Youth Justice Oversight Manager South East/South Central

at  Ministry of Justice

Salary
The national salary range is £39,868 - £46,000 London salary range is £45,824 - £51,000 Your salary will be dependent on your base location
Number of jobs available
1
Detail of reserve list
12 Months
Region
London, National
City/Town
London, National
Building/Site

SEO

Organisation Grade for MoJ
YJB SEO London, YJB SEO National
Post Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full Time
Role Type
Operational Delivery
Job description
Job title Youth Justice Oversight Manager
(South East Region)
Number of Roles to be advertised 1
Directorate/Business Unit/Team Operations South and North and Wales
Grade SEO
Role Type: Operational Delivery, Stakeholder Engagement
Salary band National: £ 39,868-£46,000
London: £ 45,824-£51,000
Responsible to Regional Head of Youth Justice Oversight
Base/location YJB is National by Default.
National
YJB Roles are contractually based at the nearest MoJ Collaboration or Satellite Centre to the region they are allocated, but YJB staff work flexibly, including from their homes.
FTE/hours (Full-Time/Part-time/Flexible Working) Full-time – 37 hours
Job type (i.e., fixed term/permanent/loan/secondment) Permanent
Security Clearance Required Baseline (BPSS) Checks

APPLICATION

Please provide

• Written examples demonstrating in no more than 250 words for each of the following essential civil service behaviours: Communicating & Influencing – Lead Behaviour (250 words) Seeing the Big Picture (250 words) and Changing and Improving (250 words) and Working Together. (250 words)
• A statement (no more than 500 words) of how you meet the ‘essential criteria: Technical, Experience and Ability’ as outlined in the job description
• (Should a large number of applications be received, the initial sift may be conducted based on the lead behaviour: Communicating and Influencing & Essential Criteria)

ROLE PURPOSE:-

Your role is key in making sure the YJB can fulfil its statutory duty to provide advice to ministers on the youth justice system and promote effective practice. Your work will contribute toward our aims of:

• reducing the disproportionate number of ethnic minority children in the youth justice system,
• reducing re-offending,
• improving resettlement,
• advising on the reduction of serious violence
• advising on improvements in the way the sector operates and
• working toward a Child First approach in the youth justice system.

ROLE CONTEXT:

You will work within our Operations directorate and will work collaboratively with others in the youth justice sector and in the YJB to deliver the Oversight framework which entails supporting youth justice partnerships (YOTs), analysing data and gathering intelligence to support the monitoring of performance and engaging appropriately to drive up performance. You will oversee services within the South East region, as well as providing cover across the wider South area. This role will also entail taking a lead on learning and development for the directorate.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as a positive influence for the work and culture of the YJB by encouraging positive emotions and positive social exchanges in the workplace. Set high expectations and live up to them. Make sure you deliver on the commitments you make. Value the contribution of others and nurture positive relationships as well as skills and professional development.
• Build relationships with youth justice partners and proactively engage with youth justice stakeholders, maintaining a focus on practice and partnership performance. Contribute to performance improvement and sharing examples of youth justice practice which support the delivery of positive outcomes for children.
• Enable and facilitate briefings and forums for internal and external partners with the aim of promoting evidence-based good practice in the youth justice sector. Work in partnership with sector colleagues to ensure performance improvement is achieved and maintained.
• Seek innovative ways to identify, promote and facilitate the sharing of evidence based good practice, including undertaking performance related assessments and audits.
• Research, analyse and evaluate the effects of proposals, changes, innovations etc. and prepare written papers, submissions and reports for senior staff, ministers or other stakeholders.
• Contribute to the YJB’s oversight of the youth justice sector by collating, analysing and interpreting complex information, stakeholder engagement, writing reports and providing evidence-based feedback and intelligence
• Contribute to the youth justice resource hub, developing and promoting evidence-based practice tools and materials such as self-assessments materials and toolkits, evaluation and oversight
• Working collaboratively to support the delivery of YJB’s aims, statutory functions and strategic priorities
• Lead on understanding the Learning and Development needs of the Operations Directorate, and organising training to meet these needs.
  Selection process details
  This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Technical Skills, Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
  The assessment process will be made up of two parts:
• Application (see below)
• Interview (see below)