Assistant Director – Justice

We are currently seeking an experienced Assistant Director for our client to be based in the South West/Central region on a 6 month initial contract.

You will be working from home but prepared to have frequent regional travel across South West/Central regions.

The pay rate is negotiable.

This post presents an exciting opportunity to lead on the mobilisation & development of Personal Wellbeing services in the South West/Central Region. Commissioned by HMPPS these services are focused on supporting adult male ex–offenders across the following pathways:

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Family and Significant Others

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Lifestyle and Associates

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Emotional Wellbeing Services

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Social Inclusion

The role will span numerous contract delivery areas across South West/Central England. In preparation for service go live in June 2021, the role will be focused on mobilising the estates and workforce, as well as being involved in the co–design of delivery model. Furthermore, working with the wider mobilisation team to embed robust performance and governance processes.

This role will involve working in close partnership with delivery partners, HMPPS, Voluntary Sector and other Criminal Justice organisations to promote and deliver our services and achieve the required outputs and outcomes.

You will be responsible for ensuring all services are mobilised in accordance with contractual deadlines, service deliverable are contractually compliant and meet their reporting mechanisms. Furthermore, you will take a pivotal role co–designing innovative and engaging service provisions to ensure best practice and leading–edge services are available to all service users.

You will be accountable for creating an environment in which staff are engaged and empowered to achieve greater impact and understand the strategic vision of the service.

You will proactively promote the values, aims and objectives of the service and show understanding and commitment to the needs of service users and their local communities and how the Justice services can most effectively address these needs.

The successful candidate will work as part of our Senior Leadership Team, in partnership with the mobilisation and other Service Hubs to provide subject matter expertise to assist in the wider mobilisation requirements.

Ultimately, you will lead our teams to achieve our Justice Business Plan objectives: innovate, revitalise and reform the delivery of Justice Services.

Main Duties & Accountabilities

To be responsible for a portfolio Personal Wellbeing contracts within the Justice Hub.

To provide strategic oversight and management of the services's vision, aims and objectives alongside those of the customer/commissioner.

To remotely line manage a team of regional Senior Operations Managers.

To support the Justice Director in the development and delivery of a growth plan appropriate to the opportunities and potential presented by their area of business.

Through monitoring and management, to be accountable for the delivery of high quality, cost effective services in line with commissioner and organisational requirements.

To implement the services evidence based performance improvement systems and processes in order to continuously improve the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery and organisational performance and ensure compliance with contractual requirements and standards.

To ensure that effective performance and impact monitoring and management information systems are in place to support both contract compliance and organisational reporting requirements.

To ensure that contractual and operational risks are effectively and transparently assessed and managed.

To maximise the performance and contribution of staff in meeting set objectives through staff supervision, performance management, appraisal, training, consultation and service/team meetings.

To assist the SLT in developing systems to ensure effective service delivery within an equal opportunities framework and promote anti discriminatory practice in all aspects of the work.

To collaborate with service users to ensure that they are involved in co–creating the service so that it addresses their priorities and needs.

Ensure risk escalation procedures and processes are in place consistently across each site to safely manage and report increases in risk appropriately both internally and with partnership agencies.

To ensure that your professional awareness of best practice and service innovation is maintained and shared with all staff.

To act as an ambassador for the service upholding and promoting our organisational values

Ensure that all staff maintain high standards of professional performance at all times through adherence to the services policies and procedural frameworks.

Ensure that disciplinary, complaints and grievance procedures are appropriately managed, including the undertaking of investigations and the conducting of disciplinary interviews when required.

To sustain positive working relationships with the services corporate services, including Business Development, Finance and Comms / Marketing to ensure effective joint working and collaboration.

Annual agreement and review of targets, competencies and personal development plans for all supervised staff in line with the services PEF Process.

To attend networking events as and when required.

To ensure that the service environmental and health and safety risk assessments are completed and reviewed timely on each site.

To ensure all safeguarding concerns are managed in accordance with organisational and establishment policies and agreements and that records and monitored and maintained providing information to the service as part of annual reports.

Ensure consistent and effective implementation of the services's Equal Opportunities & Diversity policy and procedures across each site.

Positively promote an environment within the service which respects and values the diversity of both staff and service users.

To deliver organic growth from the service and funding base for which they have management responsibility – developing and maintaining local commissioner and stakeholder relationships and networks and ensuring that opportunities for the service to grow are encouraged, promoted and acted upon.

To inform and deliver a service–based development and growth plan as a part of a wider growth strategy, to manage and maximise the key relationships for which the post holder is responsible and the key opportunities it is agreed they will lead on.

To ensure positive relationships and intelligence sharing with existing commissioners – acting to encourage growth opportunities and to ensure that the service benefits from those.

To identify opportunities to promote the work and achievements of the service and its Service Users and progress these in consultation with the relevant media advisors in accordance with organisational policy.

To recruit, coach, develop, motivate and manage the post holder's direct reports in accordance with the services competencies and staffing policies and to ensure services Employment Policies are adhered to.

To be accountable for the people management practices in their services, taking active steps to ensure that these reflect organisational policy and good practice, and that staff feedback is considered and acted upon where appropriate (e.g. Staff Surveys)