38886 - Integration Lead
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The IOM co-ordinator as integration lead for the National IOM team will support regions in the establishment of governance to ensure that the strategy and operational guidance are being adhered to. They will provide support to regions on IOM, offering advice and guidance on the strategy, best practice and soon to be established performance framework. Their aim is to drive consistency in approach to IOM across England and Wales and to ensure our activity surrounding IOM continuously improves, capturing and sharing best practice and discussing areas required to be developed. This post will report to the IOM national strategic lead post. Again this is a national post covering IOM across England and Wales but will sit in the hierarchy of the Regional Probation Director in Wales who has IOM Lead.
Overview of the job
The Partnership & Stakeholder Lead is responsible for the development of the systems capability to build senior stakeholder relationships between the NPS, CRCs and other partnerships.
NPS has a diverse range of programme and policy areas, most of which are delivered with other partners – this diversity can make it challenging for us to co-ordinate our activities and to avoid confusion. The job holder will not ‘control’ NPS partnership and stakeholder activities, but will act as adviser to Deputy Directors and their Divisions, helping them to target their input and find the best routes through.
The role is also responsible for delivering business change partner support to NPS Divisions and Deputy Directors at a regional level as directed by the System Integration Senior Manager
Summary
The System Integration team will be responsible for ensuring the NPS works as effectively as possible with CRCs and other delivery partners. The roles will include identifying and coordinating delivery to improve effectiveness of operations. In Wales these roles will go further than Probation – they will also include Prison / Probation integration.
Responsibilities, Activities & Duties
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
Partnerships & stakeholder development
- Provide key strategic insight, to enable ministerial briefing, on effecting change and engaging key stakeholders
- Lead NPS’ work on developing a professional approach to managing networks and key stakeholders in order to provide a key delivery mechanism for the NPS and its relationships with Partners
- Take an authorship and commissioning role to establishing new and effective partnerships for the NPS
- Develop a relationship management approach for the NPS, in line with HMPPS approaches
- Experiment with new relationship management ideas and processes across the NPS
- Coordinate other Divisions’ developments related to relationship management
- Co-ordinate NPS’ input into cross-Whitehall processes and systems.
Implementing associated change management
- Plan and design the change required to make partnerships with delivery partners as effective as possible
- Coordinate operational input to HQ projects to improve the interfaces between stakeholders and partners
Use communication effectively
- Providing information, feedback and advice
- Influencing and persuading
- Using appropriate skills, styles and approaches
Enhance own performance
- Manage own resources and professional development
Use information to take critical decisions
- Liaise with staff to receive, collate and analyse information, developing systems and compiling reports as necessary
- Develop and utilise data to identify trends and take appropriate action to maintain and enhance performance
- Plan, implement and manage systems for the exchange of sensitive information, data and intelligence
Manage Diversity and Quality
- Contribute to a culture and systems that promote equality and value diversity
- Implement the diversity policies of the service and collaborate effectively with the Equalities and Diversity Unit
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 alternations 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.
Behaviours
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
- Changing and Improving
- Seeing the Bigger Picture
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Essential Experience
- Demonstrate experience of stakeholder management,
- Demonstrate experience of implementing successful change projects,
- Operational experience of working in a Probation setting
Technical requirements
NVQ Level 4 or equivalent in a relevant subject (or appropriate practical experience)
Microsoft: Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
In addition this post attracts a London allowance payment which will be discussed at interview
Can be based anywhere in the UK but Line Managed in Wales
Working Arrangements & Further Information
Standard working hours are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid.
Benefits
The MoJ offers a range of benefits:
Annual Leave
Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after ten years’ service.
There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year. Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.
Pension
The National Probation Service is covered by the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) run through the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF). Please visit www.gmpf.org.uk for further information.
Please note: Any current Civil Servant who is a member of the PCSPS, by accepting an offer of employment to the National Probation Services will be opted out of the PCSPS and auto enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Training
The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.
Support
- A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
- Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
- For any moves across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers
- Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
- Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
Networks
The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.
Eligibility
All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.
There is a guaranteed interview scheme (GIS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
25/11/2020, 23:55 hours.
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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) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families
· 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
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules
This Vacancy is closed to applications.