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About the Role

As an experienced manager with a proven track record of leadership in providing services in prisons and possibly, to women in contact with the Criminal Justice System, you will manage the prisons advocacy services and teams for unsentenced and sentenced women within the custodial settings at HMP Peterborough and HMP Bronzefield. You will build and maintain key relationships, partnerships and contracts with relevant partners and funders, and coordinate, report on, and deliver commissioned services.

Responsibilities

Manage the prisons advocacy services and teams for unsentenced and sentenced women within custodial settings.
Build and maintain key relationships, partnerships, and contracts with relevant partners and funders.
Coordinate, report on, and deliver services commissioned by the Ministry of Justice.
Manage teams safely and securely within the prison setting.
Recruit, develop, and manage a team.

Requirements

A thorough understanding of and knowledge of the issues relating to women in the criminal justice system.
A sound knowledge of safeguarding adult and children principles, child abuse, child protection issues, and safeguarding.
Experience of working within a custodial setting.
Significant experience of working with women and/or service users with a complex range of needs, particularly within the criminal justice system, in custody and/or community.
Experience of developing relationships with funders/commissioners and achieving required outcomes.
Experience of implementing quality assurance frameworks, monitoring, evaluating, and measuring impact.
Strong influencing skills, enthusiasm, self-confidence, excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, and a can-do proactive solution-focused approach.
Strong negotiating skills and the ability to build strong and effective relationships and partnerships, dealing with ambiguity and resolving conflict effectively, achieving the right outcomes for the organisation, collaborating and networking.
Able to think, act, and plan strategically to develop practical and creative solutions to the management of existing and new services and complex problems while maintaining high levels of diplomacy and professionalism.
Any offer of employment will be subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
This role is also subject to Police Vetting.

Skills

Leadership
Collaboration with partner organizations, criminal justice services, Ministry of Justice, and HMPPS
Understanding of prison systems and regimes
Relationship building
Partnership development
Contract management
Team management
Reporting
Service delivery
Influencing
Communication (verbal and written)
Presentation skills
Negotiating
Conflict resolution
Strategic planning
Problem-solving
Diplomacy
Professionalism

Location

HMP Peterborough
HMP Bronzefield
Hammersmith head office

Work Type

Hybrid (at least 3 days in-person, up to 2 days remote)
Fixed Term

Experience Level

Experienced manager
Proven track record of leadership

Salary/Compensations

£35,340 – £40,920 pro rata

Benefits

35-hour working week
30 days paid holiday per year (pro rata) plus public holidays
Additional days off for International Women’s Day, religious observance, and moving home
Perkbox employee discount platform
Pension scheme
Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
Access to Employee Assistance Programme
Employee eye-care scheme
Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
Refer a Friend Scheme (£250 for each referral who passes probation)
Organisation wide away days
One-week paid carers’ leave
Career development pathways

About the Company

Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998.
Provides emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse.
Supports women with short-term sentences to reduce offending.
Believes in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives.
Is a community-based organisation leading in best practice approaches to supporting women.
Works in close partnership with other agencies.
Values include listening and support, empowerment and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.

Equal Opportunity

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team.
We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.
Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.