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This post is responsible and accountable for leading and delivering high quality corporate services on behalf of the Regional Probation Director. As a member of the Senior Management Team, the post holder is required to lead effective Business Planning activity and National Probation Service (NPS) corporate functions, manage and direct business partner activity within the region and take full responsibility for ensuring critical business services across the region are strategically aligned. This post will be responsible for providing services that directly support front line operational staff. An understanding of the wide range of probation policies and procedures across the organisation is required.

• Accountable for the development and delivery of the Regional Business Plan and business risk registers, with overall responsibilities for implementation.
• Accountable for ensuring corporate governance is embedded, monitored and reviewed in the region.
• Accountable for delivering all objectives within delegated budget including for specific programmes of work (e.g. regional learning and development budget).
• Monitor and control the overall use of the regional budget, ensuring there are appropriate governance frameworks in place to promote accountability.
• Responsible for ensuring management information systems are in place to monitor, analyse and report on corporate performance across the region identifying operational, resource or organisational issues that may impact on performance or increase business risk (e.g. Health and safety, Learning and development).
• Lead business partner activity across the region, taking a collaborative approach and ensuring the Regional Probation Director is updated with timely progress reports.
• Lead Business Manager activity across the NPS region ensuring compliance with policy and process in corporate activities.
• Lead the development of regional corporate support systems, policies and processes in response to business need in order to review and assess effective practice in business services.
• Responsible for ensuring the delivery of strategic employee communications utilising a range of techniques to suit the needs of the audience, the message and the objectives of active engagement.
• Provide leadership and management of the Regional Complaints Team ensuring compliance with policy and process.
• Identify opportunities for more efficient delivery of business services and develop proposals to convert those opportunities into new ways of working.
• Ensure effective HR systems are in place to manage and develop staff in line with organisational HR policies and procedures in order to achieve performance objectives and enhance productivity.
• Liaise with staff to receive, collate and analyse corporate performance 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.
• Accountable for ensuring all risk assessments are undertaken in line with Health and Safety and staff are made aware of their personal responsibility to ensure Health, Safety & Fire compliance.
• Lead a culture within the region that promotes equality and values diversity through the effective development and implementation of systems, policies and processes.
• 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 alterations 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.

• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
• Leadership

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

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• 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