Efficiency Lead

at  Ministry of Justice

Salary
The national salary range is £56,532 - £64,048, London salary range is £61,201 - £69,338. Your salary will be dependent on your base location
Number of jobs available
1
Detail of reserve list
12 Months
Region
National
City/Town
National
Building/Site

NATIONAL

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Grade
Grade 7
Organisation Grade for MoJ
Grade 7
Post Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full Time, Part Time, Flexible Working
Role Type
Finance
Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities?
Yes
Job description

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

• Able to work independently, proactively, passionately, and confidently on high-profile areas across the Department and lead others to achieve quality and on time delivery of outputs
• Comfortable and confident in working at pace to manage a full workload with conflicting short and long-term priorities
• Building positive relationships with partners in other teams and departments, and to use those relationships to influence others through excellent interpersonal and communication skills, tailored to the recipient. This includes the ability to critically consider and confidently challenge stakeholders regarding their delivery or information and translating across functions to obtain a joined-up approach
• Leading policy development and making decisions in complex policy areas, using analytical skills and different evidence sources to provide Ministers or senior officials with high-quality advice
• Considerable experience in providing written and oral briefings to Ministers and/or senior officials
• Leading collaboratively with structure, by constructing clear timelines and processes, with interdependencies and owners, to lead others to successful delivery with clear products and outcomes for the process
• Fostering and leading a culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration between policy, programmes, the business, finance, and other corporate services

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Key for Levels of Professional Skills

• A = Awareness
• W = Working
• P = Practitioner
• E = Expert

QUALIFICATIONS

This role is suitable for both finance qualified staff (CCAB and CIMA) and those without a formal finance qualification but with clear evidence of strong numeric ability. Across strategic finance we have a balance of qualified staff and those with experience in relevant strategic/policy roles.

ROLE SUMMARY

Staff in G7 roles in Strategic Finance need to work at pace to secure funds and improve the department’s financial position, providing strategic advice and analysis to support the development and delivery of the department’s financial strategy. They build strong relationships within the department and wider HMG to ensure coordination and coherence and secure the most effective use of public funds.
The role offers the postholder unrivalled insight into the interaction of financial planning with policy and operations. You will learn to quickly build relationships, communicate clearly and persuasively with a wide range of audiences, and develop a good understanding of the big picture as regards government priorities and finances, and the MoJ’s work.
As an Efficiency Lead, you will have oversight of efficiency plans and delivery along with building and maintaining key stakeholder relationships with teams across the department. You will be responsible for regular reporting internally and to HMT. You will work closely with the financial planning team at fiscal events, especially at Spending Reviews

TYPICAL ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

G7s provide strategic advice and analysis on financial impact, performance, and risk to senior stakeholders and through this contribute to the strategic direction of the Department. They work with strategy on fiscal events and negotiations with HMT, coordinating across the department and supporting effective relationships with the HMT spending team.
They maintain strong relationships with senior and wider stakeholders, including HMT, bringing insight and influence through effective communication.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES/TASKS

• Leading on productivity and invest to save proposals for the spending review, along with other fiscal event support. This will include reshaping the way MoJ makes and tracks investment decisions over the programme life cycle.
• Regularly updating and engaging with business case programme leads to understand delivery, slippage and share best practise.
• Working with the financial planning team to produce a methodology for smaller change programme funding and benefit tracking.
• Working closely with HR and analysts to understand workforce plans and provide a process for linking these to financial plans through the allocations process and build workforce efficiency programmes into the plans.
• Building strategic, financial capability and understanding across the department, through outreach.
• Participating in MoJ’s strategic relationship with HM Treasury in support of the department’s strategic objectives. Specifically, working with HM Treasury to build credibility and to make sure they understand and are able to respond to financial risks affecting the department.

Success Profiles will enable a fairer and more inclusive method of recruitment by enabling us to assess the range of experiences, abilities, strengths, behaviours, and technical/professional skills required for different roles. This flexible approach to recruitment focuses more on finding the right candidate for the specific role. To find out more about Success Profiles to support your application please click here for further guidance.

• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Delivering at Pace
• Changing and Improvin