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance
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 D&I Strategy.