Job Introduction
As the Head of Business Assurance and Performance at HMP Addiewell, you will play a pivotal role in driving operational excellence and delivering strategic priorities. As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will lead on business planning, continuity, and assurance, ensuring compliance and high performance across core functions. Your responsibilities will span business delivery, audit, and collaboration with Finance, HR, Facilities, and Health & Safety teams. Working closely with the Director and Deputy Director, you’ll help shape and execute the establishment’s vision, ensuring full contractual delivery and long-term success.
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MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• The development and completion of the Prison establishment’s contractual delivery requirements and the co-ordination and update of establishment business planning objectives
• The completion of Compliance returns within stipulated timeframes
• The Prison establishment’s lead for Audit and Assurance activities, ensuring all audits are completed within contractual timeframes and requirements. To be the point of contact for all SLT members ensuring completion of audit actions.
• Adherence to Governance outcomes including, Information Assurance, Performance data quality and the prison Assurance framework
• Delivery of reports and data as per contractual requirements
• All the Prison establishment’s assurance reporting including local data validation to ensure they are embedded within the establishment management structures.
• Local asset management
• Manage the Prison’s Complaints Process ensuring compliance with contract
• Delivery of business continuity
• Act as the Litigation & SAR sponsor
• Monitoring and providing establishment performance data including sign off and data validation, collating all reporting requirements as per contractual obligations
• Act as point of contact for information on all partnership working with external service providers and stakeholders including performance management information and contract management oversight of local projects
• Develop and deliver a performance framework allowing oversight of a range of partnership commissioning including local contract arrangements
• To be the primary interface with the client on all contractual matters
• To chair the establishment risk assurance meeting.
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In addition, we offer 20+ Sodexo benefits such as Sodexo retirement plan, discounts to over 1,900 brands to shop online, Gym discount to maintain a healthy lifestyle, a confidential 24/7 employee assistance programme providing independent support to overcome whenever life has its obstacles including emotional support, legal and financial advice.
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