13770 - Community Payback Supervisor - Greater Manchester - Outcome in a Day
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 19 Ionawr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £26,475 i £31,650 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 18 Chwefror 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Bolton, Greater Manchester |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | Ministry of Justice |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 13770 |
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Don’t miss out on this limited opportunity to:
Visit our one of our Unpaid Work sites and get a sense of what it’s like working in Community Payback Team.
* Meet some of our team and see what they have to say about their work. Our aim is to bring to written job description to life to help you get a better understanding of the role.
* Meet our friendly assessors who will test to see if you have the abilities, behaviours, and strengths to be a Community Payback Supervisor.
We Anticipate that the assessment day will run from 09:00-16:30. The day will be split into two sections with a break in the middle. The morning has been designed the day to enable you to get a sense of the role with onsite experience and for you to get the benefit of meeting some of the team to ask questions. Interviews will then take place in the afternoon.
We will meet at our Salford probation office where you will be split into small groups and driven to site. Please dress accordingly for the weather and bring any refreshments you may need. There will be tea/coffee/water facilities available. There is a local shop should you wish to purchase any food/drink on the day.
Details of the exact day including start time and what to bring will be shared with you once you have completed your application and passed the initial online stage.
During the day you will be asked to complete a face-to-face interview where we will test behaviours and strengths.
Your natural strengths are assessed to find out what motivates and energises you. We will also assess your spoken English abilities.
You will be advised whether you have been successful or not on the same day. If you are offered and accept a role we will then commence the vetting process. This can take up to 12 weeks.
The Community Payback Supervisor role is a physical one. Staff are expected to work on varied projects that involve practical tasks that should be seen by the public to be a credible punishment providing reparation to the community. The post holder will exercise appropriate authority to maintain discipline and good behaviour within working groups, alerting the relevant staff to any infringement of discipline or behaviour. It may be required to undertake weekend working as part of a normal pattern of working. The work may involve working alongside volunteers or staff from partner organisations. This role will require a flexible approach with start times, working Monday to Friday with some duty calls on weekends. A permanent manual drivers licence is required for this role.
Please note: Community Payback Supervisors will be expected to work weekends as part of their normal working pattern. You will be paid a higher rate for weekend days you do work.
Post holders will be required to undertake regular weekend working as part of their normal pattern of working to support operational needs. The work may involve working alongside volunteers or staff from partner organisations.
This role is not eligible for new Skilled Worker visas in accordance with the current immigration rules.
Overview of the job
This is an operational role directly supervising work groups of offenders serving a community sentence. This may include driving service vehicles to transport people or equipment. The post holder will be responsible for all work site supervision tasks and will work with service users to ensure that all tasks are carried out to the best of their ability. This will include working alongside people to demonstrate good practice as necessary.
For further information on the summary, responsibilities, activities, duties of the role and the Civil Service Success Profile Criteria which will be used in the assessment process, please refer to the full Job Description Attachment.
About the role
Community Payback Supervisors will work with a diverse mix of individuals, so it’s important that you’re empathetic, a good communicator and happy to take the lead.
It’s all about supporting offenders on their journey and making your community a better place. Whether that’s building benches or cleaning the streets, you’re there because you genuinely want to help people.
As a Community Payback supervisor, you’ll be at the heart of this work, leading small teams to complete their unpaid work hours.
You’ll supervise and motivate them to complete a range of manual tasks to pay back for the harm they’ve caused. These tasks could include clearing overgrowth to make public spaces safer, restoring community facilities such as sports halls and playgrounds, planting trees or laying flowerbeds, and litter picking and graffiti removal
On a typical day, you’ll spend up to 7 hours supervising a group at a Community Payback unpaid work placement.
Working pattern
The Community Payback supervisor role is accommodated to people on probation who work or have caring responsibilities. Community Payback projects run 7 days a week therefore you will:
work frequent weekends, and you may be asked to cover some evenings.be paid a higher rate for any evening and weekend days you do work.
There may be a chance to work part-time in some regions. You can discuss this at your interview.
In this role, the pace of our work means that rest breaks don’t always happen in the standard way. When this happens, we make sure your wellbeing is looked after.
Your wellbeing really matters to us, so we want to be open about this from the outset. If you’re someone who enjoys a varied, active role where no two days are the same, this is a great environment to make a real difference while being fully supported.
Visit our one of our Unpaid Work sites and get a sense of what it’s like working in Community Payback Team.
* Meet some of our team and see what they have to say about their work. Our aim is to bring to written job description to life to help you get a better understanding of the role.
* Meet our friendly assessors who will test to see if you have the abilities, behaviours, and strengths to be a Community Payback Supervisor.
We Anticipate that the assessment day will run from 09:00-16:30. The day will be split into two sections with a break in the middle. The morning has been designed the day to enable you to get a sense of the role with onsite experience and for you to get the benefit of meeting some of the team to ask questions. Interviews will then take place in the afternoon.
We will meet at our Salford probation office where you will be split into small groups and driven to site. Please dress accordingly for the weather and bring any refreshments you may need. There will be tea/coffee/water facilities available. There is a local shop should you wish to purchase any food/drink on the day.
Details of the exact day including start time and what to bring will be shared with you once you have completed your application and passed the initial online stage.
During the day you will be asked to complete a face-to-face interview where we will test behaviours and strengths.
Your natural strengths are assessed to find out what motivates and energises you. We will also assess your spoken English abilities.
You will be advised whether you have been successful or not on the same day. If you are offered and accept a role we will then commence the vetting process. This can take up to 12 weeks.
The Community Payback Supervisor role is a physical one. Staff are expected to work on varied projects that involve practical tasks that should be seen by the public to be a credible punishment providing reparation to the community. The post holder will exercise appropriate authority to maintain discipline and good behaviour within working groups, alerting the relevant staff to any infringement of discipline or behaviour. It may be required to undertake weekend working as part of a normal pattern of working. The work may involve working alongside volunteers or staff from partner organisations. This role will require a flexible approach with start times, working Monday to Friday with some duty calls on weekends. A permanent manual drivers licence is required for this role.
Please note: Community Payback Supervisors will be expected to work weekends as part of their normal working pattern. You will be paid a higher rate for weekend days you do work.
Post holders will be required to undertake regular weekend working as part of their normal pattern of working to support operational needs. The work may involve working alongside volunteers or staff from partner organisations.
This role is not eligible for new Skilled Worker visas in accordance with the current immigration rules.
Overview of the job
This is an operational role directly supervising work groups of offenders serving a community sentence. This may include driving service vehicles to transport people or equipment. The post holder will be responsible for all work site supervision tasks and will work with service users to ensure that all tasks are carried out to the best of their ability. This will include working alongside people to demonstrate good practice as necessary.
For further information on the summary, responsibilities, activities, duties of the role and the Civil Service Success Profile Criteria which will be used in the assessment process, please refer to the full Job Description Attachment.
About the role
Community Payback Supervisors will work with a diverse mix of individuals, so it’s important that you’re empathetic, a good communicator and happy to take the lead.
It’s all about supporting offenders on their journey and making your community a better place. Whether that’s building benches or cleaning the streets, you’re there because you genuinely want to help people.
As a Community Payback supervisor, you’ll be at the heart of this work, leading small teams to complete their unpaid work hours.
You’ll supervise and motivate them to complete a range of manual tasks to pay back for the harm they’ve caused. These tasks could include clearing overgrowth to make public spaces safer, restoring community facilities such as sports halls and playgrounds, planting trees or laying flowerbeds, and litter picking and graffiti removal
On a typical day, you’ll spend up to 7 hours supervising a group at a Community Payback unpaid work placement.
Working pattern
The Community Payback supervisor role is accommodated to people on probation who work or have caring responsibilities. Community Payback projects run 7 days a week therefore you will:
work frequent weekends, and you may be asked to cover some evenings.be paid a higher rate for any evening and weekend days you do work.
There may be a chance to work part-time in some regions. You can discuss this at your interview.
In this role, the pace of our work means that rest breaks don’t always happen in the standard way. When this happens, we make sure your wellbeing is looked after.
Your wellbeing really matters to us, so we want to be open about this from the outset. If you’re someone who enjoys a varied, active role where no two days are the same, this is a great environment to make a real difference while being fully supported.