The job holder will provide administrative support to the Business Hub maintaining finance, performance and administrative systems within specified timescales for the establishment.
This is a rotational, non-operational job with no line management responsibilities.
Responsibilities, Activities and Duties
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
Undertake a share of the transactional activity associated with the Business Hub. This will include processing most or all of the following categories of paperwork and inputting data ready for checking and onward transmission by the Hub Manager:
o Performance
o Audit and Compliance
o Finance (Stock taking/Prisoner monies, valuables/Receivables/Reconciling expenditure/Accruals/Outgoing pay/Inter-unit charges/Cashier)
o Information Assurance
o Measuring the Quality of Prison Life (MQPL)
o His Majestys Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) visits
o Subject access requests
o Official Correspondence
o Complaints
o Risk Register
o Independent Monitoring Board (IMB)
o Action Plans
o Self-audit programme
o Procuring goods
o Vehicle maintenance
o Personal Identity Number (PIN) Phone system
o Ordering of staff uniform
o Bank signatory
o Fixed and local assets
o Accounts Receivable
o Inventory
o Women Royal Voluntary Services
o Canteen administration including Quarterly Review
o IT administration
Undertake other administrative tasks including:
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 and, distributing minutes and action points
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Working Together
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Changing and Improving
+ Delivering at Pace, This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Strengths.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
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)
Alongside your salary of £27,040, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £7,833 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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