£58,952 - £61,750
Working Pattern
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working
Vacancy Approach
External
Basildon, Bedford, Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Cheshunt, Colchester, Harlow, Huntingdon, Ipswich, Kettering, King's Lynn, Lowestoft, Luton, Northampton, Norwich, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea, St Albans, Stevenage, Watford, Wellingborough, Wisbech
Region
East of England
Closing Date
15-Nov-2026
Business Unit
NPS East of England Community Integration (2021)
Post Type
Permanent
Civil Service Grade
Other
Number of jobs available
1
Reserve List
12 Months
Job ID
23573
Job description
The Senior Commissioning and Partnerships Manager SCPM will lead and oversee regional commissioning and partnership activity ensuring the development of a comprehensive and equitable range of commissioned services to support rehabilitation and resettlement, taking a whole system approach by building local partnerships, joint working opportunities and co-commissioning. They will directly contribute to the delivery of regional reducing reoffending priorities, including but not limited to homelessness prevention, dependency and recovery, health and social care and employment opportunities.
The SCPM will report into the Head of Community Integration, be part of the senior management structure within the Region and provide leadership and management to partnership teams sitting in Community Integration such as homelessness prevention, health justice, and commissioning and partnership teams. The post holder will have sufficient seniority and authority to work with senior and strategic commissioning partners on behalf of the Head of Community Integration.
The SCPM will be accountable for the oversight of all commissioning arrangements in the region and related partnering with other commissioners, statutory bodies, and stakeholders, leading the development and implementation of the regional commissioning and partnership strategies.
The SCPM will develop and manage key external relationships with statutory partners, including but not limited to the Police and Crime Commissioner, Local Authorities, Health Boards at a regional and sub-regional level, and ensure the full engagement of voluntary and private sector organisations. They will promote, develop, and manage co-commissioning activity with partners to deliver rehabilitative services, with an essential and pivotal role in aligning regional activity with national policy and government regulatory frameworks, ensuring both compliance and best practice.
They will work closely with operational senior leaders and managers, counterparts on a pan-regional basis, national HMPPS commercial, CRS strategy, commissioning, and contract management functions, MoJ policy, finance and legal teams and other government departments to fulfil the duties of this role.
This is an exciting new, permanent senior leadership role to head up the new East of England Housing Support Services for offenders, pre and post release from prison and /or under statutory Community Supervision. This service has recently transferred from contracted, to in house provision, initially on a 3-year pilot basis. At the operational level, it currently works alongside our existing Community Accommodation Schemes ((CAS1, 2 and 3) and other rehabilitative pathways to meet the needs of our people in our care e.g. around dependency & recovery, personal wellbeing and money management. It will work very closely and collaboratively the new contracted, Community Support services which are due to go live from Summer 2027 and will deliver rehabilitative services on a holistic basis. This will include increasing the amount of pre-release activity to people in custody in our region in relation to their housing needs, regardless of the area to which they intend to return.
At the strategic level, this is an excellent opportunity to engage more comprehensively and proactively with our key stakeholders e.g. the 47 local authorities within our region. Internally, we can also start to increase our strategic alignment with the different housing services available to People on Probation e.g. our Community Accommodation Schemes, our prison based Strategic Housing Specialists and our Homelessness Prevention Team. In this connection, a decision has recently been made that the postholder will also line manage the Head of our Homelessness Prevention team, which fundamentally focusses on the risk of harm assessment and management of offenders in community accommodation. Since this is integral to this team, it would be desirable (but not essential) for the postholder to be a registered Probation Practitioner. In any event though a relevant NVQ level 6 qualification will be required.
The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.
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Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid. HMPPS welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the HMPPS’ Flexible Working policy.
The MoJ offers a range of benefits:
Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years’ service, plus public holidays. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis
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A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles.
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If you require any assistance please call 0345 241 5359 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
Please quote the job reference: 23573
If you require any assistance please call 0345 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
Please quote the job reference: 23573
Behaviours Application Form Question Word Limit
250
Making Effective Decisions
Seeing the Big Picture
Changing and Improving
Leadership
Communicating and Influencing
Working Together
We will assess your experience for this role via the following methods
Experience Questions
Experience Questions Application Form Question Word Limit
500
Evidence of Experience
Experience Questions
Technical Questions Application Form Question Word Limit
250
Please provide the following evidence,
A relevant NVQ level 6 qualification will be required.
Probation Officer Qualification is desirable.
Interview Dates
Expected week commencing 30th November 26
Making Effective Decisions
Seeing the Big Picture
Changing and Improving
Leadership
Communicating and Influencing
Working Together
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