Business Administrator - Durham, United Kingdom - HM Prison & Probation Service

HM Prison & Probation Service
HM Prison & Probation Service
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Durham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

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Reference number:


Salary:

- £24,067 - £25,342
Job grade:


  • Administrative Officer
  • HMPPS Band 3
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Type of role:
  • Administration / Corporate Support
    Working pattern:
  • Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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About the job


Benefits:

Things you need to know

Location

  • This position is based at HM Prison Frankland, DH1 5YDAbout the job

Job summary:


  • Please refer to Job Description
    Job description:

Overview of the job
This is an administrative job in an establishment.


Summary


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 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:


  • Performance
  • Audit and Compliance
  • Finance (Stock taking/Prisoner monies, valuables/Receivables/Reconciling expenditure/Accruals/Outgoing pay/Interunit charges/Cashier)
  • Information Assurance
  • Measuring the Quality of Prison Life (MQPL)
  • Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) visits
  • Subject access requests
  • Official Correspondence
  • Complaints
  • Risk Register
  • Independent Monitoring Board (IMB)
  • Action Plans
  • Selfaudit programme
  • Procuring goods
  • Vehicle maintenance
  • Personal Identity Number (PIN) Phone system
  • Ordering of staff uniform
  • Bank signatory
  • Fixed and local assets
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Inventory
  • Women Royal Voluntary Services
  • Canteen administration including Quarterly Review
  • 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
  • Coordinate 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 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.


Person specification:


  • Please refer to Job Description
    Behaviours:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

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

Benefits:


  • 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 average employer contribution of 27%
  • Annual Leave
  • Public Holidays
  • Season Ticket Advance
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Selection process details:


  • 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:


  • 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 Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work i
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