17444 - Assistant Controller, HMP Thameside

Job description

General Information Salary: £36,590 Working Pattern: Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working Vacancy Approach: External: Location: Belmarsh: Region: London: Closing Date: 26-May-2026 Business Unit: AGY - NOMS Agency: Post Type: Fixed Term, Detached Duty, Loan, Permanent, Secondment Civil Service Grade: EO: Number of jobs available: 1 Reserve List: 12 Months Job ID: 17444 Descriptions & requirements: Job description: The Prison Contracts Group (PCG) group sits within the Directorate of Contracted Operational Delivery (DoCOD) which is responsible for the operational contract management of a large portfolio of contracts, including Prisoner Escort Custody Service, Electronic Monitoring, Community Rehabilitation Services, Prisoner Education and Operational Contracts for a variety of goods and services. PMP contracts alone have an annual value of £564m. PMPs were first introduced to the UK in 1992 when the Conservative Government issued short-term contracts to security companies to operate a limited number of publicly owned prisons, the first being HMP Wolds in Yorkshire which was operated by G4S. The first wholly private prisons were often financed through the use of...