Executive Officer

Ministry of Justice; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A public service organisation in the United Kingdom is looking for a Team Leader for the Planning and Operational Support Team. This role includes leading a team of event organisers, managing training event logistics, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality training programmes. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership skills and experience in operational delivery. This position offers a salary range between £29,303 - £31,061, with various benefits including training opportunities and family-friendly policies.

Benefits

Annual leave of 25 days increasing to 30 after five years

Extensive staff development and training

Pension options

Family friendly policies

Paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Qualifications

• Experience in leading and managing a team.
• Proven operational delivery and customer service skills.
• Ability to work accurately with numbers.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team providing administrative support for magistrate training.
• Manage team performance and attendance in line with HR policies.
• Monitor and revise plans for jurisdictions training programmes.
• Manage accurate records of attendees for budget management.
• Support in design and embedding new administrative procedures.

Skills

Leading and managing a team

Operational delivery and customer service

Working accurately with numbers, monitoring and quality checking

Planning and managing a large portfolio of work

Continuous improvement

Collaborative working

Good skills in a wide range of IT platforms

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Team Leader, Planning and Operational Support Team, Judicial College – Executive Officer (EO), As post‑holder you will:

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of event organisers at AO grade who provide administrative support to organising and supporting magistrate training with a variety of delivery methods – digital, face‑to‑face and blended learning.
• Manage your team supporting people issues including performance, attendance and conduct in line with HR policies.
• Establish, monitor and revise plans for the administrative support for jurisdictional training programmes.
• Work closely and flexibly as part of a team of team leaders and managers to ensure that the wider training programme is effectively managed and resourced, deploying staff and other resources as required.
• Manage and monitor the maintenance of accurate records of attendees at training events (both prior to and at the event) to assist with budget management.
• Support senior managers in the design, testing and embedding of new or improved administrative procedures as part of continuous improvement projects.
• Take responsibility for the set up and management of your training event area on the College's online Judicial College Learning site. This involves making sure that course pages are set up, oversee online bookings and the addition of course materials etc. This includes delivering some tasks personally and managing/quality checking others.
• Ensure appropriate training venues are booked and that delegates are fully informed of arrangements for events.
• Attend training events to provide support for an event or an event planner when necessary.
• Take minutes of committee and planning meetings when required.

This is a full‑time role. You will report to a HEO manager. As Team Leader, you will line‑manage up to 8 AO's depending on which training jurisdictions you are assigned. Other duties include flexible working and any other duties reasonably requested by line management commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility of this post.

Behaviours

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

Key Skills and Experience

Leading and managing a team

Operational delivery and customer service

Working accurately with numbers, monitoring and quality checking

Planning and managing a large portfolio of work

Continuous improvement

Collaborative working

Good skills in a wide range of IT platforms – e.g. Excel, Microsoft Office Suite

About the Judicial College

The Judicial College supports the Lady Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals in the organisation of training for the judiciary. Working with the College Board, we support senior members of the judiciary in setting the direction for training, ensuring the College has the right support to provide advice on design and delivery, innovating digital systems and organising seminars. We deliver roughly 2,000 judicial seminars each year and are expanding our programme to meet emerging training needs and to incorporate more digital platforms and e‑learning.

The College is based at four sites – London, Loughborough, Leeds and Glasgow – and this post can be based in London or Leeds, with travel to the other sites as required.

Salary and Benefits

National salary range: £29,303 – £31,061. London salary range: £33,551 – £35,564. Salary will depend on base location.

• Annual leave – 25 days on appointment, increasing to 30 days after five years. Scheme to buy or sell up to three days leave each year.
• Public holidays and one privilege day.
• Pension – choice of civil service pension schemes.
• Training – extensive staff development and training opportunities.
• Networks – employee‑run networks for minority ethnic origin, disabilities, caring responsibilities, women, LGBTQ+ and others.
• Family friendly policies – reduced hours, job share.
• Voluntary benefits – retail vouchers and discounts.
• Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
• Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles. If you feel the recruitment process has breached the principles, you can raise a formal complaint in the following order:

• To Transformative Business Services (0345 241 5359 (Monday to Friday 8am – 6pm) or e‑mail moj‑recruitment‑vetting‑[e-mail]);
• To Ministry of Justice Resourcing team (resourcing‑management‑[e-mail]);
• To the Civil Service Commission (details available here).

As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ is committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace. We are able to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns.