VEPP Director - Maternity Cover

The VEPP (Violence and Exploitation Prevention Partnership) has an exciting secondment opportunity for a 12 month period to cover the role of VEPP Director.

The Director role is central to ensuring the vision, governance and delivery of VEPP remain strong and aligned with organisational priorities.

This opportunity relates to provide 1 year maternity cover for the VEPP Director role, offering a senior leader the opportunity to work closely with the Home Office as part of a nationally recognised programme, gaining exposure to central government approaches, policy development, and cross departmental collaboration. In addition, the successful candidate will gain the opportunity to influence organisational and system wide strategies relating to Bedfordshire’s response to serious violence and exploitation, develop relationships across local authorities.

Health, police, education and community partners.

This secondment is ideal for individuals seeking progression into senior leadership or preparing for future strategic or director level roles.

The overall purpose of the role is to:
Lead the Bedfordshire Violence Exploitation Prevention Partnership in the role of Head of VEPP, to prevent and tackle serious violence and exploitation, particularly amongst the under 25-

year-old cohort. (In line with Home Office grant guidelines) by providing strategic leadership, vision and direction to and for the Violence & Exploitation Prevention Partnership.

The Head of the VEPP is responsible for ensuring the delivery of a whole system, public health approach to tackling violence and exploitation, bringing together key partners to identify the local drivers and root causes of serious violence, exploitation and agree and implement a multi-agency response to them.

The Head of the VEPP will carry out this responsibility on behalf of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) and wider VEPP Partnership.

Through the aim of delivering long-term impacts, plan and strive for the financial and cultural sustainability of the VEPP, working to minimise

dependence on central government finance so that VEPP-led activity can continue in future financial years.

· Lead the VEPP and its core staff. Co-ordinate the allocation of appropriate resources to deliver the VEPP core function ensuring the delivery of the following three strategic priority issues:

• Multi-agency systems leadership
• Use of evidence and evaluation.
• Effective sharing of data between partners

· Build and maintain strong relationships with the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice, and public sector partners across Bedfordshire to ensure the effective deployment of resources in each financial year.

· Deliver the distinct operating model for the Bedfordshire VEPP which takes a public health approach and brings together existing structures to maximise collaboration, coproduction, cross agency and place-based working.

· Take the lead role in ensuring the VEPP is fit for purpose, effectively responding to needs and managing and adapting within a dynamic political environment.

· To work with and for communities to understand and make a sustained impact on violence, vulnerability and exploitation prevention and reduction.

· Engage partners from public, voluntary, private and academic sectors to draw on expertise and to secure buy in to and from existing governance and delivery structures.

· Lead the VEPP team to design, develop and implement strategies and plans which support the development and delivery of activities to prevent and reduce violence, vulnerability and exploitation in Bedfordshire.

· Provide strategic advice, guidance and evolving support to the VEPP Oversight Board, building on the existing blueprint of collaboration around violence, vulnerability and exploitation.

· Provide clear and visible leadership and direction to support the delivery of key priorities and objectives of the VEPP.

· Act as the lead strategic adviser to the VEPP and the PCC providing independent, timely and expert advice, identifying and progressing matters requiring decision, scrutiny and/or action.

· Develop, review and implement the VEPP Delivery Plan and oversee activity and…