The job holder will provide administrative support for the pathways and assist in reducing reoffending by prisoners through the provision of opportunities from reception to release.

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:

Help prepare prisoners to take up Release on Temporary Licence work placements and prison leavers take up employment on release. This will include through delivering the Prisoner Banking Programme and ID programme; and supporting colleagues to match job vacancies with potential candidates. Duties will involve:

Undertake a share of the transactional activity associated with the Activity Hub. This includes processing most or all of the following categories of paperwork and inputting data ready for checking and onward transmission by the Hub Manager:

Promote the work of the Unit and provide opportunities for prisoners by helping to arrange and contributing towards:

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.

Changing and Improving

Communicating and Influencing

Working Together

Managing a Quality Service

Delivering at Pace, Changing and Improving - 250 word limit

To Shared Service Connected Ltd (0845 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com);

To Ministry of Justice Resourcing team (resourcing-management-office@justice.gov.uk);

To the Civil Service Commission (details available here)