Administrator - Psychology Services - Directorate of Security- Counter Terrorism Team (Ref:89718)

HM Prison & Probation Service

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Details

Reference number

376147

Salary

£36,842
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

Executive Officer
Band 4

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Administration / Corporate Support

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

This position is based at 102 PETTY FRANCE LONDON, SW1H 9AJ

Job summary

Please refer to Job Description

Job description

Psychology Services Group are recruiting a Band 4 Business Administrator Specialist to join the Psychology Counter Terrorism Team. The Psychology Counter Terrorism (CT) Team work closely with the and Joint Extremism Unit (JEXU) and CT-ARC (Counter Terrorism Assessment and Rehabilitation Centre). 

JEXU has oversight of operational delivery against the Prevent and Pursue strands of CONTEST.  Delivery is underpinned by a specialist CT case management process, which is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams and provides end-to-end management of this group. This is the mechanism through which an offender’s risk and rehabilitative pathways are assessed and monitored in relation to the concerns of engagement with an extremist group, cause and or ideology.  The HMPPS teams work proactively at a local, regional and national level, across custody and community, with operational partners, including Police and security services, to case manage individuals, share information and intelligence and assist with active investigations. The regional teams include operational and probation colleagues. 

The CT-ARC team consists of psychologists, specialist probation staff and quality assurance specialists who are responsible for the assessment and intervention products for the terrorist, terrorist connected and terrorist risk cohort. 

There are several key elements to this role:

  • The post-holders will be actively involved in setting up and maintaining systems to support this work. As such, post holders are required to be IT proficient, with advanced skills in MS Office applications, especially Word and Excel.
  • The post-holder will be required to develop relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. In order to achieve this, there is a requirement to attend key meetings in London at least three days a week.
  • The post-holder will be required to collate and manage data; gathering information and using systems to log/analyse to provide information to senior stakeholders.
  • The post holder will need excellent organisation skills and an ability to prioritise and manage their own workload amongst competing demands.

Organisation Level

Delivery - The jobs at this level will be task focused delivering defined activity or service within own area of expertise.

Overview

Job holders within this Group Profile are focused in a particular specialist administrative area, using their specific qualifications or experience.

These roles are non-operational with no line management responsibilities and are rotational.

These roles may involve contact with prisoners depending on their area of work.

Characteristics

Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

• Organise, produce and maintain accurate records for the area of work
• Act as contact point for all communications to the Team, prioritise and distribute to the appropriate person or relevant department in the establishment
• Complete monitoring returns for the area of work
• Input requisitions on the finance database for purchases in the area of work
• Co-ordinate any awareness sessions for the area of work
• Prepare paperwork for checking by their manager, conducting initial checks as required
• Correspond with relevant stakeholders and agencies to ensure that they are aware of information and that it is adequately shared
• Maintain and check establishment databases, manual filing systems and logs of information with responses within timescales, producing reports as required
• Collate information on relevant Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs)
• Arrange any meetings including the preparation of paperwork, 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 Specialist : Access to Justice IT Security Controller
• Business Administrator Specialist : Communication Officer
• Business Administrator Specialist : Family Development Visits
• Business Administrator Specialist : New Colleagues Mentor
• Business Administrator Specialist : Intelligence Analyst
• Business Administrator Specialist : Safer Custody Analyst
• Business Administrator Specialist : Senior Case Administrator
• Business Administrator Specialist : Communication and Events Administrator

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

When transferring to a Young Persons establishment the job holder will be required to successfully undertake an assessment to demonstrate suitability to work with Young People.

Essential Skills:

• Able to deal effectively and assertively with staff at all levels
• Able user of MS Word and MS Excel
• Information collation and analysis

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
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Managing a Quality Service
  • Working Together

Technical skills

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

  • • Extremely well organised • Good communication skills • Advanced skills in MS Office applications especially Word and Excel. • Able to prioritise and manage own work load amongst competing demands.
Alongside your salary of £36,842, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £10,673 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.

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Ability, 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
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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.

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.
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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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