Deputy Governor Without Function

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 225789**Salary**:

- £42,626 - £51,154**Grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer- HMPPS Band 8**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Senior leadership**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- This position is based at HM PRISON MAIDSTONE MAIDSTONE, ME14 1UZAbout the job

**Summary**:

- Please refer to job description**Job description**:

- Overview
- This is a senior management job in a benchmark establishment.
- The job holder will lead on the daily operations of the establishment on behalf of the Governor.
- The job holder will have responsibility for influencing and championing national policy and its direct delivery effecting prisoners and staff.
- This is an operational job with line management responsibilities
- Characteristics
- Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:
- Provide leadership, direction and mentoring for managers and staff within the establishment through briefings building formal and informal relationships, and effective communication on behalf of the Governor
- Promote Prison Service policy in all activities and behaviours by promoting diversity, decency, safety and reducing re-offending agendas
- Contribute to the preparation of the establishment contingency and emergency plans and ensure implementation when required.
- Contribute to the strategic thinking, effective ways of working and finding solutions for failing Service Delivery indicators (SDIs)
- Contribute to the development and delivery of the medium-to-long term strategic and business plan for the establishment and continuous strategic development of the establishment through the SMT
- Responsible for ensuring that Heads of Functions adhere to action plans as a result of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP), Standards Audit Unit (SAU) and Measuring the Quality of Prison Life (MQPL) findings/reports
- Ensure that all managers and staff within the functions are held accountable for providing decent conditions and that a safe working environment is maintained for prisoners and staff
- Carry out Adjudications and monitors the fairness and consistency of those carried out by Head of Functions, with responsibility for chairing local grievance appeals and attendance support hearings appropriate to level
- Contribute to local employee relations maintaining and building relationships and partnerships where possible to facilitate negotiations with trade unions
- Oversee the Duty Governor rota for Heads of Function
- Responsible for authorising actions required under Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) taking responsibility for the local corruption prevention contact
- Oversee the decisions made around Release On Temporary License (ROTL), Recategorisation and Home Detention Curfew (HDC) following appropriate risk assessments
- Chair and represent the establishment at internal and external stakeholder / community meetings including Category A reviews and monthly security committee, setting objectives and direction of works and reviewing any current threats when required
- Respond to confidential access requests and complaints for the Governor
- Responsible for authorising the Use of Force and tornado team when required
- Manage devolved budgets in accordance with the financial procedures outlined in the budget delegation
- Contribute to the establishment's overall achievement of (SOIs) and standards and lead on the performance and delivery of targets relating to the budget and People Plan
- Ensure the SMT are visible throughout the establishment and personally carry out regular visits to all areas
- Responsible for authorising actions required under RIPA and managing the local corruption prevention contact

Job Descriptions relating to this Group Profile
- The job holder once in post will be in matched to a job description; a sample list is shown below. The post is rotational so the job holder could during their career carry out the role of different job descriptions.- DG: Deputy Governor without Function

Essential Skills/ Qualifications/ Accreditation/ Registration
- The job holder must have been successfully accredited by passing both the Deputy Governor Assessment Centre (DGAC) and the Deputy Governor & Governor Incident Management Silver Command (IMSC) Assessment.
- An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh**Responsibilities**:

- Please refer to job description**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Managing a Quality Service

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Successfully accredited by passing the Deputy Governor Assessment Centre (DGAC)
- Deputy Governor & Governor In