Business Administrator - Psychology Services - London Directorate (Ref: 91493)

HM Prison & Probation Service

Apply before 11:55 pm on Thursday 7th November 2024

 

Details

Reference number

375990

Salary

£30,068 - £33,319
London salary range is £30,068 - £33,319. Your salary will be dependent on your base location
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

Administrative Officer
Band 3

Contract type

Fixed term

Length of employment

For a period of up to 1 year

Type of role

Administration / Corporate Support

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

This position can be based at the following locations: HM Prison Brixton, SW2 5XF, HM Prison High Down, SM2 5PJ, HM Prison Pentonville, N7 8TT, HM Prison Wandsworth, SW18 3HS, HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, W12 0AE, HMPYOI ISIS THAMESMEAD, SE28 0NZ

Job summary

Please refer to Job Description

Job description

Overview    

Job holders within this Group Profile provide administrative support to managers and frontline staff by undertaking transactional work in a particular area.

The job holder is expected to be competent in their area of work, any specific qualifications or training required will be detailed in the relevant job description.

This is a non operational role which may involve contact with prisoners depending on their area of work.

This role has no line management responsibilities.

Characteristics    

Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

•    Organise, produce and maintain accurate records for area of work
•    Act as contact point for all communications to the team. Prioritise and distribute communications to the appropriate person or relevant department in establishment
•    Complete monitoring returns for area of work
•    Input requisitions on to the finance database and process requisitions for defined area of work
•    Co-ordinate any awareness sessions for area of work
•    Prepare paperwork for checking by manager, conducting initial checks as required
•    Correspond with relevant stakeholders and agencies to ensure that they are aware of information so that information is adequately shared
•    Maintain and check establishment databases, manual filing systems and logs of information, responding within agreed timescales and producing reports as required
•    Collate information relating to relevant Service Delivery Indicators (SDI's)
•    Act as secretary to meetings as required including organising agenda, taking, distributing minutes and action points

Job Descriptions relating to this Group Profile    

The job holder once in post will be in matched to a job description; a sample list is shown below. The post is rotational so the job holder could during their career carry out the role of different job descriptions.

•    Business Administrator : Activity Hub
•    Business Administrator : Business Hub
•    Business Administrator : Equality
•    Business Administrator : Estates
•    Business Administrator : Management Coordinator
•    Business Administrator : Offender Management Hub
•    Business Administrator : People Hub
•    Business Administrator : Programmes
•    Business Administrator : Psychology
•    Business Administrator : Safe Decent and Secure
•    Business Administrator : Safer Custody
•    Business Administrator : Security Intelligence Collator
•    Business Administrator : Substance Misuse and Drug Strategy
•    Business Administrator : Healthcare
•    Business Administrator : Observation, Categorisation and Allocation (OCA)
•    Business Administrator : Establishment Television Systems
•    Business Administrator: Mobilisation, Transition and Transformation Administration Support
•    Business Administrator: Regional Admin support Wales
•    Business Administrator: Regional Estates Team
•    Business Administrator: Safe Decent and Secure Benchmark
•    Business Administrator: Equality Benchmark
•    Business Administrator: Safer Custody Benchmark
•    Business Administrator: Resettlement Worker Benchmark
•    Business Administrator: OMU Benchmark
•    Business Administrator: Regional Admin Support (North East)
•    Business Administrator: Regime Development

Essential Skills/Qualifications/Accreditation/Registration    

Job holders must complete specific training in their specialism once they take up post.
   
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh

Hours of Work and Allowances 

37 hour working week

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Languages

Written and Spoken English

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Changing and Improving
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Managing a Quality Service
  • Working Together

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • Good computer skills and familiarity with Microsoft Office
Alongside your salary of £30,068, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £8,710 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
  • Access to learning and development
  • A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
  • A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
  • Annual Leave
  • Public Holidays
  • Season Ticket Advance



For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.
https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
  • Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com
  • Telephone : 0845 241 5358

Recruitment team

  • Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. I you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints

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