Stakeholder & Engagement Manager

We're recruiting for a Stakeholder & Engagement Manager here at Justice Digital, Data and Science to be part of our warm and collaborative Strategic Engagement team. This is a pivotal coordination and engagement role, focused on improving how we communicate about the products and services we build, and the outcomes we deliver. You will work at the centre of engagement and communications within Justice Digital, Data and Science and have a dedicated focus on a specific business unit area connecting delivery teams with central communications functions to ensure the right information is available, aligned, and used effectively. You will play a key role in improving the visibility of delivery and impact, and in ensuring stakeholders have a clear and consistent understanding of priorities and progress, as well as blockers and the support we need to remove them. This is not a standalone communications role. Instead, it focuses on coordinating, shaping and enabling engagement and communications activity within the specific business area.,

• Surface delivery progress and outcomes, and shape narrative
• Proactively identify key delivery milestones, priorities and impact
• Translate complex delivery activity into clear, accessible messaging and outputs
• Maintain forward visibility of upcoming activity to support proactive engagement

Coordinate with communications teams

• Act as the interface between a specific delivery area within Justice Digital, Data and Science and the central Justice Digital, Data and Science Strategic Engagement team.
• Provide high-quality, timely content and context to support communications planning and delivery
• Ensure alignment of messaging across teams, stakeholders and end users

Commission and coordinate inputs

• Coordinate inputs from delivery teams to support engagement and communication needs
• Commission briefings, artefacts and supporting materials where required
• Ensure consistency, accuracy and quality of outputs

Manage stakeholder relationships

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Act as a key point of contact for engagement relating to delivery activity
• Support joined up working across teams, including with partner organisations

Enable reuse and reduce demand

• Develop and maintain a repository of key materials (e.g. briefings, slides, case studies)
• Ensure materials are accessible and reusable to reduce duplication
• Support responses to information requests effectively and efficiently

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply! Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a panel interview held via Microsoft Teams. At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements - Experience the following Behaviours, Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.

The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity. Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone's circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review. For nationally advertised roles: All successful candidates will be appointed to the nearest viable office nearest to their home postcode and on its respective pay scale. This will be at either a HQ building (subject to desk allocation, a Justice Collaboration Centre (JCC) or a Justice Satellite Office (JSO) - See Map. All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity). For current MoJ employees, your base location will need to be changed to the nearest viable office (to your home postcode), either at a HQ building, JCC or JSO within the National Office Network and moved its location's respective pay scale (any legacy arrangements/locations will need to be amended). Some of MoJ's terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made. MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain their grade on lateral transfer. All candidates who are currently in receipt of Mark Time / Pay Protection should ensure they are familiar with the new policy on permanent and temporary promotion which can be found on the employee intranet. Flexible working hours The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices. Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week. MoJ welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the MoJ's Flexible Working policy.

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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. Redeployment Interview Scheme Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ is committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'. MoJ is able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidates will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.

Success Profile

• Strong experience of stakeholder engagement across complex organisations
• Strong experience of working in a matrix / interface / business partnering environment
• Ability to translate technical and delivery detail into clear, meaningful messaging appropriate to different audiences
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Delivering at Pace
• Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance
• Answers to three Experience Questions (no more than 500 words each) which should outline your experience and skills, giving clear examples of work undertaken. They should specifically address the three criteria listed below, using a separate paragraph for each.
• Strong experience of stakeholder engagement across complex organisations
• Strong experience of working in a matrix / interface / business partnering environment
• Ability to translate technical and delivery detail into clear, meaningful messaging appropriate to different audiences
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Delivering at Pace

Appointments are made strictly in merit order. In the event that two or more candidates receive identical interview scores, 'strong experience of stakeholder engagement across complex organisations' will be applied as the primary lead criterion to determine the final merit order.

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, You'll receive a range of excellent benefits when you join our department, including:

• A generous employer pension contribution of 28.97% through the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
• 25 days of annual leave, (increasing to 30 days once you have reached 5 years of service), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King's birthday.
• Flexible working arrangements including hybrid working, working part time or compressed hours. Designed to support a positive work-life balance.
• Employees are allocated 10% of their working time for personal and professional development.
• A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best-in-class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.
• Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
• Base salary for this role is from London: £49,325 - £53,081; National: £42,914 - £46,182
• New entrants to the Civil Service joining the MoJ are expected to start at the minimum of the pay band.
• Existing Civil Servants moving on a level transfer will retain their current base salary or move to the minimum of the pay band for the role, whichever is higher.
• Existing Civil Servants who are promoted will either move to the bottom of the new grade's pay band or receive a 10% uplift, whichever provides the greater increase.

The MoJ offers a range of benefits:

Annual Leave

Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years' service. There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year. Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.

Pension

The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.

Training

The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.

Networks

The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.

Eligibility

Staff on fixed term appointments must have been recruited through fair and open competition. Vacancies advertised "cross-government" are only open to all Civil Service employees and employees of accredited non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) who were appointed on merit following a fair and open competition; or were appointed to a permanent post through an exception in the Civil Service Commissioners' rules.

Support

• A range of 'Family Friendly' policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
• Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
• For moves to or from another employer or moves across the Civil Service this can have implications on your eligibility to carry on claiming childcare vouchers. You may however be eligible for alternative government childcare support schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. More information can be found on or Childcare Choices. You can determine your eligibility at
• Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
• Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.

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Your Experience for this role will be assessed at interview. To learn more about Experience and how they are assessed please click here. We will assess your experience for this role via the following methods Experience Questions Level of security checks required Baseline Personnal Security Standard (BPSS)