Senior Project Manager - Community Accommodation Service Corporate Services, Temporary 18 months (Ref: 23473)

Job summary

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Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Probation Service Community Accommodation Services (CAS), supporting the Head of Corporate Services to deliver priorities across a diverse Corporate Services portfolio. The post has been established to strengthen leadership capacity, provide resilience across key workstreams and support the successful delivery of business priorities.

As Senior Project Manager - Corporate Services (CAS), you will provide leadership across a range of corporate functions, with particular responsibility for leading the CAS Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB) Team and overseeing delivery of the CAS EDIB and Engaging People on Probation Plans. You will work closely with senior leaders, colleagues and stakeholders to promote inclusive practices, enhance staff engagement and support organisational culture and wellbeing.

Alongside this, you will support the Head of Corporate Services in areas including business planning, risk management, workforce planning, financial assurance and improvement activity. You will also support the coordination of Change, Corporate Services, and Business Manager activity across CAS, ensuring consistency in processes, governance arrangements, and reporting practices.

This is an excellent opportunity for a collaborative leader who can build strong relationships, drive continuous improvement and help shape the future direction of Corporate Services within CAS.

This is an 18-month temporary position, with the possibility of becoming permanent.

Overview of the job

You will work to the Head of Business Strategy and Change (BSC), as part of a multi-disciplinary team incorporating functional specialists and Programme Regional Implementation Leads. Supporting the development and stabilisation of the
Target Operating Model TOM of the new Probation Service within the newly created regions.

Provide management and leadership within the Probation Service (PS) Probation Reform and Recovery Programme.

Working with PRP and Workforce programmes, incorporate understanding of post Covid recovery impact on delivering ongoing change, working to TOM implementation

Representing the Region with external agencies/stakeholders and staff.

Summary

The job holder will be required to represent the interests of PS in this project/Programme and in doing so will be involved in activities including workforce strategy and planning, ICT, estates and facilities management, bringing a good understanding of the PS Region to all project activities.

You will have excellent project management skills an ability to work collaboratively with others with a focus on delivery and finding pragmatic solutions to solve problems as this essential by way of the demands of the role moving forward.

The role will involve providing formal reports to working with PRP and Workforce programmes, incorporate understanding of post Covid recovery impact on delivering ongoing change, working to TOM implementation

local governance structures, delivery of multimedia presentations to both internal and external audiences, facilitation of focus groups involving staff, People on Probation (PoP) and stakeholders and work collaboratively with our partners in achieving stabilisation of the new unified model.
The post holder must adhere to all policies in respect of the sensitive/confidential nature of the information handled whilst working in this position.
As a Senior Project Manager this is a senior role within each of the geographical Regions with the post being able to carry project/programme work, whilst carrying out senior management responsibilities and tasks associated within the Region.
Adding the required flexibility inherent in working within Business Strategy and Change

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

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

• Regional lead on caseload issues.
• Operational support to the Head of PDU if operating on the on-call rota within relevant Probation Instruction criteria and rules such as Recall, High Risk of Serious Harm Case Transfers, etc.
• Ensure effective Regional staff transfer and induction arrangements are in place
• Act as BSC lead for performance & quality in the programme and audits and inspections concerning the programme
• Participate in the Regional governance structures along with other strategic partners
• Senior Management responsibility for planning of estates, buildings and maintenance and stabilisation activities within the Region
• Take the lead on specific Regional or cluster projects/portfolios including Equality and Diversity, Reward and Recognition, etc. completing reviews and delivery of action plans and ensuring compliance with Health and Safety legislation.

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.

Person specification

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Behaviours

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace
• Changing and Improving
• 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

• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk

Further information

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