KCJB Manager (Maidstone/Smarter Working)

Location of Role: Maidstone 

Advert Closing Date: 25/11/2024 

Starting Salary: £40,170.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time: Full Time 

Contract Type: Permanent 

Working Pattern: Mon-Fri 

Weekend/Evening Working: No 

The Kent Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Scott, is seeking a self-motivated and proactive individual to become the new manager for the Kent Criminal Justice Board.

You will be working closely with the Commissioner in his role as Chair of the Kent Criminal Justice Board, and focussing on the delivery of the KCJB Strategic Plan.  You will be monitoring organisations’ performance, and identifying any issues, in order for remedial action to be taken through the Board.

Working with key partner agencies across the Criminal Justice Sector is an integral part of the role, and the successful candidate will therefore bring their knowledge and experience of working with multi-agency partnerships to this position. 

As well as the ability to work successfully with partners, you must have project management skills and/or a qualification in this area, and be familiar with delivering change programmes.  As such, you must be able to evidence very high-level communication and negotiation skills, and extensive experience in preparing and delivering briefings at a strategic level. 

Whilst you will be working with both the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Chief Executive, and the OPCC analyst, you must be able to work independently and proactively.  You must be able to work collaboratively, but equally be confident to offer challenge where needed.  You must also be extremely well-organised and able to manage multiple competing workstreams at once. 

This post is home-based working, with the expectation of 1-2 days in the OPCC Office at Force Headquarters in Sutton Road, Maidstone, and visiting partner agencies.

To discuss the role further, please contact the OPCC at contactyourpcc@kent.police.uk, for the attention of the Chief Executive, Mr David Paul.

Kent Police offer incremental increases within this salary band, therefore the salary for this position will rise to a maximum of £45,591.00.

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All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance.  During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete. 

Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at recruitment.business.services@ecis.police.uk stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833.

Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

This post is open to:

• British Citizens

• Members of a European Economic Area (EEA) state who hold settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.  

• Commonwealth citizens or foreign nationals (who are not British citizens or European Economic Area (EEA) state members) who have leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for an indefinite period that is free from restrictions.

All applicants (except those who have been serving abroad with the British Armed Forces) must have lived in the UK continuously for the past three years.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.