Judicial Appointments Commission - London, United Kingdom - Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Judicial Appointments Commission - Selection Exercise Support Officers (EO

£29,664 - £31,200

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JAC Job Description - Selection Exercise Support Officers (EO grade)

About the JAC

The JAC is responsible for designing, planning, and running recruitment campaigns to select judicial office holders up to and including High Court Judges.

We have a statutory duty to select solely on merit, while keeping our selection processes open to the widest range of applicants.

We launch a new campaign for judicial posts every one to two weeks.

These range from high volume campaigns for 'entry level' posts, attracting upward of 2,000 applicants, to small campaigns for senior roles, attracting a handful of highly qualified people.

Though located at Clive House, Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ JAC staff are currently working in a hybrid way with some days in the office and some days working remotely.

It will be necessary for the successful postholder(s) to work at the JAC location regularly to support business need, including attending selection day activity.

We offer a range of benefits including an attractive annual leave allowance, flexible working, and choice of pension schemes. We actively encourage all staff to undertake learning and development as part of their personal objectives.

The Role

We are looking for up to four Selection Exercise Support Officers (EO grade) to join our busy and dynamic operations team and help us deliver our challenging programme of judicial 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
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.

Recruitment process details

Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the recruitment process:

Delivering at Pace
Working Together
Communicating and Influencing

In addition to these behaviours, your experience and strengths will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Essential criteria

Effective organisational skills to provide high quality support and meet tight deadlines
The ability to work without supervision, on your own initiative
The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
Experience and confidence in using a range of digital tools including Microsoft Teams, Excel Spreadsheets and Google Drive.

Application process

You need to provide:

Your CV
A statement of suitability explaining why you are interested in the role and details of your previous experience of working with Excel Spreadsheets, Microsoft Teams and/or Google Drive (maximum 250 words).
Written evidence of the following two behaviours: Delivering at Pace and Working Together

Sift
Applications will be sifted based on the CV, statement of suitability and evidence of the two behaviours: Delivering at Pace and Working Together

Interview
At interview we will assess you against three behaviours (Delivering at Pace, Working Together and Communicating and Influencing). We will also ask you some strengths and experience questions.

Applicants invited for interview will be required to undertake a brief work exercise which replicates a situation that you may encounter in the role.

This will have an IT focus.

More details will be provided if you are invited to interview.

Reserve List

Working Patterns

Further Information
If you have any questions about the recruitment campaign, or any terms and conditions relating to the role, please contact the JAC HR Division:

Salary:

£29,664 - £31,200

Additional Information:

Working Arrangements & Further Information

Flexible working hours
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