Job title: Offenders and Criminal Justice Principal
Grade: 11 (£60,339 - £65,483)
Business area: Safer and Stronger Communities Directorate
Reporting line: Assistant Director for Safer and Stronger Communities
About the Role
An exciting opportunity is available in the Safer Stronger Communities Directorate to lead our ambitious and nationally leading reducing offending and criminal justice portfolio for the city region. This includes our unique devolution arrangements with the Ministry of Justice.
Reporting to an Assistant Director, the role will act as a subject matter expert and strategic lead for all areas for reducing reoffending and criminal justice including youth justice and our unique Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Justice.
The post holder will work hand in hand with senior level partners including with policing, probation, prisons, the crown prosecution service, local authorities and the voluntary, community and faith sector to enable us to reduce reoffending and to implement our unique whole system approach to diverting people away from the criminal justice system.
The role holder will directly advise the Deputy Mayor and senior officers in the Directorate and be expected to lead significant relevant projects, programmes and commissioned services as well as lead Government engagement activity in this area
About you
You should have significant experience in and subject matter knowledge of reducing reoffending and criminal justice..
You should have significant skills and experience in commissioning, project/programme management, bid writing, policy development and budget management.
The post holder will need a high degree of political acumen and be able to navigate a complex stakeholder environment.
Contact: Carol Judge-Campbell, Assistant Director, Safer and Stronger Communities, [email protected]
Closing date: 14 September 2026
Interview date: Week commencing 28 September
About us:
As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.
We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and Non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
To find out more about working for us please click here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/
Our offer:
In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer that you can find out more about here:
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Hybrid working
This role is part of GMCA’s hybrid working scheme. As part of our commitment to ‘Build Back Fairer’ in Greater Manchester following the Covid-19 pandemic, we have evolved our management methods by trusting and empowering staff to deliver their work in the best way that suits the business and their individual needs, and supports health and wellbeing. Our hybrid working policy sets out a flexible approach, combining attendance at our [Manchester city centre office / Fire and Rescue service HQ in Swinton / other location] with remote working, typically from home; the location of work is primarily dictated by the needs of the business: ‘Do what is right for you and the business on that day’. If appointed to the role you will work with your manager to agree and regularly review the best working pattern for you, your team and your work.
ENHANCED
The role holder will be subject to an Enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service.
This post involves working with children, young people or vulnerable adults and is therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Failure to disclose information when asked within this application could result in dismissal but will not necessarily be a bar to employment with us. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
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