• Job Description

  Req#: 81167
  The Joint Extremism Unit (JEXU) is the strategic centre for all counter-terrorism work with offenders in England and Wales. Sitting within HMPPS’s Directorate of Security and the Home Office’s Prevent Directorate, we have oversight of CT delivery across the offender management journey. We work closely with operational staff, Police, partners, and the broader CT system to identify, manage and reduce terrorism risk in this sector.

  This post provides an exciting opportunity to work in JEXU’s Inquests and Inquiries team. The successful candidate will work on areas such as the Public Inquests into the Forbury Gardens terror attack (2020). The candidate’s responsibilities will include: drafting witness statements and submissions to ministers, sourcing information from other business areas on policy, process and chronology, checking materials shared with the inquests for accuracy and sensitivity, executing logistics for court hearings and legal meetings, maintaining accurate records, and helping develop an agreed departmental response to any recommendations from the coroner.

  The post-holder’s work will support significant operational improvements in the fight against terrorism.

  Overview of the job

  Job Holder will support the development and implementation of specific policy. Acts as policy lead on certain aspects of the policy providing advice on complex or high profile issues.

  Summary

  The job holder will require a strong knowledge and awareness of current policies and practices and will be expected to write at a level that is suitable for legal correspondence and maintain this in dialogue with solicitors and legal representatives.

  Job Holder will on occasions be required to represent NOMS in meetings with outside organisations and stakeholders and Other Government Departments.

  Responsibilities, Activities & Duties

  The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

  • Provides support and assistance to the Head of Policy
  • Provides expert policy advice and guidance to staff and managers
  • Act as point of contact for day-to-day written or verbal advice and consultation to key stakeholders and senior officials
  • Responsible for contributing relevant information to draft Ministerial submissions and briefing for senior officials
  • Where necessary commission and analyse reports from internal or external colleagues, including contractors, and criminal justice stakeholders for information related to the subject matter
  • Consolidate and analyse complex policy information and data evidence provided by policy leads and contractors to draft new protocols, sometimes in the face of conflicting stakeholder viewpoints. Develops operational and non operational policy
  • Attend ad-hoc meetings on behalf of the team as required
  • Provide secretariat support as and when required. Act as the Key Information Liaison Officer (KILO)
  • Ensure draft responses to reports and correspondence submited to Team Leaders, are compliant and in line with current NOMS and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) policy,
  • Provide senior managers with draft responses or contributions to Parliamentary Questions, Treat Official letters, Freedom of Information enquiries as well as contributing to briefing for minister and senior managers ensuring responses are prepared in accordance with the requirements of statutory legislation.

  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. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the Job Holder.

  Behaviours

  • Seeing the Big Picture
  • Changing and Improving
  • Managing a Quality Service
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Leadership
  • Working Together
  
  Essential Experience

  • Needs excellent written and oral communication skills to present a clear and accurate understanding of these issues to Ministers, the MOJ, other Government departments and the wider public

  Technical requirements

  • A high level of organisational knowledge and operational understanding of NOMS and the prison estate is required.

  Ability

  • The ability to understand, interpret and summarise complex information is required.
  • The ability to interact with and influence senior staff and stakeholders is required

• About the company

  The UK Ministry of Justice is responsible for a transparent and responsive criminal justice system for victims and the public.

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