Wymott Hub Manager

Ministry of Justice; Leyland; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Job summary

Ministry of Justice seeks Band 5 Hub Manager/Facilities & Services Manager to lead a team, manage staff performance, and deliver policy within a dividing environment. The position is non-operational and may involve contact with prisoners depending on area.

The role includes budget oversight, data analysis, reporting, and cross-unit collaboration. Hybrid working is available, with UK locations and pre-employment checks.

Qualifications

• Able user of MS Word and MS Excel
• Information collation and analysis
• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Developing Self and Others

Responsibilities

• Hub Manager role involves people management and delivering service standards
• Contribute toward the development of local policy, procedures and practice
• Manage devolved budgets in line with financial procedures
• Analyse data to produce reports and inform decisions
• Lead communications and liaise with external stakeholders

Skills

Leadership

Information collation

Communicating and Influencing

Changing and Improving

Developing Self and Others

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Job holders within this Group Profile will be responsible for managing the transactional activity within their relevant administrative Hub. They will line manage staff and apply all Human Resources (HR) related policies and practices and be able to carry out all aspects of people management such as staff management, disciplinary investigations, performance management and staff appraisals. This is a non operational role which may involve contact with prisoners depending on their area of work. Characteristics Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

• Contribute toward the development of local policy, procedures and practice and ensure consistency of application
• Manage devolved budgets in accordance with the financial procedures outlined in the budget delegation
• Manage the achievement of Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs) and standards within the work area, verifying and signing off documentation as appropriate
• Attend relevant unit meetings as required to provide feedback on good practice examples, to promote awareness for better and more efficient ways of working
• Analyse and act on data collected by the Hub and produce any relevant reports to show findings
• Ensure that data entered into local and national systems is accurate and in accordance with agreed timescales
• Monitor performance of the Hub
• Draft all external and internal communications on behalf of the Hub
• Provide Head of Function with management information relating to the relevant area
• Be responsible for the management of all staff within their area. This includes staff performance, development and annual appraisal through to sickness absence management Act as first point of contact for relevant external stakeholders
• Act as requisitioner or approver dependant on local policy., Newly promoted staff to the following Band 5 first line manager roles (Hub Managers, Custodial Managers and Facilities & Services Managers) in Establishments are required to complete a qualification as part of their work objectives where these training packages are available

Staff that have mapped or re-graded to Band 5 who have previously worked at an equivalent level will not be required to undertake the qualification. External applicants All external staff joining as a Band 5 Hub Manager or Facilities and Services Manager in an Establishment are required to complete the qualification where available.

Additional Information Working Arrangements & Further Information The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone's circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review. For nationally advertised roles, the successful candidate(s) will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office. This will be discussed and agreed on the completion of pre-employment checks. Some of MoJ's terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made. Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid. HMPPS welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the HMPPS' Flexible Working policy. If you are a current NPS employee, this vacancy may be available on a Loan basis for up to 2 years. Applications are invited from suitable qualified staff. The Loan/Secondment is subject to the approval of the selected candidate's Business Unit, which should be obtained before confirmation of appointment.

Behaviours

• Able to deal effectively and assertively with staff at all levels
• Able user of MS Word and MS Excel
• Information collation and analysis
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership

Essential Experience

• Able user of MS Word and MS Excel
• Information collation and analysis
• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Developing Self and Others

The job holder once in post will be matched to a job description; a sample list is shown below. The post is rotational so the job holder could during their career carry out the role of different job descriptions.

• Hub Manager : People
• Hub Manager : Business
• Hub Manager : Offender Management
• Hub Manager : Activities
• Hub Manager : Regional People Wales
• Hub Manager : Learning and Capability
• Hub Manager : Safer Custody
• Hub Manager : Intelligence

Essential Skills/ Qualifications/ Accreditation/ Registration

Job holders must complete specific training in their specialism once they take up post. Internal applicants Newly promoted staff to the following Band 5 first line manager roles (Hub Managers, Custodial Managers and Facilities & Services Managers) in Establishments are required to complete a qualification as part of their work objectives where these training packages are available Staff that have mapped or re-graded to Band 5 who have previously worked at an equivalent level will not be required to undertake the qualification. External applicants All external staff joining as a Band 5 Hub Manager or Facilities and Services Manager in an Establishment are required to complete the qualification where available.

• Annual Leave -The holiday year runs from 1 March. If you work a non standard work pattern your leave entitlement may be expressed in either hours or days as appropriate. Leave entitlement is calculated on a pro-rata basis and you will be advised of your actual entitlement on appointment. If you were appointed internally and your leave was previously calculated in days, this will continue to be the case.
• Bank, Public and Privilege Holidays -You are entitled to 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) in recognition of bank, public and privilege holidays. These hours are added to your annual leave allowance. There is a requirement to work some public and bank holidays subject to your shift pattern and the operational needs of the establishment.
• Pension -The Civil Service offers a choice of two pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.
• Work Life Balance HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) is keen to encourage alternative working arrangements. Work life balance provides greater opportunities for staff to work more flexibly wherever managers and establishments can accommodate requests to do so. HMPPS offers flexible working subject to completion of a satisfactory probationary period and NVQ.
• Season Ticket Advance -After two months' service, you'll be eligible to apply for a season ticket advance to purchase a quarterly or longer-period season ticket for travel between home and your place of work.
• Childcare Vouchers For any moves across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers.
• Training HMPPS is committed to staff development and offers a range of training and development opportunities, including areas such as Equality and Diversity, Dealing with Challenging Behaviour, Suicide Prevention and Anti Bullying Programmes -There are opportunities to access promotion programmes and HMPPS provides a variety of training appropriate to individual posts -All staff receive security and diversity training and an individual induction programme into their new roles.

Eligibility -All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post -All external candidates are subject to 6 months probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they have not already served a probationary period within HMPPS -All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or organisation