23249 - Area Crime in Prison Co-ordinator – South West and South Central


Company:	Ministry of Justice
Salary:	from £34,440 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	South West
Working pattern:	Hybrid - 2 days remote
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	13 Oct 2026
Closing date:	27 Oct 2026

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Summary

HMPPS Band 4

The National Crime in Prison Team is dedicated to improving justice outcomes for crimes committed within the prison estate. This Area Crime in Prison Coordinator (CiPCo) position provides an opportunity to support prisons through an area-specific, mobile, peripatetic model, delivering targeted support across Crime in Prison specific areas across the estate.

This role is specifically designed to strengthen capability and build resilience within establishments by providing temporary, needs-led support to either single prisons and/or clusters of prisons. Unlike permanent establishment-based CiPCo roles, post holders will be deployed to specific establishments or clusters for defined periods, supporting the development of sustainable processes, improving adherence to the Crime in Prison Referral Agreement (CiPRA), and embedding effective crime management practices. Deployment will be informed by ongoing area needs analysis, with a clear expectation that post holders will move between locations in line with changing priorities.

This approach forms part of a developing area support model, designed to enhance consistency and effectiveness across the estate. Through targeted deployment, the role will support establishments to implement and embed effective crime management processes, demonstrating sustainable models of resilience and enabling informed consideration of long-term resource and capability requirements.

The post holder will be line managed by the Area Crime Manager (Band 5) to provide specialist support to establishments, strengthening crime management processes, improving evidence handling, and promoting effective partnership working with criminal justice agencies.

The CiPCo role plays a key role in coordinating crime-related activity within prisons, ensuring consistent application of policy, supporting the Crime in Prison Referral Agreement (CiPRA), and improving outcomes for victims and witnesses of crime.

This role will cover the following establishments:

HMP Bristol, 19 Cambridge Road, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 8PS

HMP Erlestoke, Erlestoke House, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 5TU

HMP Leyhill, Tortworth Road, Leyhill, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12 8BT

HMP & YOI Portland, 104 The Grove, Portland, Dorset, DT5 1DL

HMP The Verne, Verne Common Road, Portland, Dorset, DT5 1EQ

HMP & YOI Bullingdon, Patrick Haugh Road, Arncott, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX25 1PZ

HMP Grendon/HMP Springhill, Grendon Underwood, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0TL

HMP Aylesbury, Bierton Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP20 1EH

HMP Winchester, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5DF

HMP Channings Wood, Denbury, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6DW

HMP & YOI Exeter, 30 New North Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4EX

HMP Guys Marsh, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 0AH

HMP Eastwood Park, Falfield Wotton-under-Edge GL128DB

HMP Huntercombe, Bradley Rd, Nuffield, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 5SB

HMP Isle of Wight, 55 Parkhurst Rd, Newport PO30 5RS

HMP Woodhill, Tattenhoe St, Milton Keynes, MK4 4DA

HMP Ashfield, Shortwood Rd, Pucklechurch, Bristol BS16 9QJ

The base location will be the site in the region (the exception being contracted prisons) nearest to the successful candidates home address and can be changed as necessary.

The Area CIPCO role is a regionally mobile position, with deployment required across the entire Area Executive Director (AED) region. Mobility is a contractual requirement of the role, and there will be planned rotation between establishments within the region as a standard feature of the post.

This is a non-operational role but may require prisoner contact.

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