Change Delivery Officer

**General Information**:

- Salary
- £31,995
- Working Pattern
- Full Time
- Vacancy Approach
- External
- Location
- Reading, Weston-super-Mare
- Region
- South Central, South West
- Closing Date
- 13-May-2025
- Business Unit
- AGY - NOMS Agency
- Post Type
- Permanent
- Civil Service Grade
- EO
- Number of jobs available
- 2
- Reserve List
- 12 Months
- Job ID
- 5357

**Descriptions & requirements**:

- Job description

**Overview of the job**

The role is responsible for delivering business change partner support to PS Divisional Deputy Directors as directed by the System Integration team.

**Summary**

The system change team will be part of the central DDC team but with a matrix line into the Divisional DD. They will deliver against an agreed national change programme. An initial priority will be ensuring integration between PS and CRC. In Wales these will include integration with Probation/Prisons and tfore solid line into HMPPS Wales.

**Responsibilities,** **Activities and Duties**

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
**Business change partner support responsibilities**
- Support the delivery of change in the Division, working to the Head of Business Strategy and Change
- Contribute to Probation Service change plans
- Assist in the development of Divisional change plans Mobilise change teams - even w
- these are virtual project teams, and ensure that they are effectively managed
- Support key workstreams within each change project as required
- Work alongside Divisional colleagues to plan the implementation of change plans and mitigate risks, and engaging frontline staff in continuous improvement exercises
- Translate change plans into clear action plans
- Develop stakeholder management plans
- Identify key stakeholders and implement stakeholder interventions to ensure successful delivery

**Use communication effectively**
- Providing information, feedback and advice
- Influencing and persuading
- Chair and participate in meeting using appropriate skills, styles and approaches

**Enhance your own performance**
- Manage own resources and professional development

**Use information to take critical decisions**
- Liaise with staff to receive, collate and analyse information, developing systems and compiling reports as necessary
- Develop and utilise data to identify trends and take appropriate action to maintain and enhance performance
- Implement and manage systems for the exchange of sensitive information, data and intelligence

**Manage Diversity and Quality**
- Contribute to creating a culture that promotes equality and values diversity

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

**Essential Experience**
- Experience of implementing change projects
- Operational experience of working in a Probation setting

**Technical requirements**
- Microsoft: Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint (or equivalent i.e. Lotus Notes)
- Additional Information

**Working Arrangements & Further Information**

If you are a current NPS employee, this vacancy may be available on a Loan basis for up to 2 years. Applications are invited from suitable qualified staff.

**Benefits**

**Annual Leave**
- The holiday year runs from 1 March. If you work a non standard work pattern your leave entitlement may be expressed in either hours or days as appropriate. Leave entitlement is calculated on a pro-rata basis and you will be advised of your actual entitlement on appointment. If you were appointed internally and your leave was previously calculated in days, this will continue to be the case.

**Bank, Public and Privilege Holidays**
- You are entitled to 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) in recognition of bank, public and privilege holidays.

**Pension**
- The Civil Service offers a choice of two pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.

**Work Life Balance**

**Season Ticket Advance**

**Childcare Vouchers**

For any moves across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers

**Training**

HMPPS is committed to staff development and offers a range of training and development opportunities, including areas such as Equality and Diversity, Dealing with Challenging Behaviour, Suicide Prevention and Anti Bullying Programmes
- T are opportunities to access promotion programmes and HMPPS provides a variety of training appropriate to individual posts
- All staff receive security and diversity training and an i