Deputy Director, Our Future Probation Service - #1694957

East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

Job Summary

The Deputy Director for the Our Future Probation Service Programme will act as Programme Director for Our Future Probation Service Programme (OFPS), delivering on His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service and Ministry of Justice ministerial priorities to rebalance demand and capacity in probation in order to deliver sustainable performance improvement.

OFPS is central to delivery of the Ministry of Justice’s strategic outcomes to both Protect the Public and Reduce Reoffending.

This post is critical to ensuring that HMPPS, MoJ Policy and Justice Digital work effectively together to deliver a single operationally deliverable plan including legislative measures, process improvement, digital transformation and cultural change to close the capacity gap and deliver essential efficiencies to sustain delivery.

Your Responsibilities Will Include But Not Be Limited To

• Leading the programme to deliver a credible, implementable plan to close the demand-capacity gap across probation including legislative and operational measures, contributing to the overarching aim to improve performance and prepare for implementation of the Sentencing Review the capacity gap across Probation, contributing to improving performance and preparing the service to implement the outcome of the Sentencing Review.
• Playing a key part in setting the direction of the Programme and leading the team and the wider business to deliver it across the Probation Service in England and Wales Overseeing the alignment of the supply of prison places with the HMPPS strategy.
• Ensuring that HMPPS meets its statutory and commercial obligations, prioritising spend carefully.
• Developing effective working relationships with other Directorates within HMPPS and other parts of the Justice System at all levels and leading inclusively with business partner and others to enable successful delivery.
• Role modelling the leadership behaviours (as set out in the HMPPS Leadership Code) as a member of the HMPPS senior leadership community.
• Championing engagement, equality and inclusion through leadership of the team; and
• Championing continuous profession development and professional skills across HMPPS, MoJ and the wider Civil Service.
  
  

For more information on the key responsibilities for this role, please refer to the Candidate Information Pack attached to this advert.

Job Description

For full details about the Role, Key Responsibilities and Person Specification, please download and review the Candidate Information pack

For full details about the Role, Key Responsibilities and Person Specification, please download and review the Candidate Information pack

Person specification

For more information on the key responsibilities for this role, please refer to the Candidate Information Pack below.

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.

Full details about the role, key responsibilities person specification, and the criteria you will be assessed against throughout the recruitment process can all be found in our candidate information pack. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, and feel that you meet the criteria, we would welcome your application.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving
  
  

Alongside your salary of £76,000, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £22,017 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• 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
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance
  
  

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths 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, Strengths and Experience.

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
  
  

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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 : [email protected]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : [email protected]
  
  

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. I you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL ([email protected]) 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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