13990 - Senior Policy Adviser in the Criminal Law Team
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 21 Ionawr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £42,914 i £53,081 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | The national salary range is £42,914 - £46,182, London salary range is £49,325 - £53,081. Your salary will be dependent on your base location |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 05 Chwefror 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | London, UK |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 3 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Ministry of Justice |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 13990 |
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Senior Policy Adviser in the Criminal Law Team
SEO
Victims, Vulnerabilities & Criminal Law Directorate
The Victims, Vulnerabilities and Criminal Law Directorate is recruiting permanently for an SEO senior policy adviser. This campaign is open to current civil servants on level transfer and suitable candidates on promotion.
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. We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your base location (102 Petty France or 5 Wellington Place Leeds).
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
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
Existing Civil Servants will have their salary calculated in accordance with the Department’s pay on transfer / pay on promotion rules.
The Ministry of Justice
MoJ is the largest government department, employing over 90,000 people 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 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 sits within the Victims, Vulnerabilities and Criminal Law Directorate and is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the criminal law and managing its development, and advising ministers and other Government departments on proposed changes to the criminal law. We have a general responsibility for maintaining the integrity of the criminal law, ensuring it is fit for purpose. We are 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.
The vast majority of our work is delivered through changes to Primary Legislation. Criminal law Bill work is fast-paced and high-profile. It often requires significant engagement with Ministers and other government departments on rapid policy development, and engagement with Parliamentarians and stakeholders.
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. We work extremely closely with our legal advisors, as well as across Government and with operational partners such as the Crown Prosecution Service and National Crime Agency.
This role will sit within the sexual offences team, though members of this team are expected to be flexible and adapt according to demand across the full breadth of the criminal law portfolio. The sexual offences team deals largely with offences such as rape, child sex offences, intimate image offences and indecent images of children offences. Current focus is on changes to child sex offences and tackling intimate image abuse. We are a team that supports each other across the breadth of the criminal law team, so members are expected to be flexible and adapt according to demand across the criminal law portfolio.
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 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.
Skills and Experience
Essential:
Previous experience of working with criminal law
Exceptional attention to detail.
Ability to shape the direction of work confidently and proactively.
Effective stakeholder management including working across organisational boundaries.
Exceptional communication and drafting skills, including the ability to understand complex issues and communicate them effectively to a range of audiences.
Experience of working in a fast-paced environment and prioritising effectively while delivering high quality work.
Confident using evidence and data to inform decision making.
Desirable:
Previous experience of working in policy
Knowledge of the criminal justice system.
SEO
Victims, Vulnerabilities & Criminal Law Directorate
The Victims, Vulnerabilities and Criminal Law Directorate is recruiting permanently for an SEO senior policy adviser. This campaign is open to current civil servants on level transfer and suitable candidates on promotion.
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. We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your base location (102 Petty France or 5 Wellington Place Leeds).
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
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
Existing Civil Servants will have their salary calculated in accordance with the Department’s pay on transfer / pay on promotion rules.
The Ministry of Justice
MoJ is the largest government department, employing over 90,000 people 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 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 sits within the Victims, Vulnerabilities and Criminal Law Directorate and is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the criminal law and managing its development, and advising ministers and other Government departments on proposed changes to the criminal law. We have a general responsibility for maintaining the integrity of the criminal law, ensuring it is fit for purpose. We are 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.
The vast majority of our work is delivered through changes to Primary Legislation. Criminal law Bill work is fast-paced and high-profile. It often requires significant engagement with Ministers and other government departments on rapid policy development, and engagement with Parliamentarians and stakeholders.
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. We work extremely closely with our legal advisors, as well as across Government and with operational partners such as the Crown Prosecution Service and National Crime Agency.
This role will sit within the sexual offences team, though members of this team are expected to be flexible and adapt according to demand across the full breadth of the criminal law portfolio. The sexual offences team deals largely with offences such as rape, child sex offences, intimate image offences and indecent images of children offences. Current focus is on changes to child sex offences and tackling intimate image abuse. We are a team that supports each other across the breadth of the criminal law team, so members are expected to be flexible and adapt according to demand across the criminal law portfolio.
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 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.
Skills and Experience
Essential:
Previous experience of working with criminal law
Exceptional attention to detail.
Ability to shape the direction of work confidently and proactively.
Effective stakeholder management including working across organisational boundaries.
Exceptional communication and drafting skills, including the ability to understand complex issues and communicate them effectively to a range of audiences.
Experience of working in a fast-paced environment and prioritising effectively while delivering high quality work.
Confident using evidence and data to inform decision making.
Desirable:
Previous experience of working in policy
Knowledge of the criminal justice system.