17730 - Senior Administration Officer (Integrated Offender Management), Yorkshire and the Humber in Sheffield

Some roles in probation require employees to have access to additional intelligence systems that require a higher level of vetting. An example of this is the multi‑agency ‘Visor’ system. If you are applying for a role that requires you to access systems such as Visor, you will be expected to undertake additional vetting for this once you commence in post, in addition to the pre‑employment checks. This is a permanent post but the funding is only agreed until March 2029. After this time you may be redeployed to another SAO role.

Responsibilities

• Coordination/relationship building: Provide direction to Partner Agencies, daily management information, and monthly performance reporting that will enable effective management and development of IOM Cohort.
• Establish good working relationships and effective communication links between statutory and non‑statutory Partner Agencies, building confidence and trust.
• Develop new links to Third Sector/Voluntary Agencies to expand and diversify the interventions available to people on the Scheme in line with national IOM strategy.
• Negotiate and influence partners participating in IOM to deliver agreed service levels effectively through coordinated working, resulting in proper management of cases and genuine results.
• Maintain a good knowledge of people on Scheme, their offending behaviour, needs, motivation to make changes and engagement with services and provision.
• Facilitate IOM Case Review Meetings, ensuring information is circulated to members beforehand, notes are taken and decisions made are communicated to all relevant partners and stakeholders.
• Liaise with partners to ensure multi‑agency assessments and risk assessments are carried out; sometimes negotiating with agencies to determine and agree assessment of risk of re‑offending.
• Have extensive knowledge of interventions available to the person on Scheme by all various agencies and services: police, probation, housing, voluntary sector etc.
• Ensure information is shared appropriately with Partners and in a timely manner using agreed protocols and in compliance with all aspects of data protection.
• Support Probation IOM SPO and Police Tactical Leads to ensure that a problem‑solving approach is adopted to negotiate and agree with agencies the type of interventions to be co‑ordinated, balancing enforcement with support, counselling, rehabilitation.
• Liaison and development of relationships between Partners provides focus on the specific needs of each individual case and the overall intentions of the IOM National Strategy Delivery of IOM programme is promoted and supported by internal and external multi‑agency groups.
• Use information to make critical decisions.
• Act as point of contact for referrals to the scheme.
• Provide guidance to practitioners and wider stakeholders around referrals.
• Gather national IOM strategies and best practice and share this with the wider partnership.
• Scope and identify persons who may be suitable for adoption onto scheme in line with current criteria.
• Research and process referral applications received for consideration onto the cohort.
• Maintain records and share information.
• Update police and probation systems, including Delius, IDIOM and other relevant systems.
• Support collection and presentation of performance management data to ascertain local IOM practices are meeting needs of service users and stakeholders, and to improve quality and availability.
• Be fully cognisant of relevant Partnership action plans.
• Manage and maintain computer systems in accordance with Data Protection Legislation.
• Maintain Information Sharing Agreements ensuring fit for purpose for IOM.
• Work with Youth Offending to best case‑manage the Young Persons IOM Scheme and assist in smooth transition from YOS to Probation where applicable.
• Use problem solving to support multi‑agency responses to community safety issues, with particular reference to offending and reducing re‑offending.
• Undertake activities associated with oversight and administrative management of Electronic Monitoring – Acquisitive Crime (EM‑AC).
• Use Management Reports and other sources of information to check compliance with National IOM and EM‑AC requirements.
• Liaise with prisons to facilitate work of IOM/EM‑AC ensuring licence conditions, dates and relevant activities are recorded on systems.

Eligibility and Sponsorship

From 22 July 2025, the Government increased the salary threshold and skills level for Skilled Worker visas. This role does not meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship in accordance with the current immigration rules if you are looking to apply for a Skilled Worker Visa for the first time. The Department cannot consider sponsoring you for this role unless you have held a Skilled Worker visa continuously since before 22 July 2025. If you have held a Skilled Worker visa continuously, please raise this during your vetting checks and eligibility will be assessed in accordance with the immigration rules and transitional provisions in place.