8068 - Deputy Director, Public Bodies Centre of Expertise
| Posting date: | 22 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £81,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 August 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 5 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8068 |
Summary
As Deputy Director for the Public Bodies Centre of Expertise, you will lead a team of c.35 people and directly line manage 2 G6s. These G6s manage the respective branches of the team:
Partnership, Strategy and Reviews – responsible for corporate sponsorship of 19 of the MoJ sponsored public bodies, and oversight of the framework of sponsorship for all 35. This team provides the golden thread between the department and its public bodies, by forging strong and trusting relationships to ensure each body is supported and that the department is assured of their delivery. Within this branch sits the MoJ Public Bodies Review team who lead often high-profile and in-depth reviews of our public bodies, to ensure that they remain fit for purpose, and operating with appropriate efficiency, effectiveness, governance and efficiency.
Public Appointments – Public appointees play an important role in public life on the boards of public bodies and in statutory offices. Our appointment processes are designed to ensure that the best people, from the widest possible pool of candidates, are appointed to these roles. The MoJ is the department with the most public appointments – c.2,200 in total. The Public Appointments team manages the process for about 500 of these, which means that at any one time, the team are running around 40 appointment and reappointment processes. The team also has responsibility for the wider framework governing how the department manages the remaining 1,700 appointments.
The role will put you in a unique position – it spans breadth of the organisation, and requires collaborative working with colleagues in every area of the department and across Whitehall to make sure that MoJ’s public bodies are represented and that MoJ practices align with central guidance including the Arm’s Length Bodies Sponsorship Code of Good Practice, and the Governance Code on Public Appointments.
As Deputy Director for the team, you will play a critical role – you will need to build and maintain strong relationships with the Senior Sponsors (roles held by Directors General in MoJ), senior leaders across the Department, Chairs and CEOs of the public bodies, and colleagues in Cabinet Office and No10.
Sitting in the finance function, you will be an active member of the leadership of the Financial Strategy and Partnerships Directorate, and broader finance function. This role is a great opportunity to get experience of finance and strategy, and work across all corporate functions and disciplines.