HM Prison and Probation Service
Efficiency Team Member - Temporary - South West - Performance & Quality (10206700) (Ref: 20766)
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Job Summary
Please refer to Job Description
Job Description
Overview of the job
The E&I team will be responsible for optimising the use of the resource available to the NPS. This includes:
- Resource management
- Identify and coordinating efficiency priorities
- Business development activity
In Wales these roles will go further than Probation efficiency – they will also include prison / probation integration.
Summary
The Efficiency Team Member will support the Efficiency and Innovation Lead in delivering and managing efficiency and innovation projects.
Responsibilities, Activities & Duties
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
Efficiency project support
- Collate service standard information regarding services provided nationally by the NPS to ensure that they are delivered in accordance with the service delivery indicators and specifications
- Support the creation of an activity-based costing model for the NPS
- Maintain the cost model and ensure that it is up-to-date
- Report regularly from the cost model, identifying areas which are above or below budget
- Assist in the preparation of annual cost budgets for the NPS
- Report on the success of efficiency initiatives to deliver against cost reduction targets
- Develop action plans/new processes for new projects to address inadequate performance and areas of waste in the organisation
- Support the team in ensuring that the NPS spends public money wisely and delivers cost savings.
Manage projects as required
Plan and organise
- Support development of programme formation and implementation
- Contribute to planning, implementation and management of sharing knowledge and good practice to inform innovation and improve service delivery across the organisation
Use communication effectively
- Providing information, feedback and advice
- Influencing and persuading
- Using appropriate skills, styles and approaches
Enhance own performance
- Manage own resources and professional development
Use information to take critical decisions
- Liaise with staff to receive, collate and analyse information, using systems and compiling reports as necessary
- Develop and utilise data to identify trends and make suggestions or take appropriate action to maintain and enhance performance
- Plan, implement and manage systems for the exchange of sensitive information, data and intelligence
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Manage Diversity and Quality
- Contribute to a culture and systems that promote equality and value diversity
- Adhere to the diversity policies of the service and collaborate as appropriate with the Equalities and Diversity Unit
Manage Quality
- Contribute to continuous quality improvement
Manage Projects
- Deliver project responsibilities as required
- Maintain effective communication with project stakeholders
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 alternations 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.
Behaviours
- Changing and Improving
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
Essential Experience
- Demonstrate experience of successfully identifying and improving efficiency of an organisation
- Demonstrate experience of project planning
- Demonstrate experience of finance and budgeting
Technical Requirements
NVQ Level 4 or equivalent in a relevant subject (or appropriate practical experience).
Financial Analysis, Microsoft: Word, Access, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint (or equivalent i.e. Lotus Notes)
Technical Skills
Please provide evidence of your NVQ Level 4 qualification (or equivalent practical experience) and describe how you have used financial information and Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, to analyse data, produce reports and support business or service improvements.
Person specification
Please Refer To Job Description
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Please see Job Description
Benefits
- 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
For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.
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Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.
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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
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
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
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