Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Probation

We are looking for an exceptional individual to lead Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation through a period of significant change. You will need to be an inspirational leader with outstanding change management skills. You will be able to set the strategic direction for the independent scrutiny of the new rehabilitation landscape and be able to command the confidence of all, including new private sector and voluntary sector providers of rehabilitation services, to improve the quality of offender management. You will shine a light on best practice, giving providers the best opportunity to reduce reoffending.

Knowledge of contract and performance management would be valuable attributes. A background in probation or youth offending work is not essential, but you would benefit from an understanding of what effective working with these groups means in practice.

The Inspectorate has a statutory responsibility to inspect work undertaken with children, young people and adults who have offended or are likely to offend. This is at a time when the transformation of the rehabilitation of adult offenders is taking place. Reoffending is to be reduced through far reaching reforms to introduce a more diverse mix of providers, delivering increased innovation and improved value for money. The Inspectorate of Probation will play a key role in scrutinising this dynamic new range of providers, providing an independent public assurance of quality. Youth offending work is also subject to wide ranging changes stemming from government proposals on rehabilitation and on the custody of children and young people.

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Probation is a statutory role and the initial appointment will be for 3 years. The preferred candidate will need to appear before a Parliamentary select committee before appointment. The office holder can be based at either the Inspectorate’s office in London or Manchester. 

Further information is available at www.mojpublicappointments.com  For an informal confidential discussion about the role please contact Mark Turner or Holly Perry on 020 7426 3976. Applications (CV and supporting letter) should be submitted viawww.mojpublicappointments.com by noon on Monday 29 July 2013. Interviews are planned for mid August and the pre-appointment hearing for the week commencing 2 September.

We welcome applications from candidates regardless of ethnicity, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or gender identity. Applications are particularly welcome from women, those from an ethnic background or with a disability, those in the private sector and those who have not previously held a public appointment. This appointment is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.