Strategic Business Manager – Probation Services

Ministry of Justice; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 25 days +

Pension scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom is recruiting a Business Manager to support the senior leadership team across the function, ensuring performance is monitored and efficiency opportunities are pursued.

You will act as a key interface with internal and external stakeholders, oversee financial planning, procurement and risk assessments, and lead a small team including Diary Manager and Case Administrators while delivering across hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience of managing workload of senior level executives and extensive stakeholder engagement.
• Experience in using Microsoft Office programmes to present information and data and reviewing outputs for quality.
• Experience of effectively managing financial or other resources.
• NVQ Level 4 in Business Administration or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Directly line manage, and provide secondary line management, for staff to support good practice and personal development through effective supervision.
• Monitor and deliver procedures relating to human resources, equalities and inclusion, staff performance management, and learning and development.
• Oversee and maintain robust administrative processes to gather, monitor and synthesise business performance data.
• Maintain knowledge of, and assist with the review and improvement, of a range of organisational policies and local procedures.
• Adhere to financial compliance policies with financial responsibilities to include monitoring the function’s budgets.
• Complete the workforce planning tool and provide accurate information to support decision-making by senior leaders.
• Build effective relationships with teams across the business, external stakeholders and partner agencies as a Probation Service Representative.
• Manage facilities portfolio for designated area, complete health and safety risk assessments, and maintain reporting systems.
• Respond to changing business needs and ad-hoc tasks to meet deadlines and support service delivery.
• Lead the development of pilot initiatives and support senior leadership on emerging business issues.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

People management

Financial planning

Education

NVQ Level 4 in Business Administration

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Job description

Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom is recruiting a Business Manager to support the senior leadership team across the function, ensuring performance is monitored and efficiency opportunities are pursued.

You will act as a key interface with internal and external stakeholders, oversee financial planning, procurement and risk assessments, and lead a small team including Diary Manager and Case Administrators while delivering across hybrid working arrangements.