Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding role where you can use your analytical, communication, relationship-building, and influencing skills to make a real difference? If so, this could be the role for you.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland (HMIPS) independently inspects and monitors prisons to assess the treatment and conditions of people in custody, promote human rights, and drive improvement through public reporting and accountability.
We are recruiting four Prison Monitoring Coordinators as part of a planned restructure to strengthen our monitoring function.
These roles will sit within a team responsible for supporting approximately 100 volunteer Independent Prison Monitors (IPMs), delivering monitoring activity across Scotland’s prisons, and contributing to reporting and stakeholder engagement.
Responsibilities
All four posts share core responsibilities and will operate as part of a flexible, collaborative team. You will:
In addition to these core responsibilities, each role will take the lead in one of the following thematic areas:
These posts form part of a new and evolving structure. Flexibility will be expected as the roles develop and responsibilities are shared across the monitoring team.
As the new structure continues to evolve, you will have the opportunity to contribute to its ongoing development and help shape future ways of working within the monitoring function.
Apply online, providing a CV and supporting statement (of no more than 750 words) providing evidence of how you meet the behaviours, experience and technical skills listed in the Success Profile above. Both the CV and the supporting statement provided will be assessed against the criteria for the role.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application, but all statements and examples provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment.
Skilled Worker Sponsorship not being offered
Skilled Worker sponsorship is not available for this role. As a result, we are unable to appoint candidates who require Skilled Worker sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK.
Recruitment Principles
As a government organisation, we adhere to the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles and we investigate any complaints received in relation to recruitment cases.
Apply before 23:59 on 5th August 2026. This post is open to internal candidates and Common Citizenship Organisations only. External candidates and staff from UK Other Government Departments are not eligible to apply for this vacancy.
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