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Stakeholder Engagement Lead

Ministry of Justice
Office & Professional
Office & Professional
£58,311 - £65,329/Year
Full-time
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Description

Location
National with hybrid working model allowing a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. The only London location being recruited to is 10 South Colonnade, E14 4PU.

Hours
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working arrangements available.

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

About the Role
We are recruiting a Stakeholder Engagement Lead within Justice Digital, Data and Science, part of the Digital Compliance team. Digital Compliance delivers secure, accessible, resilient and well-governed digital services, relying on strong relationships with users, delivery teams and accountable stakeholders.

As Stakeholder Engagement Lead, you will establish, lead and develop the stakeholder engagement capability across multiple specialist and technical functions. You will set strategic direction, operating models and priorities to help teams build trusted relationships, improve service adoption and support organisational behaviour change.

You will line manage three SEO Stakeholder Engagement Managers embedded in Digital Compliance teams, providing leadership, coaching and prioritisation to ensure a consistent, high-quality approach.

You will also advise senior leaders using stakeholder insight to identify risks and opportunities, strengthening relationships and enabling effective engagement.

Inclusive and accessible working is a core expectation. You will model and embed accessible ways of working across all engagement activities.

The role offers excellent benefits including a generous pension contribution, annual leave, flexible working options, personal development time and learning budgets, as well as compassionate leave policies.

Requirements

Experience
- Proven experience developing and leading stakeholder engagement across complex specialist, technical or service-facing areas.
- Experience establishing or improving stakeholder engagement capabilities across multiple teams.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience building trusted relationships with senior leaders.
- Experience using stakeholder insight and two-way engagement to influence behaviour and support organisational change.
- Experience leading and developing people, communities or professional networks.
- A strong track record of inclusive and accessible working, with excellent communication, facilitation and presentation skills.

About you
Enthusiastic and skilled in building trusted relationships and influencing change. You demonstrate inclusive working practices and are committed to accessibility. You are capable of coaching and developing teams and can prioritise work to align with strategic needs.

Qualifications
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance. No specific formal qualifications are stated, but relevant experience and skills are essential.

Expiry date: 03/10/2026
Stakeholder Engagement Lead
Company:
Ministry of Justice
Salary:
£58,311 - £65,329/Year
Job Type:
Full-time
Location:
London