Community Payback Supervisor – High Wycombe and Aylesbury (South Central)

Responsibilities

• Supervise and manage small teams of offenders who are completing community payback unpaid work placements.
• Plan, organise and monitor the delivery of manual tasks such as clearing overgrowth, restoring community facilities, planting trees, laying flowerbeds, litter picking and graffiti removal.
• Provide guidance and support to service users to ensure tasks are carried out safely, efficiently and to a high standard.
• Maintain accurate duty logs, attendance records and daily activity reports.
• Collaborate with external agencies, local authorities and community groups to facilitate project delivery.
• Ensure health and safety standards are upheld and report any incidents or risks to senior management.

Working Pattern

• Fixed daily hours: start 08:00, finish 17:00.
• Weekly weekend shifts required – both Saturday and Sunday – with alternative weekdays agreed with the successful candidate.
• May be asked to cover some evenings; a higher pay rate of 50% is applied for weekend days worked.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Full UK Manual Driving Licence – candidates holding only a automatic licence will not be considered.
• Right to work in the United Kingdom.
• Ability to supervise and motivate groups of offenders and to perform manual tasks safely.
• Strong communication, organisational and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience in community work or a similar supervised environment is desirable.

Salary and Benefits

• Starting salary: £28,064 per annum.
• Annual pay progression available through the Competency Based Framework (CBF).
• National Probation Service pension scheme (Local Government Pension Scheme).
• Entitlement to 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days after five years of service, plus public holidays.
• Full range of Civil Service benefits including training and development opportunities.

Equal Opportunities

• This position is open to all UK nationals, nationals of the Republic of Ireland, Commonwealth citizens, EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein citizens, and family members who hold settled or pre‑settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
• Applicants of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

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