Job Description

The Ministry of Justice is a major government department at the heart of the justice system, delivering some of the most fundamental public services including courts, tribunals, prisons, legal services, youth justice, probation services, and attendance centres.

Our vision is to deliver a world-class justice system that works for everyone in society. The justice system plays a crucial role in our success as a nation \xe2\x80\x93 keeping people safe, emphasising fairness, guaranteeing individual rights and giving businesses confidence to flourish.

The role of Chief Technology Officer will play a critical part in helping us to achieve this vision and will be an exceptional and inspirational technology leader for the organisation. You will own the overarching technology strategy and architecture for the MoJ to help us to make the user experience of justice simpler, faster and better; influencing stakeholders to build the roadmap to our digital future. You will have the opportunity to shape the future of key justice services including courts, prisons, probation, legal aid, criminal injuries compensation and public guardianship.

The successful candidate will:

• Make sure services designed to meet user needs and be iteratively improved over time are at the heart of the MoJ\xe2\x80\x99s interaction with both citizens and businesses.
• Support the flexible, cost-effective transformation of the department\xe2\x80\x99s technology estate to leverage agile development techniques, open-source solutions and open standards to deliver solutions that support digital services.
• Build, lead and inspire a community of technical specialists and will make sure our services come together as a coherent whole.
• Work with the Cabinet Office, HM Treasury and other government departments to exchange best practice, develop cross-government strategic direction and deploy shared services
• Be flexible and responsive by reducing our reliance on legacy technology and automating where it is right to do so
• Identify, experiment with, and create demand for emerging technologies and innovation that help the organisation to deliver policy and outcomes.
• Build strategic, collaborative and constructive relationships with key stakeholders, suppliers and justice partners to drive maximum success.
• Improve core technical competencies such as enterprise, solution, data, cyber security and business architecture.
• Be a visible leader across MoJ and government, promoting agile and user-centric product development best practice.
• Oversee a complex budget, ensuring value for money for the taxpayer.

Our vision is a simpler, faster, and better justice system which can adapt and respond to changing needs and the role of Chief Technology Officer will play a critical part in helping us to achieve this vision. If you feel that you can add real value to taxpayers, have a passion for protecting the public, reducing reoffending and delivering swift access to justice, we would love to hear from you.

Additional Information:

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: .

To apply for this post, you will need to complete the application process though our chosen executive search provider, Global Resourcing, accessed via the following email: MOJ-CTO@global-resourcing.com.

Contact Information:

Should you like to discuss the role in more detail before submitting an application, please contact our chosen executive search provider, Global Resourcing, by emailing MOJ-CTO@global-resourcing.com or by calling 020 8253 1806.

Global Resourcing