9098 - Deputy Director, HMPPS Operational Learning, Delivery & Transformation
| Posting date: | 15 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £81,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 September 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 9098 |
Summary
This is a senior leadership position with responsibility for the operational delivery of prison learning across the entire prison estate. The role plays a critical part in shaping the training and development experience of frontline staff, embedding a culture of excellence, innovation, high standards, and inclusion.
It also leads the transition of learning transformation initiatives within HMPPS into sustainable business-as-usual (BAU) operations.
You will lead a geographically dispersed workforce of approximately 300 staff across 42 regional training centres, with strategic oversight of a staffing budget exceeding £16 million. Your leadership will ensure the delivery of high-quality, consistent, and operationally aligned training for prison officers and other operational staff.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting into the HR Director you will:
Providing direction and leadership to a large national team, shaping learning delivery across the estate and driving high performance, professional standards, and inclusive practice.
Aligning training provision with resourcing strategies, including new prison builds and expansions, while maintaining sufficient training capacity to support recruitment and mitigate attrition. You will ensure that the design and delivery of training remains current and responsive to operational demand.
Building strong and effective relationships with key stakeholders across HMPPS, the Ministry of Justice, and beyond. This includes engagement with ministers, senior leaders, and trade unions to ensure training delivery aligns with strategic goals and operational needs.
Overseeing the full lifecycle of learning design and delivery – from needs assessment to evaluation – to ensure the training offer remains of the highest quality and fit for purpose.
Ensuring training delivery supports key departmental and ministerial initiatives, including the Enable Programme, the Independent Review of Foundation Training, the Professional Standards Review, the Sentencing Review, and the Prison Build Programme.
It also leads the transition of learning transformation initiatives within HMPPS into sustainable business-as-usual (BAU) operations.
You will lead a geographically dispersed workforce of approximately 300 staff across 42 regional training centres, with strategic oversight of a staffing budget exceeding £16 million. Your leadership will ensure the delivery of high-quality, consistent, and operationally aligned training for prison officers and other operational staff.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting into the HR Director you will:
Providing direction and leadership to a large national team, shaping learning delivery across the estate and driving high performance, professional standards, and inclusive practice.
Aligning training provision with resourcing strategies, including new prison builds and expansions, while maintaining sufficient training capacity to support recruitment and mitigate attrition. You will ensure that the design and delivery of training remains current and responsive to operational demand.
Building strong and effective relationships with key stakeholders across HMPPS, the Ministry of Justice, and beyond. This includes engagement with ministers, senior leaders, and trade unions to ensure training delivery aligns with strategic goals and operational needs.
Overseeing the full lifecycle of learning design and delivery – from needs assessment to evaluation – to ensure the training offer remains of the highest quality and fit for purpose.
Ensuring training delivery supports key departmental and ministerial initiatives, including the Enable Programme, the Independent Review of Foundation Training, the Professional Standards Review, the Sentencing Review, and the Prison Build Programme.