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Business Administrator (Ref: 21693)

HM Prison & Probation Service

Department
HM Prison & Probation Service
Location
Newport
Openings
1 post
Grade
AO
Salary
£29,107 to £30,648
Closing
18 days left
Profession
Administration
Contract
Permanent
Security clearance
BPSS
Working pattern
Full-time
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Job summary

Please refer to the Job Description

What they’re looking for

  • Please refer to the Job Description

Behaviours you’ll be assessed on

This advert says the panel will score you against these behaviours at AO level. Each one links to worked examples.

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 (SDIs)
  • 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 : Management Coordinator
  • Business Administrator : Offender Management Hub
  • Business Administrator : People Hub
  • Business Administrator : Programmes
  • Business Administrator : Psychology
  • Business Administrator : Chaplaincy
  • Business Administrator : Safe Decent and Secure
  • Business Administrator : Safer Custody
  • Business Administrator : Security Intelligence Collator

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

Behaviours

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

Technical Requirements

Job holders must complete specific training in their specialism once they take up post.

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)

Selection process

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

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

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

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