About the job

Job summary

This is a critical role at the heart of HMPPS. The Director of Prison Supply in HMPPS is responsible for the supply of new prison places in England & Wales.

HMPPS is undertaking a significant portfolio of activity to deliver a prison estate that can meet the capacity demands and challenges over the next 5-10 years through new prison builds and the expansion of our existing estate, accessing both public and private sector expertise to do so.

This is a significant challenge, which must be planned, executed and delivered successfully to ensure that the prison estate is in the best position to provide the right capacity at the right time with buildings that meet the required standards for safe and decent accommodation for those offenders in our care, and that HMPPS is able to discharge our statutory responsibilities.

This is a high-profile and demanding role, with responsibility for programmes with significant operational impact that remain a priority for Ministers, the Ministry of Justice leadership and HMPPS. It also includes responsibility for capital programmes amounting to (£3.2bn).

The successful candidate will need to be commercially fluent and have a track record of leading in complex Estate environments to deal with the challenges of delivering through multiple suppliers and potential contractual issues. You will also have a strong track record of delivery in Project and Programme Management. You will have Senior Sponsorship accountability for the delivery of the Prison Capacity Sub-Portfolio of projects and programmes (20,000 new prison places); which consist of five SRO-led Government Major Projects and Programmes with an annual budget of £1.7bn.

This is a Nationally based role

Job description

For full details about the Role, Key Responsibilities and Person Specification, please download and review the Candidate Information pack.

Person specification

As the Senior Civil Servant responsible for Prison Supply, your key responsibilities will include:

• Providing strong leadership, influence, accountability and direction, and shaping the Prison Supply Directorate.
• Providing strategic oversight and ownership of all activity related to the provision of prison places.
• Effective management of a capital investment budget.
• Overseeing the alignment of the supply of prison places with the HMPPS strategy.
• Ensuring that HMPPS meets its statutory and commercial obligations, prioritising spend carefully.
• Developing and maintaining close working relationships with relevant stakeholders and other parts of the justice system.
• Developing effective working relationships with other Directorates within HMPPS at all levels and leading inclusively with business partners and others to enable successful delivery.
• Developing effective relationships across Government, including the Infrastructure Projects Authority, MoJ Property Directorate, the Office of Government Property and the Government Property Agency, and using these relationships to leverage expert advice, support and services as and when required.
• Role modelling the leadership behaviours (as set out in the HMPPS Leadership Code) as a member of the HMPPS senior leadership community.
• Championing engagement, equality and inclusion through leadership of the team; and
• Championing continuous profession development and professional skills across HMPPS, MoJ and the wider Civil Service.

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

Additional Information

Please view our candidate information pack for full details about the role, key responsibilities person specification, and the criteria you will be assessed against throughout the recruitment process. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, and feel that you meet the criteria, we would welcome your application.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £97,000, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £29,391 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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Selection process details

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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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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.