Recruiter (Ref: 5426)

East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

Job Summary

This position is based Nationally.

Job Description

Recruiter

Location: National*

Closing Date: 13 May 2025

Interviews: From 22 May 2025

Grade: HEO

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £38,611 - £42,019; National: £34,140 - £37,105.

Working pattern: Full-time, part-time, flexible working, job share.

Contract Type: Permanent.

• We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
  
  

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Recruiter here at MoJ Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Strategy & Operations team.

The Recruitment team adopts a team based agile approach to working - operating together in small, independent Squads. These squads are trusted partners; empowered as professionals to plan their work and decide how to work together to meet their goals. Each function within the squad has specific accountabilities, with the entire squad accountable for delivering on their commitments.

When our hiring managers want to recruit awesome people, they will come to you for expert advice, solutions and guidance. You will enjoy crafting productive relationships, supporting hiring panels through the end-to-end recruitment process as well as ensuring an engaging and enjoyable candidate experience.

We’ve grown by over 80% in the past 3 years and our mission remains to build the most capable, diverse and innovative Justice Digital team across Government.

To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end recruitment process for staff and contractors, providing an excellent experience to both candidates and hiring managers.
• Deliver high-quality recruitment outcomes that meet customer priorities and objectives, identifying risks and resolving issues efficiently.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the organisation to ensure one source of up to date information, for both the current workforce and future requirements. Proactively reviewing current processes and identifying improvements that could be made.
• Apply expert knowledge and best practices to ensure successful hiring of talented staff.
• Engage with partners to communicate business needs and manage CV submissions
  
  

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Benefits

• 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
• 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
• Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
• Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)
• 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
• 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!
• Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
• Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
• Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
• 5 days volunteering paid leave.
• Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
• Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• Recruitment: hands-on experience (in an agency or internal setting) of leading a hiring manager through the end-to-end recruitment process to successfully hire staff and/or contractors.
• Service Excellence: deliver high quality outcomes that meet customer needs by working with stakeholders to set priorities, objectives and timescales as well as identify risks and resolve issues.
• Partnering: establish productive partnerships with customers and stakeholders to deliver shared organisational outcomes.
• Continuous Improvement: Working within squads to review and inspect progress towards agreed goals, proactively reviewing current processes and identifying improvements that could be made.
• Delivery: follow the appropriate procedures to ensure results are achieved. Regularly monitor your own work against milestones and act promptly to reassess workloads and priorities when there are conflicting demands to maintain performance.
  
  

Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

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 D&I Strategy.

How To Apply

Candidates must submit a CV and statement of suitability (of no more than 750 words) via our applicant website Jobtrain, which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above. Candidates who do not submit both a CV and a separate personal statement will not be invited to attend an interview.

In Justice Digital, We Recruit Using a Combination Of The Government Digital And Data Profession Capability And Success Profiles Frameworks. We Will Assess Your Experience And The Following Behaviours During The Assessment Process:

• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
  
  

Your Personal Statement Must Be No More Than 750 Words And Should Describe How You Meet The Following 3 Requirements From The Person Specification (we Advise That You Provide Three Paragraphs Of 250 Words To Address Each Criterion Separately):

• Recruitment: hands-on experience (in an agency or internal setting) of leading a hiring manager through the end-to-end recruitment process to successfully hire staff and/or contractors.
• Service Excellence: deliver high quality outcomes that meet customer needs by working with stakeholders to set priorities, objectives and timescales as well as identify risks and resolve issues.
• Continuous Improvement: Working within squads to review and inspect progress towards agreed goals, proactively reviewing current processes and identifying improvements that could be made.
  
  

A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above.

Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on your hands-on experience (in an agency or internal setting) of leading a hiring manager through the end-to-end recruitment process to successfully hire staff and/or contractors will be conducted prior to the sift.

Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact recruitment@digital.justice.gov.uk

Recruiter

Location: National*

Closing Date: 13 May 2025

Interviews: From 22 May 2025

Grade: HEO

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £38,611 - £42,019; National: £34,140 - £37,105.

Working pattern: Full-time, part-time, flexible working, job share.

Contract Type: Permanent.

• We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
  
  

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Recruiter here at MoJ Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Strategy & Operations team.

The Recruitment team adopts a team based agile approach to working - operating together in small, independent Squads. These squads are trusted partners; empowered as professionals to plan their work and decide how to work together to meet their goals. Each function within the squad has specific accountabilities, with the entire squad accountable for delivering on their commitments.

When our hiring managers want to recruit awesome people, they will come to you for expert advice, solutions and guidance. You will enjoy crafting productive relationships, supporting hiring panels through the end-to-end recruitment process as well as ensuring an engaging and enjoyable candidate experience.

We’ve grown by over 80% in the past 3 years and our mission remains to build the most capable, diverse and innovative Justice Digital team across Government.

To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Your Personal Statement Must Be No More Than 750 Words And Should Describe How You Meet The Following 3 Requirements From The Person Specification (we Advise That You Provide Three Paragraphs Of 250 Words To Address Each Criterion Separately):

• Recruitment: hands-on experience (in an agency or internal setting) of leading a hiring manager through the end-to-end recruitment process to successfully hire staff and/or contractors.
• Service Excellence: deliver high quality outcomes that meet customer needs by working with stakeholders to set priorities, objectives and timescales as well as identify risks and resolve issues.
• Continuous Improvement: Working within squads to review and inspect progress towards agreed goals, proactively reviewing current processes and identifying improvements that could be made.
  
  

A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above.

Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on your hands-on experience (in an agency or internal setting) of leading a hiring manager through the end-to-end recruitment process to successfully hire staff and/or contractors will be conducted prior to the sift.

Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact recruitment@digital.justice.gov.uk

Person specification

Please Refer To Job Description.

Alongside your salary of £34,140, Ministry of Justice contributes £9,890 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance
  
  

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Selection process details

Candidates must submit a CV and statement of suitability (of no more than 750 words) via our applicant website Jobtrain, which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above. Candidates who do not submit both a CV and a separate personal statement will not be invited to attend an interview.

Your Personal Statement Must Be No More Than 750 Words And Should Describe How You Meet The Following 3 Requirements From The Person Specification (we Advise That You Provide Three Paragraphs Of 250 Words To Address Each Criterion Separately):

• Recruitment: hands-on experience (in an agency or internal setting) of leading a hiring manager through the end-to-end recruitment process to successfully hire staff and/or contractors.
• Service Excellence: deliver high quality outcomes that meet customer needs by working with stakeholders to set priorities, objectives and timescales as well as identify risks and resolve issues.
• Continuous Improvement: Working within squads to review and inspect progress towards agreed goals, proactively reviewing current processes and identifying improvements that could be made.
  
  

A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above.

Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on your hands-on experience (in an agency or internal setting) of leading a hiring manager through the end-to-end recruitment process to successfully hire staff and/or contractors will be conducted prior to the sift.

Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
  
  

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and 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 (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact :

• Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
• Telephone : 0345 241 5359
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
  
  

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. I you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints/

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