13238 - Digital Standards Lead
| Posting date: | 30 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £58,511 to £70,725 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The national salary is £58,511 - £65,329, London salary is £63,343 - £70,725. Your salary will be dependent on your base location |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 January 2026 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 13238 |
Summary
The Role
We’re recruiting for a Digital Standards Lead here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Central Digital team.
We have a clear vision to deliver a world-class justice system that works for all and we’re looking for talented people to help us achieve it. Our MoJ strategy sets out our core priorities, this includes putting data at the core of our decisions and users at the heart of our services.
We are ambitious, and we need great product people to help us achieve the ambitions we have set out in our 2025 vision, delivering great outcomes through digital products. We’re looking for talented, enthusiastic and passionate individuals who are excited by the challenge of designing digital public services and providing our staff with technology at least as good as they have at home.
The Standards team will consist of one lead and three Standards Managers.
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:
• Develop and embed an enhanced Standard process within MoJ that is fit for purpose in assuring our Digital & Technology services.
• Collaborate across Justice Digital with heads of digital, heads of profession, service owners and others User Centred professions to embed Digital & Technology standards and assessments in product and / or Technical delivery models.
• Build on the innovation of Service standards and assessments across Justice Digital and ensure they remain fit for purpose, leveraging new technology and processes.
• Champion the value of the Government standards both functional and technical, user-centred design, and Agile beyond Justice Digital.
• Build strong relationships and Influencing Cabinet Office and other departments regarding the future direction of Service standards across government.
• Represent Government Standards at triage, QAR, and other portfolio forums.
• Provide assessment advice to services.
• Devise, organise and deliver training for teams around Government Standards.
• Manage escalations between Delivery Teams and Standards teams ensuring support for all parties.
• Define, collate, analyse, and report key performance indicators.
• Manage and support the Standards Managers who support all day to day activities.
• Build relationships with cross government teams and CDDO.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
Person Specification
Essential
• You have an expert and deep understanding of Government standards and have previously delivered products and services to Government standards.
• You are familiar with working with data and can present information with impact.
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance
We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.
Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.
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.
We’re recruiting for a Digital Standards Lead here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Central Digital team.
We have a clear vision to deliver a world-class justice system that works for all and we’re looking for talented people to help us achieve it. Our MoJ strategy sets out our core priorities, this includes putting data at the core of our decisions and users at the heart of our services.
We are ambitious, and we need great product people to help us achieve the ambitions we have set out in our 2025 vision, delivering great outcomes through digital products. We’re looking for talented, enthusiastic and passionate individuals who are excited by the challenge of designing digital public services and providing our staff with technology at least as good as they have at home.
The Standards team will consist of one lead and three Standards Managers.
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:
• Develop and embed an enhanced Standard process within MoJ that is fit for purpose in assuring our Digital & Technology services.
• Collaborate across Justice Digital with heads of digital, heads of profession, service owners and others User Centred professions to embed Digital & Technology standards and assessments in product and / or Technical delivery models.
• Build on the innovation of Service standards and assessments across Justice Digital and ensure they remain fit for purpose, leveraging new technology and processes.
• Champion the value of the Government standards both functional and technical, user-centred design, and Agile beyond Justice Digital.
• Build strong relationships and Influencing Cabinet Office and other departments regarding the future direction of Service standards across government.
• Represent Government Standards at triage, QAR, and other portfolio forums.
• Provide assessment advice to services.
• Devise, organise and deliver training for teams around Government Standards.
• Manage escalations between Delivery Teams and Standards teams ensuring support for all parties.
• Define, collate, analyse, and report key performance indicators.
• Manage and support the Standards Managers who support all day to day activities.
• Build relationships with cross government teams and CDDO.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
Person Specification
Essential
• You have an expert and deep understanding of Government standards and have previously delivered products and services to Government standards.
• You are familiar with working with data and can present information with impact.
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance
We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.
Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.
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.