Efficiency Lead - Temporary 24 months - South West - Performance & Quality ()

Barnstaple, Bath, Bournemouth, Bridgwater, Bristol, Camborne, Chippenham, Dorchester, Exeter, Gloucester, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, St Austell, Swindon, Taunton, Torquay, Truro, Weston-super-Mare, Weymouth, Yeovil

Region

South West

Closing Date

29-Aug-2026

Business Unit

NPS South West Performance and Quality (2021)

Post Type

Fixed Term

Other

Number of jobs available

1

Reserve List

12 Months

Job ID

20754

Overview of the job

The Efficiency & Innovation team will be responsible for optimising the use of the resource available to the NPS. The Efficiency Lead will support the Efficiency and Innovation Senior Manager to deliver resource management, identifying and coordinating efficiency priorities and business development activity. The job holder will be responsible for ensuring that the NPS spends public money wisely and will therefore become fully involved in all aspects of contracting and suggesting ideas for delivering cost savings. In Wales these roles will go further than Probation efficiency - they will also include prison / probation integration. Summary The Efficiency Lead will support the Efficiency and Innovation Senior Manager to deliver resource management, identifying and coordinating efficiency priorities and business development activity. Responsibilities, Activities & Duties The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• Contribute to Efficiency in Service Delivery
• Collate service standard information regarding services provided nationally by the NPS to ensure that they are delivered in accordance with the service delivery indicators and specifications
• Ensure the effective use of public money across the organisation through the analysis of this service standard information
• Create an activity-based costing model for the NPS and ensure that it is up to-date
• From cost model information, identify areas for efficiencies and raise these to the Efficiency and Innovation Senior Manager ? Develop Management Information reports as well as systems and process for collecting customer feedback on the balance between efficiency and effectiveness
• Develop action plans/new processes for new projects together with suppliers and stakeholders to address inadequate performance and areas of waste in the organisation
• Ensure efficient delivery of services in accordance with service delivery indicators and specifications
• Identify areas for efficiencies and recommend actions for the team
• Define systems and processes which enable collection of information on organisational performance
• Development of management information reports which enable performance analysis Plan and organise
• Support development of programme formation and implementation Develop Team and Partnership Working
• Develop productive working relationships with colleagues, suppliers and stakeholders
• Contribute to proposals to meet external tendering requirement
• Contribute to external contracts and agreements
• Build own and team's understanding of organisational markets and customers, through liaison with key stakeholders
• Environmental scanning and work with external agencies
• Plan, implement and manage the sharing of knowledge and good practice to inform innovation and improve service delivery across the organisation Determine the effective use of resources
• Create budgets and unit costs for programmes of work
• Identify areas for efficiency
• Advise on financial and resourcing issues to inform objectives and forward planning
• Manage budget for the area of Efficiency Use communication effectively
• Providing information, feedback and advice
• Influencing and persuading
• Using appropriate skills, styles and approaches Enhance own performance
• Manage own resources and professional development Use information to take critical decisions
• Liaise with staff to receive, collate and analyse information, using systems and compiling reports as necessary