Assistant Controller – HMP Fosse Way

Assistant Controller post within the Prison Contracts Group at HMP Fosse Way, a privately run prison that the Ministry of Justice oversees through contract. The role supports the Controller and Deputy Controller with formal contract monitoring, assurance and compliance work, Notice of Change reviews and penalty point records, and presents performance at monthly and quarterly meetings. It is a permanent full-time post with hybrid working where business need allows.

Applicants must meet Civil Service nationality rules and pass a standard DBS check.

• Support assurance in contract management and the formal monitoring arrangements led by the Controller and Deputy Controller
• Carry out assurance and compliance work across the contract
• Co-ordinate Notice of Change (NOC) reviews
• Analyse and present performance progress at monthly and quarterly meetings, highlighting successes and failings
• Maintain accurate collation of penalty points
• Carry out other core contract management tasks

• Changing and Improving behaviour, assessed at application and interview
• Communicating and Influencing behaviour, assessed at application and interview
• Delivering at Pace behaviour, assessed at application and interview
• Working Together behaviour, assessed at application and interview

• Standard DBS check
• Security and identity checks before taking up post
• Eligibility under Civil Service nationality rules
• Declaration of membership of any group or organisation HMPPS considers racist

• Annual leave, with the holiday year running from 1 March and pro-rata entitlement for non-standard patterns
• 9 days in recognition of bank, public and privilege holidays
• Choice of two Civil Service pension schemes
• Hybrid working where business need allows
• Flexible working after a satisfactory probationary period
• Season ticket advance after two months' service
• Training and promotion programmes, plus security and diversity training
• Individual induction programme