9056 - Partnership & Stakeholder Engagement, Resettlement Lead HMP Swansea
| Posting date: | 15 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £44,100 to £46,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 September 2025 |
| Location: | Swansea, Wales |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 9056 |
Summary
Overview of the job:
The Partnership & Stakeholder Lead is responsible for the development of the systems capability to build senior stakeholder relationships between the NPS, CRCs and other partnerships.
NPS has a diverse range of programme and policy areas, most of which are delivered with other partners – this diversity can make it challenging for us to co-ordinate our activities and to avoid confusion. The job holder will not ‘control’ NPS partnership and stakeholder activities, but will act as adviser to Deputy Directors and their Divisions, helping them to target their input and find the best routes through.
The role is also responsible for delivering business change partner support to NPS Divisions and Deputy Directors at a regional level as directed by the System Integration Senior Manager
Summary:
The System Integration team will be responsible for ensuring the NPS works as effectively as possible with CRCs and other delivery partners. The roles will include identifying and coordinating delivery to improve effectiveness of operations. In Wales these roles will go further than Probation – they will also include Prison / Probation integration.
Responsibilities, Activities & Duties:
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
Partnerships & stakeholder development
Provide key strategic insight, to enable ministerial briefing, on effecting change and engaging key stakeholders
Lead NPS’ work on developing a professional approach to managing networks and key stakeholders in order to provide a key delivery mechanism for the NPS and its relationships with Partners
Take an authorship and commissioning role to establishing new and effective partnerships for the NPS
Develop a relationship management approach for the NPS, in line with HMPPS approaches
Experiment with new relationship management ideas and processes across the NPS
Coordinate other Divisions’ developments related to relationship management
Co-ordinate NPS’ input into cross-Whitehall processes and systems.
Implementing associated change management
Plan and design the change required to make partnerships with delivery partners as effective as possible
Coordinate operational input to HQ projects to improve the interfaces between stakeholders and partners
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, developing systems and compiling reports as necessary
Develop and utilise data to identify trends and take appropriate action to maintain and enhance performance
Plan, implement and manage systems for the exchange of sensitive information, data and intelligence
Manage Diversity and Quality
Contribute to a culture and systems that promote equality and value diversity
Implement the diversity policies of the service and collaborate effectively with the Equalities and Diversity Unit
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.
The Partnership & Stakeholder Lead is responsible for the development of the systems capability to build senior stakeholder relationships between the NPS, CRCs and other partnerships.
NPS has a diverse range of programme and policy areas, most of which are delivered with other partners – this diversity can make it challenging for us to co-ordinate our activities and to avoid confusion. The job holder will not ‘control’ NPS partnership and stakeholder activities, but will act as adviser to Deputy Directors and their Divisions, helping them to target their input and find the best routes through.
The role is also responsible for delivering business change partner support to NPS Divisions and Deputy Directors at a regional level as directed by the System Integration Senior Manager
Summary:
The System Integration team will be responsible for ensuring the NPS works as effectively as possible with CRCs and other delivery partners. The roles will include identifying and coordinating delivery to improve effectiveness of operations. In Wales these roles will go further than Probation – they will also include Prison / Probation integration.
Responsibilities, Activities & Duties:
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
Partnerships & stakeholder development
Provide key strategic insight, to enable ministerial briefing, on effecting change and engaging key stakeholders
Lead NPS’ work on developing a professional approach to managing networks and key stakeholders in order to provide a key delivery mechanism for the NPS and its relationships with Partners
Take an authorship and commissioning role to establishing new and effective partnerships for the NPS
Develop a relationship management approach for the NPS, in line with HMPPS approaches
Experiment with new relationship management ideas and processes across the NPS
Coordinate other Divisions’ developments related to relationship management
Co-ordinate NPS’ input into cross-Whitehall processes and systems.
Implementing associated change management
Plan and design the change required to make partnerships with delivery partners as effective as possible
Coordinate operational input to HQ projects to improve the interfaces between stakeholders and partners
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, developing systems and compiling reports as necessary
Develop and utilise data to identify trends and take appropriate action to maintain and enhance performance
Plan, implement and manage systems for the exchange of sensitive information, data and intelligence
Manage Diversity and Quality
Contribute to a culture and systems that promote equality and value diversity
Implement the diversity policies of the service and collaborate effectively with the Equalities and Diversity Unit
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.