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88238 - Senior Policy Adviser in the Criminal Law Team in the Victims
| Posting date: | 20 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £39,868 to £50,039 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The national salary range is £39,868 - £43,535 London salary range is £45,824 - £50,039 Your salary will be dependent on your base location |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 July 2024 |
| Location: | LS1 4AP |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 88238 |
Summary
Senior Policy Adviser in the Criminal Law Team
SEO
Victims, Vulnerabilities & Criminal Law Directorate
The Victims, Vulnerabilities and Criminal Law Directorate is recruiting for one permanent SEO policy adviser. This campaign is being run externally and so is open to all who consider themselves suitable for the roles and meet the eligibility criteria in the wider advert within Civil Service Jobs.
Location:
Successful candidates will have the option to be based at one of the following locations:
1. 102 Petty France, London
2. 5 Wellington Place, Leeds
Occasional travel between the two locations may be required.
In order for Policy Group to meet its evolving business needs all Policy Group staff are expected to attend their base location (102 Petty France or 5 Wellington Place Leeds) at least 2 days a week. This hybrid working arrangement is not contractual and as a result staff could be asked to attend their base location more frequently.
Ways of Working
At the MoJ we believe and promote alternative ways of working, these roles are available as:
• Full-time, part-time or the option to job share
• Flexible working patterns
• Flexible working arrangements between base locations, MoJ Hubs and home.
If we receive applications from more suitable candidates than we have vacancies for at this time, we may hold suitable applicants on a reserve list for 12 months, and future vacancies requiring the same skills and experience could be offered to candidates on the reserve list without a new competition.
We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce and pride ourselves as being an employer of choice. To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace, visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity
Salary
New entrants to the Civil Service will be expected to join on the minimum of the pay range.
If you are already a civil servant and are successful in an external recruitment competition for a role with us, your starting pay will be the better of:
• promotion terms or transfer terms, as appropriate; or
• pay on appointment arrangements (minimum of pay range)
The Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is one of the largest government departments, employing over 90,000 people (including those in the Probation Service), with a budget of approximately £10 billion. Each year, millions of people use our services across the UK - including at 500 courts and tribunals, and 133 prisons in England and Wales.
Further information can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
The Work of Victims, Vulnerabilities and Criminal Law Directorate
The Victims, Vulnerabilities and Criminal Law Directorate (V,V&CL) are recruiting for one senior policy adviser in the Criminal Law Policy team.
The directorate sits at the heart of MoJ’s policy agenda. We work closely with Ministers, No10, the Crown Prosecution Service, as well as a wide range of other Whitehall departments, to tackle a range of complex issues.
Senior Policy Adviser in the Criminal Law Policy Team
The Criminal Law Policy team is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the criminal law and managing its development. It is also responsible for certain specified criminal offences, and within the team there are three sub-teams covering violent offences, sexual offences and non-violent offences. This role will sit within the violent offences team, though members of this team are expected to be flexible and adapt according to demand across the criminal law portfolio. The role of this team is to advise ministers and other Government departments on proposed changes to the criminal law, to protect the integrity of the criminal law and to ensure that the law is effective and clear.
The Criminal Law Policy team is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the criminal law and managing its development. It is also responsible for certain specified criminal offences, and within the team there are three sub-teams covering violent offences, sexual offences and non-violent offences. This role will sit within the violent offences team, though members of this team are expected to be flexible and adapt according to demand across the criminal law portfolio. The role of this team is to advise ministers and other Government departments on proposed changes to the criminal law, to protect the integrity of the criminal law and to ensure that the law is effective and clear.
Working in a high-profile and busy team, this role will lead the delivery of complex policy solutions across a range of areas. The portfolio has significant public, Ministerial and Parliamentary interest, and any successful candidate will need to be able to get to grips with complex policy issues and legislation. Applicants should note that the Criminal Law Policy team deals with a range of difficult and sensitive policy issues and criminal offences that cover areas involving abortion and assisted dying, sexual crimes, crimes against children and violence.
Successful candidates in any of the roles can expect to:
· Lead on complex policy areas with significant interest from stakeholders.
· Build good working relationships with a range of stakeholders – particularly Other Government Departments.
· Draft high-quality advice and briefing to ministers on high-profile policy areas.
· Support corporate activities to continue to make the Directorate a great place to work.
· Lead on drafting Parliamentary Questions, FOIs, correspondence, and similar pieces of work.
· Lead on measures in primary legislation.
SEO
Victims, Vulnerabilities & Criminal Law Directorate
The Victims, Vulnerabilities and Criminal Law Directorate is recruiting for one permanent SEO policy adviser. This campaign is being run externally and so is open to all who consider themselves suitable for the roles and meet the eligibility criteria in the wider advert within Civil Service Jobs.
Location:
Successful candidates will have the option to be based at one of the following locations:
1. 102 Petty France, London
2. 5 Wellington Place, Leeds
Occasional travel between the two locations may be required.
In order for Policy Group to meet its evolving business needs all Policy Group staff are expected to attend their base location (102 Petty France or 5 Wellington Place Leeds) at least 2 days a week. This hybrid working arrangement is not contractual and as a result staff could be asked to attend their base location more frequently.
Ways of Working
At the MoJ we believe and promote alternative ways of working, these roles are available as:
• Full-time, part-time or the option to job share
• Flexible working patterns
• Flexible working arrangements between base locations, MoJ Hubs and home.
If we receive applications from more suitable candidates than we have vacancies for at this time, we may hold suitable applicants on a reserve list for 12 months, and future vacancies requiring the same skills and experience could be offered to candidates on the reserve list without a new competition.
We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce and pride ourselves as being an employer of choice. To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace, visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity
Salary
New entrants to the Civil Service will be expected to join on the minimum of the pay range.
If you are already a civil servant and are successful in an external recruitment competition for a role with us, your starting pay will be the better of:
• promotion terms or transfer terms, as appropriate; or
• pay on appointment arrangements (minimum of pay range)
The Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is one of the largest government departments, employing over 90,000 people (including those in the Probation Service), with a budget of approximately £10 billion. Each year, millions of people use our services across the UK - including at 500 courts and tribunals, and 133 prisons in England and Wales.
Further information can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
The Work of Victims, Vulnerabilities and Criminal Law Directorate
The Victims, Vulnerabilities and Criminal Law Directorate (V,V&CL) are recruiting for one senior policy adviser in the Criminal Law Policy team.
The directorate sits at the heart of MoJ’s policy agenda. We work closely with Ministers, No10, the Crown Prosecution Service, as well as a wide range of other Whitehall departments, to tackle a range of complex issues.
Senior Policy Adviser in the Criminal Law Policy Team
The Criminal Law Policy team is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the criminal law and managing its development. It is also responsible for certain specified criminal offences, and within the team there are three sub-teams covering violent offences, sexual offences and non-violent offences. This role will sit within the violent offences team, though members of this team are expected to be flexible and adapt according to demand across the criminal law portfolio. The role of this team is to advise ministers and other Government departments on proposed changes to the criminal law, to protect the integrity of the criminal law and to ensure that the law is effective and clear.
The Criminal Law Policy team is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the criminal law and managing its development. It is also responsible for certain specified criminal offences, and within the team there are three sub-teams covering violent offences, sexual offences and non-violent offences. This role will sit within the violent offences team, though members of this team are expected to be flexible and adapt according to demand across the criminal law portfolio. The role of this team is to advise ministers and other Government departments on proposed changes to the criminal law, to protect the integrity of the criminal law and to ensure that the law is effective and clear.
Working in a high-profile and busy team, this role will lead the delivery of complex policy solutions across a range of areas. The portfolio has significant public, Ministerial and Parliamentary interest, and any successful candidate will need to be able to get to grips with complex policy issues and legislation. Applicants should note that the Criminal Law Policy team deals with a range of difficult and sensitive policy issues and criminal offences that cover areas involving abortion and assisted dying, sexual crimes, crimes against children and violence.
Successful candidates in any of the roles can expect to:
· Lead on complex policy areas with significant interest from stakeholders.
· Build good working relationships with a range of stakeholders – particularly Other Government Departments.
· Draft high-quality advice and briefing to ministers on high-profile policy areas.
· Support corporate activities to continue to make the Directorate a great place to work.
· Lead on drafting Parliamentary Questions, FOIs, correspondence, and similar pieces of work.
· Lead on measures in primary legislation.