17578 - Community Payback Supervisor - Greater Manchester - Outcome in a Day in Salford

Employer: Ministry of Justice

Location: Salford, Greater Manchester

Pay: £26,475 to £31,650 per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Disability Confident: No

Closing Date: 10/06/2026

Please note: Candidates must hold a full UK Manual Driving Licence when applying for this role, this is a mandatory technical requirement in order to carry out this role. We cannot accept candidates who hold an automatic Driving Licence only.

Don’t miss out on this limited opportunity to:

• Visit one of our Unpaid Work sites and get a sense of what it’s like working in the Community Payback Team.
• Meet some of our team and see what they have to say about their work.
• Get a better understanding of the role.

We anticipate that the assessment day will run from 09:00-16:00. The day will be split into two sections with a break in the middle. The morning has been designed to enable you to get a sense of the role with onsite experience and for you to meet some of the team to ask questions. Interviews will then take place in the afternoon.

We will meet at our Salford probation office where you will be split into small groups and driven to site. Please dress accordingly for the weather and bring any refreshments you may need. There will be tea/coffee/water facilities available. There is a local shop should you wish to purchase any food/drink on the day.

Details of the exact day including start time and what to bring will be shared with you once you have completed your application and passed the initial online stage. During the day you will be asked to complete a face-to-face interview where we will test behaviours and strengths. Your natural strengths are assessed to find out what motivates and energises you. We will also assess your spoken English abilities. You will be advised whether you have been successful or not on the same day.

If you are offered and accept a role, we will then commence the vetting process. This can take up to 12 weeks.

The Community Payback Supervisor role is a physical one. Staff are expected to work on varied projects that involve practical tasks that should be seen by the public to be a credible punishment providing reparation to the community. The post holder will exercise appropriate authority to maintain discipline and good behaviour within working groups, alerting the relevant staff to any infringement of discipline or behaviour.

It may be required to undertake weekend working as part of a normal pattern of working. The work may involve working alongside volunteers or staff from partner organisations. This role will require a flexible approach with start times, working Monday to Friday with some duty calls on weekends. A permanent manual driver’s licence is required for this role.

A career in community payback gives you the power to make a positive impact on the lives of People on Probation as well as your community. People come from all walks of life to form one team in the Probation Service. It's all about supporting People on Probation on their journey and making your community a better place. Whether that's building benches or cleaning the streets, you're there because you genuinely want to help. If this sounds like you, apply now.

If you are successful in the recruitment process to join the Probation Service, your starting salary will be £26,475. On a typical day, you’ll spend up to 7 hours supervising a group at a Community Payback unpaid work placement. Post holders may be required to undertake weekend working as part of their normal pattern of working.

Working pattern: The Community Payback supervisor role is accommodated to people on probation who work or have caring responsibilities. Community Payback projects run 7 days a week therefore you will work frequent weekends, and you may be asked to cover some evenings. You will be paid a higher rate of 50% for weekend days you do work.

In this role, the pace of our work means that rest breaks don’t always happen in the standard way. When this happens, we make sure your wellbeing is looked after. Your wellbeing really matters to us, so we want to be open about this from the outset. If you’re someone who enjoys a varied, active role where no two days are the same, this is a great environment to make a real difference while being fully supported.

The Probation Service offers the opportunity for annual pay progression through a Competency Based Framework (CBF), which if eligible, will see your pay increase. CBF is designed to enable you to move up through the pay band range as your competence grows. New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band. Probation Service also increases their pay band ranges annually in line with Civil Service Pay guidance, which will also apply an increase to band pay ranges where applicable.

Overview of the job: This is an operational role directly supervising work groups of offenders serving a community sentence. This may include driving service vehicles to transport people or equipment. The post holder will be responsible for all work site supervision tasks and will work with service users to ensure that all tasks are carried out to the best of their ability. This will include working alongside people to demonstrate good practice as necessary.

For further information on the summary, responsibilities, activities, duties of the role and the Civil Service Success Profile Criteria which will be used in the assessment process, please refer to the full Job Description Attachment.