23067 - Community Payback Supervisor - Caernarfon / Colwyn Bay (Wales)
About The Position
This is a hands-on, people-focused role where you’ll supervise and support individuals completing unpaid work as part of their sentence. Through your guidance, they’ll gain valuable skills, experience a sense of purpose, and contribute to projects that benefit the wider public, helping to reduce reoffending and aid rehabilitation. You’ll lead teams working on a wide range of community-based projects, including landscaping, gardening, sports pitch maintenance, cooking and food preparation, woodland preservation, public park and coastal pathway maintenance, church and sports club renovation, painting and decorating, flood prevention and public area maintenance and improvements, small building work, beach surveys, supporting hospitals and residential homes, manufacturing garden furniture and other items, growing plants and vegetables on allotments, and working in partnership with local and National Charities. Basic IT skills are essential for clear communication between internal departments, partner organisations, and beneficiaries. Accurate and timely information sharing helps maintain safety, track progress, and deliver a joined-up service that supports rehabilitation and community confidence. Every project is an opportunity to make a positive difference, whether it’s restoring a local green space, helping maintain vital public facilities, or giving someone the tools to turn their life around. This role offers the power to make a positive impact on the lives of People on Probation as well as your community. People come from all walks of life to form one team in the Probation Service. It's all about supporting People on Probation on their journey and making your community a better place. Whether that's building benches or cleaning the streets, you're there because you genuinely want to help.
Requirements
- Must hold a full UK Manual Driving Licence.
- Basic IT skills are essential.
- Excellent people and communication skills.
- Confidence to lead, motivate and supervise groups.
- Ability to drive Community Payback minibuses, transport equipment and travel to project sites.
- Right to work in the UK.
- Must have and maintain the legal right to live and work in the Civil Service and in the United Kingdom.
Nice To Haves
- Practical skills or a trade.
- Experience in areas such as painting and decorating, carpentry, gardening, grounds maintenance, construction, landscaping or general maintenance.
Responsibilities
- Supervise and support individuals completing unpaid work as part of their sentence.
- Lead teams working on a wide range of community-based projects.
- Ensure clear communication between internal departments, partner organisations, and beneficiaries.
- Maintain safety, track progress, and deliver a joined-up service.
- Supervise and motivate teams to complete a range of manual tasks to pay back for the harm they've caused.
- Complete tasks such as clearing overgrowth to make public spaces safer, restoring community facilities, planting trees, laying flowerbeds, litter picking, and graffiti removal.
- Drive service vehicles to transport people or equipment.
- Be responsible for all work site supervision tasks.
- Work with service users to ensure that all tasks are carried out to the best of their ability.
- Work alongside people to demonstrate good practice as necessary.
Benefits
- Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years’ service, plus public holidays.
- Pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Extensive range of training and development opportunities.
- Opportunity to join employee-run networks for advice and support.
- A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
- Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
- Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
- Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
