Efficiency Team Member - Temporary - South West - Performance & Quality (10206700) (Ref: 23383)

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Overview of the job

The E&I team will be responsible for optimising the use of the resource available to the NPS. This includes: resource management, identify and coordinating efficiency priorities and business development activity. In Wales these roles will go further than Probation efficiency – they will also include prison / probation integration.

Summary

The Efficiency Team Member will support the Efficiency and Innovation Lead in delivering and managing efficiency and innovation projects.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

Efficiency project support

• Collate service standard information regarding services provided nationally by the NPS to ensure that they are delivered in accordance with the service delivery indicators and specifications
• Support the creation of an activity-based costing model for the NPS
• Maintain the cost model and ensure that it is up-to-date
• Report regularly from the cost model, identifying areas which are above or below budget
• Assist in the preparation of annual cost budgets for the NPS
• Report on the success of efficiency initiatives to deliver against cost reduction targets
• Develop action plans/new processes for new projects to address inadequate performance and areas of waste in the organisation
• Support the team in ensuring that the NPS spends public money wisely and delivers cost savings.
• Manage projects as required

Plan and organise

• Support development of programme formation and implementation
• Contribute to planning, implementation and management of sharing knowledge and good practice to inform innovation and improve service delivery across the organisation

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, using systems and compiling reports as necessary
• Develop and utilise data to identify trends and make suggestions or 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
• Adhere to the diversity policies of the service and collaborate as appropriate

with the Equalities and Diversity Unit

Manage Quality

• Contribute to continuous quality improvement

Manage Projects

• Deliver project responsibilities as required
• Maintain effective communication with project stakeholders

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.

Behaviours

• Changing and Improving
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service

Essential Experience

Demonstrate experience of successfully identifying and improving efficiency of an organisation, demonstrate experience of project planning, and demonstrate experience of finance and budgeting.

Technical requirements

NVQ Level 4 or equivalent in a relevant subject (or appropriate practical experience).

Financial Analysis, Microsoft: Word, Access, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint (or equivalent i.e. Lotus Notes)

Technical Skills

Please provide evidence of your NVQ Level 4 qualification (or equivalent practical experience) and describe how you have used financial information and Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, to analyse data, produce reports and support business or service improvements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

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