Prison Director

Job Introduction

Do you have extensive senior operational management experience within a prison environment including contract knowledge and contract management skills? Are you passionate about rehabilitation and improving offenders and employees quality of life? Do you have a strong strategic management and leadership skills?

HMP Forest Bank are currently recruiting for a Prison Director.

Within the role, you will be required to provide an operationally safe, decent and secure custodial environment which meets the needs of prisoners and promotes improved quality of life and opportunities to reduce re-offending.  You will provide strategic and operational leadership for the prison, communicating the vision for the organisation through high levels of staff engagement and value based leadership. You must also deliver the business and contractual requirements of the prison, having responsibility for the financial performance and quality of services.

If you have proven experience of working as a Prison Governing Governor or Director within the public or private sector and have strong operational management skills we would love to hear from you.

A relocation package/accommodation allowance is available, further details can be discussed at interview.

Role Responsibility

• Set and maintain the strategic direction of the prison in the context of the wider organisation whilst accounting for regional and local variances and priorities.
• Develop and review the prison strategy, including delivery of an annual business plan setting targets for improvements in performance and efficiency in line with business requirements.
• Deliver the agreed performance and contractual targets on time and within budget.
• Ensure the identification, management and review of organisational risk (operational, financial, reputational and people) .
• Develop and sustain a culture that attracts, engages, motivates and retains high quality staff to foster a work environment where hard work, innovation and creativity are encouraged and valued. Ensure effective workforce and succession planning.

**Full job description below

The Ideal Candidate

Essential:

• Senior operational experience in prisons, at Governing Governor or Prison Director level; previous prison incident command experience, risk management, security clearance to required level.
• Successful completion of incident and hostage management training, and adjudication training.
• Financial management experience, including responsibility for large budgets, and proven ability to deliver efficient and effective services..
• Proven leadership skills, including the development, communication and delivery of a clear vision.
• Strategic thinking, understanding policy and legal context, to make meaningful decisions in complex and challenging situations.
• Proven ability to develop mature, productive and meaningful relationships with internal and external service providers, key stakeholders and partners.
• Effective communicator, including the proven ability to negotiate and influence at a strategic level.
• Ability to exercise sound judgement in politicised and pressured environment.
• Contract knowledge and contract management skills.
• Experience of being the public face of a large organisation and conducting public speeches and media presentations in a politically sensitive environment.
• Technical knowledge of relevant prison legislation, Prison Service Orders and instructions, Standards, inspection and audit processes; and knowledge of the wider criminal justice system.

Desirable

• Project Management skills.
• Formal contract management training

Package Description

Competitive salary plus bonus, car allowance, flexible benefit fund, healthcare, pension scheme and access to a variety of Sodexo benefits and discounts.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 5 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC.