Community Payback Supervisor – Ellesmere Port

Community Payback Supervisor

A role that places you at the heart of community rehabilitation, supervising small teams of offenders completing unpaid work to pay back for harm caused.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supervising work groups of offenders at community payback sites.
• Ensuring tasks such as clearing overgrowth, restoring community facilities, planting trees, graffiti removal, litter picking and related manual activities are carried out safely and to standard.
• Using service vehicles to transport people or equipment where required.
• Co‑ordinating with service users to demonstrate good practice and maintain progress.

Practical requirements:

• Must hold a valid full UK Manual Driving Licence.
• Weekend working is essential; you will work frequent weekends and may be asked to cover evenings.
• Work pattern is 7 days a week, with an additional 50% higher rate for weekend days worked.

Compensation and benefits:

• Salary starts at £26,475 (entry level).
• Annual pay progression through a Competency Based Framework (CBF).
• Annual leave of 25 days on appointment, increasing to 30 days after five years’ service.
• Pension scheme: Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) via the Greater Manchester Pension Fund.

Rights and eligibility:

• Right to work in the UK is required.
• Non‑UK nationals must meet the civil service nationality rules – see the detailed Nationality Rules section below.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

• Open to UK nationals, Irish nationals, Commonwealth nationals with right to work in the UK, EU, Swiss, Norwegian, Icelandic or Liechtenstein nationals with settled or pre‑settled status, Turkish nationals with accrued rights, and individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible for EUSS before 31 December 2020.

Working Hours and Pattern

The role is a standard full‑time position of 37 hours per week, excluding breaks, with flexibility for part‑time, flexible, or job‑sharing arrangements in line with the HMPPS Flexible Working policy.

Application Process Overview

Applications are assessed on merit. Shortlisted candidates will progress through the central civil service recruitment stages. All applicants will undergo standard security and identity checks.

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