Overview
In this Senior Probation Officer role, you lead and manage a Local Delivery Unit within the National Probation Service to ensure high-quality, compliant practice. You will steer team performance, deploy resources efficiently, and support cross-team collaboration with partners to safeguard the public. You’ll use performance data to drive improvement, manage staff development, and uphold equality, inclusion, and probations standards. The role offers scope to shape service delivery and contribute to public protection in a dynamic, multi-agency environment.
Pay / Benefits
- Access to learning and development
- Flexible working options
- Inclusion and diversity
- Civil Service pension 28.97% employer contribution
- Annual Leave
- Public Holidays
Responsibilities
- Provide effective management and leadership to the team
- Ensure quality delivery of good practice and performance improvements
- Deploy resources and budget to meet strategic aims
- Meet contractual requirements with HMPPS, CRCs and local business plans
- Analyse and apply performance data to maximise team performance
- Develop staff, address underperformance, attendance, health and safety, and diversity issues
- Ensure offender managers manage risk and meet public protection standards
- Contribute to public protection through multi-agency arrangements and case reviews
- Promote innovation and continuous improvement in service delivery
- Manage area finances in line with regulations and authorise expenditure
- Lead and represent the NPS in partnerships and stakeholder relations
- Facilitate communication between LDU and internal/external partners
- Participate in corporate management as part of the Unit Management Team
- Undertake delegated responsibilities and adapt to changing tasks
- Model pro-social behaviour and challenge anti-social behaviour
- Carry out safeguarding duties in line with policies
- Align with NPS and HMPPS aims and values
Key requirements
- Graduate Diploma / Honours Degree in Community Justice integrated with Level 5 Diploma in Probation Practice, or an equivalent recognised qualification
- Probation Qualification Framework
- Section 10 of the Offender Management Act 2007 recognition of qualification
- Experience in management/leadership roles within probation or related settings
- Working Together
- Developing Self and Others
- Delivering at Pace
- Data interpretation and performance management
- Budgeting and resource management
- Risk management and public protection coordination
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