Head of Change – National Security Group (Ref: 21849)

This is a Nationally based role

HMPPS Band 11

We are seeking exceptional senior leaders to join our organisation at a pivotal time of transformation. These influential roles will play a key part in delivering strategic alignment projects, providing visible leadership through change, and shaping the future direction of the organisation. Working across complex stakeholder environments, successful candidates will build and maintain strong partnerships, drive operational improvement, and ensure the delivery of high-quality outcomes that support our long-term ambitions. This is a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact, leading people, performance, and change at the highest level.

National Security Group is leading on several major pieces of transformation in this sector. The Head of Change will oversee a portfolio of projects and workstreams. The post holder will be responsible for providing strategic leadership and governance to ensure the successful delivery of change programmes aligned to HMPPS priorities. The role includes oversight of portfolio assurance and driving improvements in project and portfolio management capability and best practice across HMPPS.

The most significant of these is the design and implementation of a multi-agency structure for the management of Serious and Organised Criminals (SOC) in the justice system. It is a high complex multi-agency project covering all prisons and probation delivery units across England and Wales and associated links with international equivalents. It seeks to bring together resource and capabilities from the National Crime Agency and Policing across the UK. Initially the role will lead the work to design both the services that this will deliver alongside the operating structure. Once agreed it will then lead the implementation of the work over the next two years. The role will also need to establish project management and governance structures for this work.

The project team is likely to consist of 20-30 staff of various grades and importantly from a variety of agencies across government. Working closely with senior stakeholders, the post holder will make decisions that support effective programme delivery and ensures change activity is aligned with organisational objectives and operational requirements.

This is a nationally based role with the standard HMPPS expectation around hybrid working and a minimum 60% office attendance. There will be frequent travel to London, occasional national travel and possible international travel.

Although the Head of Intelligence, Head of Corruption, Crime and Policing Unit, and Head of Change – NSG roles are being advertised as three separate campaigns, they all sit within the National Security Group.

If you would like to be considered for more than one of these roles, please apply for each vacancy that interests you. We will conduct a joint sift across the campaigns, and candidates applying for multiple roles will only need to attend one interview.

We will share further details and guidance on the process in due course.

Developed Vetting standards required with a further STRAP accreditation.

The question for the presentation will be sent to candidates once they have been invited to interview.

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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