Careers

Probation as an employer

The Probation Board for Northern Ireland provides services across Northern Ireland employing more than 400 people.

Just over half of Probation staff are Probation Officers based in offices across Northern Ireland. Probation Officers are qualified social workers. Probation also employs people to work in other areas of the organisation such as administration, finance, information technology, human resources and operational support staff e.g. Community Service Supervisors and Probation Service Officers.

As an equal opportunities employer Probation aims to recruit and develop the very best talent available across a wide range of disciplines.

Listen to our Podcasts to find out more about the work of Probation.

Our Values

Probation's Values are integral to how we carry out our work to make communities safer. Read more about our Values.

These values are important in how we treat each other as colleagues, lead our staff teams and work with our service users and stakeholders across government, and the community and voluntary sector.

Working for Probation

As a key part of the criminal justice system, working for the Probation Board, you will be helping people to change their lives and reduce reoffending while reducing the number of victims of crime. You will be helping make communities safer.

There are many roles available within Probation you can choose from that help the community and assist people who have committed crime to take responsibility and change their lives around. 

Have you thought what life would be like working for the Probation Board? Maybe you were thinking of a 'frontline' position: 

If your skills are more 'corporate' you can also help change peoples lives in a variety of roles:

We publish details of the latest employment opportunities when they become available in local daily press and also in Vacancies. Please read our Privacy Notice for Applicants. 

Read our candidate booklet for more information. 

Listen to one of our Assistant Directors discuss her career in Probation after spending her Social Work student placement with us.

Learning and development

Our Learning and Organisational Development team deliver a range of programmes that are designed to support our staff deliver services to our service users. New staff are provided with a comprehensive induction and are supported throughout their career with professional training opportunities, along with the ability to join management development programmes.

Getting involved

The views of our staff in how we work as an organisation is really important. There are regular staff engagement activities for staff to give their views on new or changing policies or on the way we work. This helps us make Probation a great place to work.

Contact Probation

For more information on working for Probation, contact our Human Resources department on:
E-mail: Human.Resources@probation-ni.gov.uk
Telephone: (028) 9052 2522

Read our Recruitment Policy and Recruitment Procedure for information on our recruitment process.