12863 - Director, Centre of Expertise
| Posting date: | 15 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £100,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The salary for this role is set within the MoJ SCS PB2. External candidates should expect their salary upon appointment to be £100,000 - £132,000 per annum. Existing Civil Servants will be appointed in line with the Civil Service pay rules in place on the date of their appointment. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 January 2026 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 12863 |
Summary
The Role
The Director for Centre of Expertise will be critical in shaping and leading the MoJ’s long term people agenda, ensuring a modern, skilled, inclusive and resilient workforce fully aligned to ministerial priorities and capable of delivering for the public.
We are looking for an exceptional HR Director with experience of leading a future workforce strategy, employee development and cultural reform within a complex largescale matrix organisation. The Director will create a coherent, MoJ-wide future focused workforce strategy to ensure that we have the right people, culture, policies, and capabilities across the UK in line with organisational priorities, ministerial ambitions and the Civil Service reform agenda.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Director General for People and Capability, you will lead a collaborative and cohesive team of c.160 professionals with a budget of £16.5m. You will:
Set, drive and bring coherence to the MoJ’s people agenda to support a more productive, capable and competitive MoJ
Advise the Director General for People & Capability and wider Executive Committee on how to attract, develop, and retain talent, create a compelling employee development offer and employee experience, and ensure that MoJ is future-ready to deliver a robust set of ministerial and organisational priorities
Develop and drive practical strategic solutions that equip MoJ people to manage ambitious future needs with an ongoing regard for efficiency savings.
Build strong partnerships at a senior level across the People & Capability Group, Executive Committee, and the whole MoJ landscape including external stakeholders (Cabinet Office, Trade Unions) to encourage a culture of engagement and co-creation.
Demonstrate a flexible approach, role model professional behaviours and motivate your teams through change, empowering them to build successful new ways of working with partners
Additional Responsibilities
Oversee a performance driven strategy function that sets the people agenda at pace. Work with other areas of P&C to use future analysis and data to plan and identify talent, capability and resourcing needs across the MoJ, and ensure that organisation and culture change is managed effectively.
Design and govern a strategic talent approach, succession planning, and performance frameworks. Ensure that there are effective talent pipelines for critical roles and a diverse, inclusive workforce.
Introduce a core Learning & Development offer aligned to the workforce and organisational priorities, and future skills requirements. Set leadership and management capability frameworks for all levels. Partner with Civil Service professions to align capability development with departmental needs.
Establish a compelling Employee Experience and Value Proposition that attracts and retains high-performing, diverse talent. Lead MoJ’s approach on inclusion, engagement, and well-being aligned to organisational values. Oversee the transformation and simplification of HR policy to enable flexible, modern working.
The Director for Centre of Expertise will be critical in shaping and leading the MoJ’s long term people agenda, ensuring a modern, skilled, inclusive and resilient workforce fully aligned to ministerial priorities and capable of delivering for the public.
We are looking for an exceptional HR Director with experience of leading a future workforce strategy, employee development and cultural reform within a complex largescale matrix organisation. The Director will create a coherent, MoJ-wide future focused workforce strategy to ensure that we have the right people, culture, policies, and capabilities across the UK in line with organisational priorities, ministerial ambitions and the Civil Service reform agenda.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Director General for People and Capability, you will lead a collaborative and cohesive team of c.160 professionals with a budget of £16.5m. You will:
Set, drive and bring coherence to the MoJ’s people agenda to support a more productive, capable and competitive MoJ
Advise the Director General for People & Capability and wider Executive Committee on how to attract, develop, and retain talent, create a compelling employee development offer and employee experience, and ensure that MoJ is future-ready to deliver a robust set of ministerial and organisational priorities
Develop and drive practical strategic solutions that equip MoJ people to manage ambitious future needs with an ongoing regard for efficiency savings.
Build strong partnerships at a senior level across the People & Capability Group, Executive Committee, and the whole MoJ landscape including external stakeholders (Cabinet Office, Trade Unions) to encourage a culture of engagement and co-creation.
Demonstrate a flexible approach, role model professional behaviours and motivate your teams through change, empowering them to build successful new ways of working with partners
Additional Responsibilities
Oversee a performance driven strategy function that sets the people agenda at pace. Work with other areas of P&C to use future analysis and data to plan and identify talent, capability and resourcing needs across the MoJ, and ensure that organisation and culture change is managed effectively.
Design and govern a strategic talent approach, succession planning, and performance frameworks. Ensure that there are effective talent pipelines for critical roles and a diverse, inclusive workforce.
Introduce a core Learning & Development offer aligned to the workforce and organisational priorities, and future skills requirements. Set leadership and management capability frameworks for all levels. Partner with Civil Service professions to align capability development with departmental needs.
Establish a compelling Employee Experience and Value Proposition that attracts and retains high-performing, diverse talent. Lead MoJ’s approach on inclusion, engagement, and well-being aligned to organisational values. Oversee the transformation and simplification of HR policy to enable flexible, modern working.