Deputy Director – Estates Planning, Strategy and Performance
CompanyMinistry of Justice UK
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At5/8/2026
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Job Summary
This is a Nationally based role
Job Description
The Role
The Deputy Director – Estates Planning, Strategy and Performance is a senior leadership role within the HMCTS Property Directorate, responsible for shaping the long-term development and strategic direction of one of government’s most complex operational estates.
Working closely with the Property Director and the Director of Strategy, Analysis and Change, the postholder will lead the delivery of a cohesive, data-driven Estate Strategy that reflects HMCTS’s changing needs over the Spending Review period and beyond. They will provide strategic leadership across estate capacity, investment, utilisation, and optimisation – underpinned by robust data, insight, and evidence.
The role offers a significant opportunity to influence the future of the HMCTS estate. The postholder will ensure that investment decisions deliver maximum value for money, embed continuous improvement, and enable modern, accessible justice services – including digital and remote delivery. They will oversee estate performance through benchmarking and analytics, stabilising and consolidating operations where appropriate, reducing risk, and ensuring safe, reliable, and sustainable service delivery.
A core part of the role is responsibility for 13 Private Finance Initiative (PFI) court buildings. The postholder will ensure these assets operate efficiently, meet contractual obligations, and align with HMCTS objectives. As contracts approach expiry, they will lead the complex transition of assets and services back to HMCTS, managing legal, commercial, and operational risks to safeguard continuity and long-term value.
This is a pivotal leadership role at a time of transformation. The successful candidate will provide visible strategic direction, champion innovation and sustainability, and foster an inclusive, high-performing culture. Their work will directly support HMCTS’s vision of a more efficient and effective justice system, delivering real public value and access to justice for all.
The Role
Job Summary
This is a Nationally based role
Job Description
The Role
The Deputy Director – Estates Planning, Strategy and Performance is a senior leadership role within the HMCTS Property Directorate, responsible for shaping the long-term development and strategic direction of one of government’s most complex operational estates.
Working closely with the Property Director and the Director of Strategy, Analysis and Change, the postholder will lead the delivery of a cohesive, data-driven Estate Strategy that reflects HMCTS’s changing needs over the Spending Review period and beyond. They will provide strategic leadership across estate capacity, investment, utilisation, and optimisation – underpinned by robust data, insight, and evidence.
The role offers a significant opportunity to influence the future of the HMCTS estate. The postholder will ensure that investment decisions deliver maximum value for money, embed continuous improvement, and enable modern, accessible justice services – including digital and remote delivery. They will oversee estate performance through benchmarking and analytics, stabilising and consolidating operations where appropriate, reducing risk, and ensuring safe, reliable, and sustainable service delivery.
A core part of the role is responsibility for 13 Private Finance Initiative (PFI) court buildings. The postholder will ensure these assets operate efficiently, meet contractual obligations, and align with HMCTS objectives. As contracts approach expiry, they will lead the complex transition of assets and services back to HMCTS, managing legal, commercial, and operational risks to safeguard continuity and long-term value.
This is a pivotal leadership role at a time of transformation. The successful candidate will provide visible strategic direction, champion innovation and sustainability, and foster an inclusive, high-performing culture. Their work will directly support HMCTS’s vision of a more efficient and effective justice system, delivering real public value and access to justice for all.
The Role
The Deputy Director – Estates Planning, Strategy and Performance is a senior leadership role within the HMCTS Property Directorate, responsible for shaping the long-term development and strategic direction of one of government’s most complex operational estates.
Working closely with the Property Director and the Director of Strategy, Analysis and Change, the postholder will lead the delivery of a cohesive, data-driven Estate Strategy that reflects HMCTS’s changing needs over the Spending Review period and beyond. They will provide strategic leadership across estate capacity, investment, utilisation, and optimisation – underpinned by robust data, insight, and evidence.
The role offers a significant opportunity to influence the future of the HMCTS estate. The postholder will ensure that investment decisions deliver maximum value for money, embed continuous improvement, and enable modern, accessible justice services – including digital and remote delivery. They will oversee estate performance through benchmarking and analytics, stabilising and consolidating operations where appropriate, reducing risk, and ensuring safe, reliable, and sustainable service delivery.
A core part of the role is responsibility for 13 Private Finance Initiative (PFI) court buildings. The postholder will ensure these assets operate efficiently, meet contractual obligations, and align with HMCTS objectives. As contracts approach expiry, they will lead the complex transition of assets and services back to HMCTS, managing legal, commercial, and operational risks to safeguard continuity and long-term value.
This is a pivotal leadership role at a time of transformation. The successful candidate will provide visible strategic direction, champion innovation and sustainability, and foster an inclusive, high-performing culture. Their work will directly support HMCTS’s vision of a more efficient and effective justice system, delivering real public value and access to justice for all.
Person specification
In The Event We Receive a High Volume Of Applications, We Will Conduct The Initial Sift Against The Following Lead Criteria
Lead Criteria:
Working closely with the Property Director and the Director of Strategy, Analysis and Change, the postholder will lead the delivery of a cohesive, data-driven Estate Strategy that reflects HMCTS’s changing needs over the Spending Review period and beyond. They will provide strategic leadership across estate capacity, investment, utilisation, and optimisation – underpinned by robust data, insight, and evidence.
The role offers a significant opportunity to influence the future of the HMCTS estate. The postholder will ensure that investment decisions deliver maximum value for money, embed continuous improvement, and enable modern, accessible justice services – including digital and remote delivery. They will oversee estate performance through benchmarking and analytics, stabilising and consolidating operations where appropriate, reducing risk, and ensuring safe, reliable, and sustainable service delivery.
A core part of the role is responsibility for 13 Private Finance Initiative (PFI) court buildings. The postholder will ensure these assets operate efficiently, meet contractual obligations, and align with HMCTS objectives. As contracts approach expiry, they will lead the complex transition of assets and services back to HMCTS, managing legal, commercial, and operational risks to safeguard continuity and long-term value.
This is a pivotal leadership role at a time of transformation. The successful candidate will provide visible strategic direction, champion innovation and sustainability, and foster an inclusive, high-performing culture. Their work will directly support HMCTS’s vision of a more efficient and effective justice system, delivering real public value and access to justice for all.
Person specification
In The Event We Receive a High Volume Of Applications, We Will Conduct The Initial Sift Against The Following Lead Criteria
Lead Criteria:
Developing and delivering major investment strategies and business cases, applying financial appraisal frameworks (e.g. Green Book).
Lead Criteria: Using data, insight, and performance analysis to inform strategic decision-making and optimise estates
Please view our candidate information pack for full details about the role, key responsibilities, person specification, and the criteria you will be assessed against throughout the recruitment process.
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: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.
Diversity & 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 and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
For full details about the Role, Key Responsibilities and Person Specification, please download and review the Candidate Information pack
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Lead Criteria: Using data, insight, and performance analysis to inform strategic decision-making and optimise estates
Please view our candidate information pack for full details about the role, key responsibilities, person specification, and the criteria you will be assessed against throughout the recruitment process.
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: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.
Diversity & 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 and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
For full details about the Role, Key Responsibilities and Person Specification, please download and review the Candidate Information pack
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Changing and Improving
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
- 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
Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ
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 (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
For full details of the Selection Process and Recruitment Timeline, please view the Candidate Information pack.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.
As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
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
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).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
- Name : SCS Recruitment Team
- Email : scsrecruitment@justice.gov.uk
- Email : scsrecruitment@justice.gov.uk
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If 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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