Strategy Implementation Lead

Strategy Implementation Lead

Location: National*

Closing Date: 03 June 2026

Interviews: From 17 June 2026

Grade: 7

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

Salary**: London: £63,343 - £70,725; National: £58,511 - £65,329

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Job share

Contract Type: Permanent

Number of vacancies: 1

Vacancy number: TBC

*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

Please note that unless you are an existing member of staff at Justice Digital, Data and Science, the only London location being recruited to is 10 South Colonnade, E14 4PU. We are no longer recruiting to 102 Petty France, SW1H 9AJ.

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Strategy Implementation Lead here at Justice Digital, Data and Science to be part of our warm and collaborative Strategic Priorities Unit.

The Strategic Priorities Unit plays a central role in supporting the effective running of Justice Digital, Data and Science (JDDS), working closely with senior leaders to ensure strategic priorities are translated into delivery. The Unit operates at the centre of the organisation, providing coordination, insight and targeted intervention to support delivery across JDDS.

This role operates across the full JDDS system, overseeing and actively shaping the implementation of the multi-year strategy. You will ensure that strategic commitments are progressing, risks and dependencies are understood, and delivery remains aligned to organisational priorities.

You will not directly deliver programmes or services. Instead, you will work across directorates and with senior stakeholders to provide system-level insight, support prioritisation and trade-offs, and intervene where delivery requires additional focus or coordination.

This is a high-profile and varied role, requiring the ability to operate across a wide range of subject areas, work at pace, and engage confidently with senior stakeholders. You will need strong judgement, the ability to manage competing priorities, and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing delivery challenges.

You’ll receive a range of excellent benefits when you join our department, including:

• A generous employer pension contribution of 28.97% through the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

• 25 days of annual leave, (increasing to 30 days once you have reached 5 years of service), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.

• Flexible working arrangements including hybrid working, working part time or compressed hours. Designed to support a positive work–life balance.

• Employees are allocated 10% of their working time for personal and professional development.

• 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.

• 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!

You can find more details of the Benefits we offer here. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital, Data and Science please take a look at our blog.

Key Responsibilities:

The Strategy Implementation Lead will oversee delivery of JDDS strategic commitments and support the organisation to maintain a clear, coherent and actively managed view of progress. More specifically:

Oversee delivery of strategic commitments

• Maintain a clear, integrated view of delivery across the JDDS strategic commitments

• Ensure visibility of progress, risks, issues and dependencies across directorates

• Support alignment between commitments and wider JDDS and STG priorities

• Identify where delivery is at risk and take steps to address or escalate issues

Work closely with the Delivery and Governance Office (DGO)

• Collaborate with DGO to ensure alignment between strategic commitments and wider portfolio processes

• Contribute to the development of a coherent, shared view of JDDS delivery

• Interpret delivery insight and ensure it informs prioritisation and decision-making

Provide delivery insight and drive improvement

• Analyse delivery information to identify trends, risks, and emerging issues

• Surface cross-cutting challenges and areas of misalignment

• Work with commitment owners to strengthen delivery plans and unblock progress

• Identify where targeted intervention is required and support improvements to delivery

Support prioritisation and decision-making

• Provide clear, structured insight to support senior leaders in prioritisation and trade-offs

• Help ensure focus is maintained on the highest priority work

• Support conversations on sequencing, pausing or stopping work where appropriate

Work as part of the Strategic Priorities Unit

• Identify cross-cutting themes, gaps or opportunities emerging from across JDDS

• Translate these into discrete pieces of work for the Unit to take forward

• Work with colleagues across the Unit to shape and deliver targeted interventions

• Contribute to wider Unit priorities, including commissions, strategy and governance activity where required

Support delivery cadence and governance

• Contribute to the effective running of delivery and governance forums (e.g. Digital and Data Executive Board, Quarterly Business Reviews)

• Provide high-quality inputs to support discussions and decision-making

• Support tracking of actions and ensure follow-through on decisions

Work with communications colleagues

• Identify key delivery milestones, successes and impact across the portfolio

• Work with communications and engagement teams to ensure these are captured and communicated effectively

• Support a consistent and evidence-based narrative on JDDS delivery and impact

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

Person Specification

Essential

• You have experience working across multiple programmes or complex delivery environments, with visibility of system-level priorities and dependencies

• You have experience translating strategic priorities into clear delivery insight, identifying where intervention, reprioritisation or change is required

• You have experience working with senior stakeholders, and are confident influencing, challenging and supporting them to drive progress

Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.

Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.

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.

Salary Information**

Base salary for this role is:

London: £63,343 - £70,725; National: £58,511 - £65,329

• New entrants to the Civil Service joining the MoJ are expected to start at the minimum of the pay band.

• Existing Civil Servants moving on a level transfer will retain their current base salary or move to the minimum of the pay band for the role, whichever is higher.

• Existing Civil Servants who are promoted will either move to the bottom of the new grade’s pay band or receive a 10% uplift, whichever provides the greater increase.

The final offer will reflect the skills and experience you demonstrate during the assessment process.

How to Apply

In Justice Digital, Data and Science, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We shall assess a combination of your Experience and Behaviours during the assessment process.

Stage 1 - Application and sift:

To apply for this position, you must submit the following as part of your application:

• A CV detailing your career history (including any relevant qualifications). Your CV will be assessed against the essential criteria outlined within the Person Specification of this advert.

• A Personal Statement (no more than 750 words) which should outline your experience and skills, giving clear examples of work undertaken. It should specifically address the following three criteria listed below, using a separate paragraph for each.

• You have experience working across multiple programmes or complex delivery environments, with visibility of system-level priorities and dependencies

• You have experience translating strategic priorities into clear delivery insight, identifying where intervention, reprioritisation or change is required

• You have experience working with senior stakeholders, and are confident influencing, challenging and supporting them to drive progress

A diverse sift panel will review the information in your CV and Personal Statement to assess the sift criteria specified above. We operate an anonymous shortlisting process. Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement do not include your name or any other identifying details.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on your experience working across multiple programmes or complex delivery environments, with visibility of system-level priorities and dependencies will be conducted before the sift.

Please access the following link for guidance on how to apply - Application Guidance

Stage 2 - Interviews:

Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a panel interview held via Microsoft Teams. At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements:

• You have experience working across multiple programmes or complex delivery environments, with visibility of system-level priorities and dependencies

• You have experience translating strategic priorities into clear delivery insight, identifying where intervention, reprioritisation or change is required

• You have experience working with senior stakeholders, and are confident influencing, challenging and supporting them to drive progress

• Making Effective Decisions

• Communicating & Influencing

• Delivering at Pace

• Leadership

• Seeing the Bigger Picture

Appointments are made strictly in merit order. In the event that two or more candidates receive identical interview scores, the following will be applied as the primary lead criterion to determine the final merit order:

• You have experience working across multiple programmes or complex delivery environments, with visibility of system-level priorities and dependencies

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.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and 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 digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk