This is a national post in which some travel is required. To ensure our staff are supported by colleagues, our preferred base locations are:
- HMP Littlehey
This Business administrator post is based within the South East and East Psychology (SEE) team. Your role will require you to support the psychologists with day to day administrative tasks and working alongside a team of business administrators. 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.
Overview
Job holders within this Group Profile provide administrative support to managers and frontline staff by undertaking transactional work in a particular area.
Responsibilities
- 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 into 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
Behaviours
1. Delivery at Pace2. Changing and Improving3. Communicating and Influencing4. Working Together5. Managing a Quality Service
Hybrid Working
The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non‑contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and/or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.
Terms and Conditions
Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid. HMPPS welcomes part‑time, flexible and job‑sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part‑time, flexible and job‑sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the HMPPS’ Flexible Working policy. If you are a current NPS employee, this vacancy may be available on a Loan basis for up to 2 years. Applications are invited from suitable qualified staff. The Loan/Secondment is subject to the approval of the selected candidate’s Business Unit, which should be obtained before confirmation of appointment.
A sift based on the lead behaviour, Delivering at Pace, may be held if a large number of applications are received. If a large number of applications remain after the initial sift, your application will be progressed to a full sift, where all behaviours will then be considered.
Interview Stage
Interview dates to be confirmed.
Level of security checks required
DBS Enhanced
Language
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.
Job Types (Rotational)
- 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, Annual Leave
Leaves and Holidays
The holiday year runs from 1 March. If you work a non standard work pattern your leave entitlement may be expressed in either hours or days as appropriate. Leave entitlement is calculated on a pro‑rata basis and you will be advised of your actual entitlement on appointment. If you were appointed internally and your leave was previously calculated in days, this will continue to be the case. Bank, Public and Privilege Holidays – You are entitled to 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) in recognition of bank, public and privilege holidays. These hours are added to your annual leave allowance. There is a requirement to work some public and bank holidays subject to your shift pattern and the operational needs of the establishment.
Pension
The Civil Service offers a choice of two pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.
Work Life Balance
HMPPS is keen to encourage alternative working arrangements. Work life balance provides greater opportunities for staff to work more flexibly wherever managers and establishments can accommodate requests to do so. HMPPS offers flexible working subject to completion of a satisfactory probationary period and NVQ Season Ticket Advance – After two months’ service, you’ll be eligible to apply for a season ticket advance to purchase a quarterly or longer‑period season ticket for travel between home and your place of work.
Childcare Vouchers
For any moves across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers.
Training
HMPPS is committed to staff development and offers a range of training and development opportunities, including areas such as Equality and Diversity, Dealing with Challenging Behaviour, Suicide Prevention and Anti‑Bullying Programmes.
Eligibility
- All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post.
- All external candidates are subject to 6 months probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they have not already served a probationary period within HMPPS.
- All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or organisation which the HMPPS considers to be racist.
Recruitment Process
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles. Should you feel that the recruitment process has breached the recruitment principles you are able to raise a formal complaint in the following order:
- To Transformative Business Services (0345 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8am – 6pm) or e mail moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk);
- To Ministry of Justice Resourcing team (resourcing-management-office@justice.gov.uk);
- To the Civil Service Commission (details available here)
Disability Adjustments
As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace. MoJ are able to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. You will be able to request reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process within the application form. If you need additional help completing the application form, please contact the TBS Recruitment Enquiries Team. For more information on applying for a role as a candidate with a disability or long‑term condition, please watch our animated videos.
Diversity & 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 and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
Veterans Initiative
A Guaranteed interview scheme for eligible former members of the Armed Forces is available under the “Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans” initiative. For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
Redirection and Redeployment
Recruitment departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ is committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are at risk of redundancy.
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