Judicial Appointments Commission

at  Ministry of Justice

Salary
£31169 - £32760
Number of jobs available
2
Detail of reserve list
12 Months
Region
London
City/Town
London
Building/Site

CLIVE HOUSE LONDON, SW1H 9EX

Grade
EO
Organisation Grade for MoJ
EO
Post Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full Time, Flexible Working
Role Type
Operational Delivery, Operational Support Grade
Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities?
No
Job description
Are you an outstanding administrator with a passion for great customer service? Do you enjoy working at pace on priority projects? If the answer is yes, you could be exactly who we’re looking for to join our dynamic operational team.
We’re looking for a Selection Exercise Support Officer to help us deliver high quality recruitment campaigns at pace. As an independent public body, the Judicial Appointments Commission is responsible for designing, planning, and running recruitment campaigns to select judges in the courts and tribunals, up to and including the High Court, as well as non-legal tribunal members. You can read more about our work on our website: http://judicialappointments.gov.uk
With a new recruitment campaign launched every couple of weeks, and statutory responsibilities to make sure we select candidates on merit and through fair and open competition, it’s essential that our processes are robust, inclusive, and attractive to candidates from the widest possible backgrounds.
Our Selection Exercise Support Officers play a pivotal role in helping us to achieve that. As the first point of contact for our applicants, our Selection Exercise Support Officers help applicants to navigate our processes, answering questions and supporting them throughout each stage of our recruitment campaigns. They work closely with our Selection Exercise Managers to provide excellent administrative support, so the organisation can deliver effective, efficient, and fair selection processes.

FURTHER INFORMATION

If after reading this job description you require any further information about the role, please contact Sophie Austin, Senior Selection Exercise Manager: Sophie.Austin@judicialappointments.gov.uk
If you have any questions about the recruitment campaign, or any terms and conditions relating to the role, please contact the JAC HR Division:
Recruitment@judicialappointments.gov.uk
The job holder must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English or (when specified in Wales) Welsh.
Additional Information

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

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 Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
Interview dates
Interviews are expected to take place in either December 2024 or January 2025. Interviews will be conducted remotely via Microsoft Teams. More details on the arrangements will be provided to candidates invited to interview.
Closing Date:
08/11/2024, 23:55 hours.
Contact information
If you require any assistance please call 0345 241 5359 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com Please quote the job reference - 91717.
If after reading this job description you require any further information about the role, please contact Sophie Austin, Senior Selection Exercise Manager: Sophie.Austin@judicialappointments.gov.uk
If you have any questions about the recruitment campaign, or any terms and conditions relating to the role, please contact the JAC HR Division:
Recruitment@judicialappointments.gov.uk
To apply for roles in MOJ you will need to confirm your employment history for at least 3 years prior to the date of application so that pre-employment checks (BPSS) can be undertaken. If you have spent significant time abroad (a total of 6 months in the past 3 years) you would be required to give a reasonable account of the reasons why.
For some roles you will be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting at Counter Terrorism (CTC), Security Clearance (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) level as a condition of appointment. To meet CTC/SC/DV requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 3/5/10 years prior to the date of application (The level of checks that are required are stated in the advert).

If you do not meet the above requirements, you may still be considered if, for example:

• You’ve been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
• You were studying abroad
• You were living overseas with parents

In such cases you will need to be able to provide referee cover for the period(s) of residence overseas. The duration of overseas residence and the country of abode will also be taken into account.
Success Profiles
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.
if you feel that your application has not been treated in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance
We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.

INTERVIEW STAGE ASSESSMENTS

There is 1 interview stage for this vacancy.
Behaviours
Delivering at Pace
Working Together
Communicating and Influencing
Experience
General experience of job description and essential criteria
Additional Assessment(s)
JAC Selection Exercise Support Officer Work Based Assessment

THE ROLE

We are looking for a Selection Exercise Support Officer (EO grade) to join our busy and dynamic operations team and help us deliver our challenging programme of judicial selection activity.
You will work as part of our operations team, providing excellent administrative support to colleagues and candidates, gathering, and processing data, answering candidate queries, and preparing our selection day materials. You will also support candidates attending both remote and in person selection days, using your excellent IT and communication skills to ensure the smooth running of selection activity.
We are looking for colleagues who can work flexibly in an organisation that delivers an interesting and challenging selection exercise programme of judicial recruitment. You will need to be able to use Google Drive, Microsoft Teams, Word, Outlook, and Excel to a good standard, and be organised and efficient. An ability to communicate well with applicants, selection panel members (including senior judges) and to work collaboratively with colleagues will also be important.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supporting the Selection Exercise Team in the planning and running of judicial selection exercises by providing administrative support.
• Supporting candidates during remote and face to face selection days.
• Responding to enquiries by email and telephone helping candidates during their remote selection interviews (using MS Teams) or face-to-face interviews.
• Accurately collecting statistical information and reporting on this at key stages throughout the selection exercise process.
• Assisting with the planning and delivery of selection activity – this may include liaising with selection panel members and external contractors, either in person or remotely.
• General administrative duties, including accurate record management and preparing Word and Excel documents, on Google Drive and other storage drives, using Outlook for diary management and working with other digital tools and on our digital platform.
  The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.