Please note this is a national post and can be based anywhere but there is frequent and regular travel (the successful candidate will be expected to travel to different regions to attend regional pathfinder meetings which are monthly). There will also be a requirement to come to London for meetings.

This is a new post within the PSG CT central team. This role will work closely with the Joint Extremism Unit (JEXU) and the Joint Counter Terrorism Prison and Probation Hub (JCTPPH). JEXU is a HMPPS and Home Office venture that was established in April 2017 to be the strategic centre for all CT work in prison and probation. The unit has oversight of operational delivery against the Prevent and Pursue strands of CONTEST. Delivery is underpinned by a specialist CT case management process (Pathfinder), which is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams. Pathfinder focuses on individuals who have been convicted of TACT or TACT connected offences and, those individuals for whom there are concerns they are engaging/ engaged with a Terrorist group, cause and or ideology. It provides end-to-end management of this group. This is the mechanism through which an offender’s risk and rehabilitative pathways are assessed and monitored in relation to the concerns of engagement with an extremist group, cause and or ideology.

The HMPPS teams work proactively at a local, regional and national level, across custody and community, with operational partners, including Police and security services, to case manage individuals, share information and intelligence and assist with active investigations. The regional teams include operational and probation colleagues. Currently Psychology do not attend the regional pathfinder meetings each month. However, after the intelligence breach (Nov 23), there has been an increasing need for appropriately cleared psychologists to provide case consultation regarding risk identification, risk reduction and risk management at the regional pathfinder meetings. This post will establish a ‘sterile corridor’ approach between ERG authors and sensitive intelligence that will ensure ERG authors have the right information at the right time to inform their assessment without compromise to the integrity of the intelligence.

Overview of the job

This is a functional management job within an establishment.

Summary

The job holder will be responsible for managing a number of work area(s) within the Psychology of the establishment. These include all aspects of the Psychology and should include the management of registered and trainee psychologists. As a member of the senior management team, they will contribute and implement their objectives as defined in the Establishment’s Business Plan.

The Head of Psychology must be a registered psychologist and where there is a requirement of the post, a chartered psychologist.

This is a non-operational job with line management responsibility.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

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

Accountable for managing and providing professional leadership of psychologists.
Accountable for ensuring the psychology service exhibits key competencies, provides performance reports to key stakeholders and complies with HMPPS and professional standards
Accountable for the delivery and quality of those aspects of treatment programmes that must be overseen by a registered psychologist (typically these courses are the more complex interventions and would include, for example, Sex Offender Treatment Programme (SOTP) but may not include the Thinking Skills Programme (TSP) or Controlling Anger and Learning to Manage it (CALM) programmes
Accountable for providing the short term evaluation of effectiveness of relevant psychological intervention within the establishment
Accountable for contributing towards the choice of the appropriate balance of programmes/interventions through conducting Needs Analysis
Accountable for leading on key areas of offender risk assessment
Accountable for supervising and overseeing research work
Accountable for initiating research within the establishment or co-ordinating the establishment’s contribution to national research projects
Accountable for promoting the work of the Prison Service, through preparing and disseminating research findings detailing clinical practice and outcomes
Accountable for providing consultancy support for a range of regime issues e.g. Safer Custody/Resettlement/Treatment Programmes
Accountable for the admissions, applications and referral process for prisoners applying to the relevant settings
Accountable for ensuring that psychologists have a clearly defined remit in leading on identified tasks
Manages and provides professional leadership for supervising trainee psychologists’ organisational outputs (e.g. risk reports)
Accountable for supervising pre-registered psychologists as they move toward registered and/or chartered status
Accountable for supervising trainees towards qualified status (e.g. as a coordinating supervisor), where appropriate

Location: London
Hours: Full time
Contract: Permanent/Flexible
Salary: £128,966 to £149,999 per annum

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to lead the growing litigation function of one of the world’s top competition authorities.

The CMA has a wide and growing range of powers, which it uses to undertake a wide variety of cutting edge, high profile and complex work, spanning merger and market inquiries, competition and consumer law enforcement, subsidy advice and internal market advice. If you are motivated by a dynamic and challenging environment where you will be a highly influential senior leader shaping the CMA’s essential work in the public interest, playing a pivotal role in the leadership and management of CMA’s highly talented litigators comprising approximately 45 lawyers, then this could be the ideal role for you.

As Senior Litigation Director, you would become a member of the Senior Leadership Team within the CMA’s Legal Service, reporting directly to the Deputy General Counsel. Your role will encompass a diverse array of challenging and pivotal activities, including defending the CMA’s decisions on appeal, obtaining warrants to support our investigations and obtaining director disqualification orders. The volume and profile of the litigation we undertake has increased substantially in recent years and is expected to grow further in light of the expansion of our case work following EU Exit and the addition of new CMA functions.

You will be an accomplished senior litigator with outstanding experience in litigation casework, including recent experience of competition law, public law and/or consumer protection law, and a proven track record for strategic thinking. You should possess a deep comprehension of the policy dynamics and prospects confronting the CMA, along with extensive experience in cultivating, empowering, and inspiring professional teams to achieve exceptional outcomes. Your personal integrity and capacity to integrate substantial subject matter expertise with strategic acumen and operational excellence will not only be critical to excelling in this role but also to advancing our mission.

To find out more about this opportunity and about working for the CMA, click on the apply button.
Closing date for completed applications: 15 April 2024.

The CMA is an accredited Disability Confident Employer and are Stonewall Diversity Champions. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds and recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

Kainos provides a market leading, full life-cycle portfolio of bespoke digital solutions to Public Sector as a long-established supplier to the UK Government, providing innovation and best in class customer focused, value add delivery to solve complex client problems.

Whether working with our clients’ legacy or more modern systems, we apply innovation and expertise to modernise their processes through digital transformation and innovation by our Cloud, Data & AI, Low Code and Digital Advisory practices.

Recent Industry leading and award-winning projects our Public Sector team have delivered include:

DVSA -
• Best Public Sector IT Project of the Year, UK IT Industry Awards for DVSA’s digital transformation of the future driver theory test.
• Award winner for DVSA’s pioneering predictive analytics tool to detect fraudulent activity and digitally transforming the driver examination process.

DSTL -
• The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is a UK government agency of the Ministry of Defence. Dstl provides world-class expertise and delivers cutting-edge science and technology for the benefit of the UK and allies. Kainos delivered cloud native modernisation for the DSTL to reduce costs and drive innovation, delivered 6 weeks ahead of schedule.

Other life-changing projects Kainos has delivered in the Public Sector include:

• HM Passport Office – digital passport application and renewal process, a £20m+ project
• Register to Vote service, a £3m+ project
• MOT service, a £15m+ project
• Defra EU Exit and Trade services, a £20m+ project

The team

We are delighted to offer an exciting growth opportunity to be part of our Public Sector Business Development team at Kainos.

Currently a team of 14 people, our BD team is located across the UK (Belfast, London, Birmingham) leading growth and revenue generation with Public Sector clients across UK&I, EMEA and North America. The team has an enviable reputation in the market having supported clients through some of the most complex digital transformations ever delivered in the UK Public Sector.
With continued success and a strong trajectory of opportunity, we have established a devolved sectoral structure of client groups to support Public Sector clients:

• Central & Devolved Government
• Public Safety and National Security
• Transport
• Tax, Trade and Welfare (including Defra, HMRC, DWP)

Each client group has a leadership team responsible for delivering and growing our business with customers in the group and supports a devolved reporting model across the business.

As a Business Development Director (Principal) in Kainos, you will take a lead role in the Business Development team, operating as an individual contributor in the Transport or the Tax Trade and Welfare Client Group, being responsible for growing our customer base and delivering our business development strategy.

Having expertise in one of these client group sectors is advantageous for this role.

You will generate opportunity in your sector by developing an extensive network of industry contacts including senior civil servants within the UK Government and Public Sector space.

Through your existing network, existing Kainos stakeholder relationships within our client base and leveraging connections through our Kainos Workday Practice, you will lead strategic Business Development, ensuring cross-selling opportunities are maximised. You will work collaboratively with other members of the Business Development team as well as colleagues from other areas of the business including delivery, commercial, marketing and operations, owning opportunity management from first conversation to contract.

Your key responsibilities will include: 

• Developing Kainos as a business – you will build and maintain a strong pipeline of opportunities across your sector/region that will enable you to forecast accurately across future quarters, achieve agreed sales targets and maintain predictability of future revenue. 
• Providing Business Development leadership – utilising best industry practice and processes you will develop sector/region specific prospect and account plans and lead pursuit teams to develop pipeline and deliver revenue.
• Being a trusted advisor for our customers – you will apply a consultative selling approach based on taking time to properly understand our customers, their challenges and opportunities, exercising empathy, active listening, responsiveness and creativity. 
• Putting deals together – deals will need to meet sales, revenue and profitability objectives, and ensure that the work contracted is compatible with Kainos’ strategy and goals. 
• Building and developing strategic partnerships – you will build and maintain successful partnerships with other businesses in our ecosystem to enable Kainos to be positioned as a go-to partner that is trusted and continually adds value. 
• Negotiating & managing senior stakeholders - You will be an expert negotiator and excel in in senior stakeholder relationship management, with experience of presenting and refining proposals to achieve win/win outcomes for Kainos and our customers. 
• Be an external Kainos ambassador - with an external customer focus, you must ensure that you embrace and promote the culture, values and behaviours that make Kainos unique. 
• Working as part of a team - You will work closely with colleagues from other business units as well as industry partners to ensure that cross-selling opportunities are maximised. 
• Putting people first & developing others – You will mentor, coach, and develop colleagues within your client group and the wider Public Sector team, developing their business development skills and potential, supporting their career development.

Essential requirements: 

• Experience in leading Business Development with Public Sector client accounts in excess of £5m per annum, selling complex digital solutions.
• Excellent knowledge of digital service concepts and our markets, with the ability to articulate the distinct aspects of products and services and position them against competitors.
• Expert in business development processes, deal commercials and constructing complex commercial offers.
• Ability to create business development strategies and account plans that ensure success in winning multiple multi-million-pound deals and deliver against quarterly and annual targets.
• An appreciation and knowledge of technology delivery, agile methodologies, etc.
• Broad technology experience and a sound awareness of technology trends and their potential impact for customers.
• Ability to operate in a highly competitive and pressurised environment, making sensible decisions that do not compromise Kainos.
• Ability to communicate, present and influence credibly and effectively at all levels of the customer organisation, including executive and C-level.
• Expert networking skills and the ability to build strong and appropriate relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to plan and meet deadlines in accordance with business requirements.
• Excellent negotiation skills, both from a commercial and contract perspective as well as resolving escalations and diffusing issues.
• We are passionate about developing people – a demonstrable ability in mentoring and coaching members of your team and wider community.

Desirable: 

• Demonstrable experience working closely with global partners to build successful co-sell relationships and generate revenue.
• A genuine passion in solving complex customer problems with technology.
• Experience of growing a market sector and developing new offerings.