Director of Probation and Reoffending
Full Time
Leeds or London
The Policy Group is responsible for setting and advising on policy across the full range of the Department’s responsibilities, including criminal, civil, family and administrative justice; the criminal and civil law; the court system, legal aid and support and the legal services sector; the prison and probation systems, and offender policy; the youth justice system; the UK’s domestic human rights framework and international obligations; and MoJ’s international and Union-strengthening strategies. It also supports the Lord Chancellor in her constitutional relationship with the judiciary and oversees the constitutional relationship between the UK and the Crown dependencies.
This new Probation and Reoffending Directorate is being created to bring our policy work on probation and reducing re-offending closer together, and to respond to increasing demands on these important services. This directorate will also provide significant policy input to help deliver the Lord Chancellor’s priority of using technology solutions to manage offenders in the community.
Reporting to the Director General of Policy, you will be accountable for:
* Leading the Department's work on probation policy and delivering Ministerial priorities in this area. This will include working closely with HMPPS colleagues to develop and deliver the Department's probation policy response to the ongoing Independent Sentencing Review.
* Leading the Department's work on Community and Reoffending policy (including accommodation, employment, the reducing reoffending strategy, resettlement policy and BOLD).
* Working with partners across the justice system, including prisons and probation, police, Whitehall Departments (particularly Home Office, DfE and DHSC), the third sector and local authorities.
* Manage an allocated budget and ensure that the Directorate is staffed with high quality colleagues.
* Management of 3 Deputy Directors. Probation Policy, and Community and Reoffending Policy, and Reducing Reoffending Analysis Division.
* Playing an active role as part of the leadership of the Policy Group (analysis, legal and policy), and championing diversity and inclusion and wellbeing.
* Upholding the Civil Service Code and its core values: integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.
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.
For more information on the role and how to apply please visit Director of Probation and Reoffending - Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UK
We look forward to hearing from you!