HM Prison and Probation Service
Deputy Head of National Approved Premises Team (Ref: 21611)
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East Midlands (England), East of England, North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber
Job Summary
This is a Nationally based role
Job Description
The Deputy Head of the National Approved Premises Team is a key national leadership role, providing direct support to the Head of NAPT and ensuring the effective delivery, performance and continual improvement of Approved Premises across England and Wales.
As the principal deputy to the Head of NAPT, the postholder will exercise delegated authority, lead national priorities and projects, provide strategic and operational leadership, and represent Approved Premises at senior regional and national forums. The role combines strategic oversight with a strong understanding of operational delivery, ensuring national policy, performance expectations and improvement initiatives are translated into effective practice.
Key Responsibilities
- Deputise for the Head of NAPT, assuming leadership responsibility and decision-making authority in their absence.
- Support the development and delivery of the national Approved Premises strategy, priorities and business objectives.
- Lead and deliver key national projects, transformation programmes and service improvement initiatives on behalf of the Head of NAPT.
- Maintain oversight of national performance, quality, public protection outcomes and operational risks across the Approved Premises estate.
- Provide challenge, support and assurance to regional leaders to drive consistency, compliance and continuous improvement.
- Represent NAPT at senior internal and external meetings, influencing policy, practice and service development.
- Lead responses to emerging operational issues, significant incidents and areas of concern requiring national oversight.
- Support the development and implementation of national policy, guidance and operational standards.
- Build effective relationships with senior stakeholders across HMPPS, MoJ and partner agencies.
- Promote an inclusive, high-performing culture focused on public protection, service excellence and staff development.
Person Specification
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Memberships
Registered Probation Qualification
Languages
English - Verbal and Written
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Delivering at Pace
- Changing and Improving
- Seeing the Big Picture
- 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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Nationality requirements
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)
- 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
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The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact :
- Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
- Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
- Telephone : 0345 241 5358
Recruitment team
Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
Further information
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints
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