Efficiency Team Member - Temporary - South West - Performance & Quality (10206700)Ministry of Justice

Overview of the jobThe E&I team will be responsible for optimising the use of the resource available to the NPS. This includes: resource management, identify and coordinating efficiency priorities and business development activity. In Wales these roles will go further than Probation efficiency – they will also include prison / probation integration.

Summary

The Efficiency Team Member will support the Efficiency and Innovation Lead in delivering and managing efficiency and innovation projects.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

Efficiency project support

•             Collate service standard information regarding services provided nationally by the NPS to ensure that they are delivered in accordance with the service delivery indicators and specifications

•             Support the creation of an activity-based costing model for the NPS

•             Maintain the cost model and ensure that it is up-to-date

•             Report regularly from the cost model, identifying areas which are above or below budget

•             Assist in the preparation of annual cost budgets for the NPS

•             Report on the success of efficiency initiatives to deliver against cost reduction targets

•             Develop action plans/new processes  for new projects to address inadequate performance and areas of waste in the organisation

•             Support the team in ensuring that the NPS spends public money wisely and delivers cost savings.

•             Manage projects as required

Plan and organise

•             Support development of programme formation and implementation

•             Contribute to planning, implementation and management of sharing knowledge and good practice to inform innovation and improve service delivery across the organisation

Use communication effectively

•             Providing information, feedback and advice

•             Influencing and persuading

•             Using appropriate skills, styles and approaches

Enhance own performance

•             Manage own resources and professional development

Use information to take critical decisions

•             Liaise with staff to receive, collate and analyse information, using systems and compiling reports as necessary

•             Develop and utilise data to identify trends and make suggestions or take appropriate action to maintain and enhance performance

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