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Performance & Quality Officer - Yorkshire and the Humber Probation Service - Performance and Quality - Various Locations (Full Time) (Ref: 23118)JobsGoPublic

Wakefield Full time £37,238 - £44,520 a year
Posted 15 October 2026 Closing date 2 November 2026
Checked 3 days ago · still listed on the employer's site Closes in 5 days · 2 Nov 2026
Wakefield Westgate Rail Station (0.1 miles, direct) Parkgate (17.8 miles, direct) Wakefield Bus Station (0.3 miles, direct)

Job summary

Please refer to Job Description

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Performance Team based in Probation Service Yorkshire and the Humber. It is a temporary post until 18/01/28 due to the substantive post holder undertaking another temporary role. There is a possibility, however, that this could become a permanent appointment*. The Performance & Quality Officer (PQO) is a regional role based across the Yorkshire and the Humber region and there is a requirement to travel across the region. The role involves working with Probation Delivery Units (PDUs) to support them in achieving agreed performance targets. This includes:

  • Ensuring that PDUs deliver in accordance with agreed national service delivery indicators and specifications
  • Developing and delivering a quality improvement programme for the Yorkshire and the Humber region
  • Identifying local performance and quality issues and opportunities linking into His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) priorities
  • Running improvement initiatives to address opportunities for performance improvement
  • Working with other PQOs to share best practice and maximise improvements in quality and performance
  • Experience of using Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Business Objects, Power BI
  • Demonstrate the ability to extract and maintain information and analyse data
  • This possibility applicable only to an external candidate appointed on a fixed-term basis. Under the current HMPPS guidance, fixed-term contracts apply to external appointees. If an existing civil servant is successful in a time-limited campaign, they would normally move under the appropriate temporary arrangement, such as a loan or detached duty, rather than becoming a fixed-term appointee. A temporary promotion, loan or detached duty cannot simply be converted into a permanent appointment as a result of that arrangement.

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Changing and Improving

Managing a Quality Service

Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

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

Question to be asked at interview

Benefits

Access to learning and development

A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance

A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity

A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Annual Leave

Public Holidays

Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a standard (or equivalent) criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals

nationals of the Republic of Ireland

nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK

nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)

nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)

individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020

Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team

Email : [email protected]

Telephone : 0345 241 5358

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL ([email protected]) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitm…

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