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Business Administrator - Psychology Services - National Security Division - DoS - Petty France in London (Ref: 23775)

HM Prison & Probation Service

Department
HM Prison & Probation Service
Location
London
Openings
1 post
Grade
AO
Salary
£34,063 to £35,866
Closing
6 days left
Profession
Administration
Contract
Permanent
Security clearance
SC
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
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Job summary

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What they’re looking for

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Behaviours you’ll be assessed on

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Job description

Psychology Services Group are recruiting a Band 3 Business Administrator to join the National Security Division (NSD) Psychology team, which is part of the Psychology Counter Terrorism (CT) Team to contribute to the provision of psychological services.

The National Probation Service has introduced a specialist dedicated and highly skilled National Security Division, which provides an enhanced level of management and intervention for the most high-risk, complex and high-profile offenders in the community. The National Security Division is based across 5 geographical units (based in Cardiff, Birmingham, Manchester, London and Reading), and each unit has a Senior Psychologist allocated to the team.

There are several key elements to this role, based within the National Security Division Psychology Team:

  • Psychological services continues expanding in these areas of work. The post-holder will be actively involved in organising, producing and maintaining accurate records for area of work. As such, the post holder is 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 across the country. They will act as contact point for all communications to the team. Prioritise and distribute communications to the appropriate person or relevant department in establishment and interact with staff located in other establishments to exchange information.
  • The post holder will need excellent organisation skills and an ability to prioritise and manage their own work load amongst competing demands.
  • Due to the nature of this role and the information the post-holder will access, SC level vetting is required.

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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Selection process

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

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