Electronic Monitoring Partnership and Stakeholder Engagement Strategic Lead - South West - Full Time - Permanent (Ref: 24108)

Job summary

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Job description

Overview of the job

Accountable to the ACO in region with EM responsibility, the Electronic Monitoring Partnership and Stakeholder Strategic Lead will work across one of the Probation regions in England or Wales to lead the Electronic Monitoring agenda on behalf of the Probation Service.

You will work at a regional and strategic level, providing management and leadership to the Electronic Monitoring Regional Team with the aim of establishing assurance processes to embed the Electronic Monitoring strategy across the region.

You will represent the Region at a senior level across multiple external agencies and stakeholders involved in electronic monitoring. Equally, you will deliver skilled leadership within the Probation Service to influence the electronic monitoring agenda, including improving performance, quality, and outcomes.

You will work across the region and be based within a community probation office with the expectation that post holders will travel as and when required, including regular visits into selected Courts and Probation offices.

Summary

As the Electronic Monitoring Strategic Lead you will be expected to play a key strategic senior leadership role under the ACO in region with Electronic Monitoring responsibility and provide leadership to a team to deliver on the Electronic Monitoring Strategy within the Probation Service.

This role will involve working with a range of internal and external partners to embed electronic monitoring firmly into Probation practice. This work will make a key contribution to reducing reoffending and reducing the number of victims of crime that will support HMPPS’ shared goals with wider Criminal Justice Partners.

You will have excellent analytical and leadership skills with an ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to solve problems and find pragmatic solutions to consistently implement Electronic Monitoring across the region.

The post holder must adhere to all policies in respect of the sensitive/confidential nature of the information handled whilst working in this position

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• Under the guidance of the ACO in region with Electronic Monitoring responsibility the postholder will develop and deliver regional Probation Service Electronic Monitoring strategic priorities, which align with existing and emerging national priorities.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with key senior leads at multiple external agencies and stakeholders, including but not limited to: EMS, Police, Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), HMCTS.
• Represent the PS externally in key regional and local partnership meetings, as well as internally with national and regional senior teams. You will also develop briefings and presentations to influence the electronic monitoring HQ JES Temp EM Partnership and Stakeholder Engagement Strategic lead v1.0 agenda /outcomes at these forums.
• Effective analytical skills to identify multi-faceted and interdependent challenges between internal and external stakeholders at a regional level, and progress local initiatives that deliver improved outcomes, including performance and quality.
• Interpret varied and highly complex information from numerous sources to identify local and regional opportunities, and support strategic discussions with an extensive range of partners to ensure a whole- system approach to the delivery of national priority workstreams.
• Play a critical role in the developing Electronic Monitoring Governance within HMPPS by providing interface between national and policy teams within HMPPS and regional probation delivery.
• Responsible for the management of impactful delivery of workstreams, performance and quality matrices.
• Lead and matrix manage multiskilled teams, across different departments, using varied resources to strengthen practitioner and stakeholder understanding of EM as a credible sentencing option and driving up the overall EM sentences in region

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder. An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.

Person specification

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Behaviours

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership
• Working Together

Benefits

• 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

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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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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
• Telephone : 0345 241 5358

Recruitment team

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Further information

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