Job Description (JD)
Band 3
Group Profile - Business Administrator (BA)
Job Description - BA: Chaplaincy
Document Ref.
OR JES 2903 JD B3 : BA : Chaplaincy v2.0
Document Type
Management
Version
2.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
15th November 2022
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
OR-JES-2903-JD-B3 : BA : Chaplaincy v2.0
Job Description
Job Title
BA: Chaplaincy
Group Profile
Business Administrator
Organisation
Delivery
Level
Band
3
Overview of the
This is a Business Administrator job in an establishment.
job
Summary
Job holders within this Group Profile provide administrative
support to managers and frontline staff by undertaking
transactional work within the chaplaincy department.
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 rotational, non-operational
role which will involve contact with prisoners. This role has no
line management responsibilities.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following
Activities and
responsibilities, activities and duties:
Duties
• Answer the phone and department email, responding to all
queries from staff at all levels, and sensitively communicating
with the family of prisoners - adhering to the processes and
procedures of the prison.
• Coordinate responses to prisoner applications and
accompanying administrative tasks. Process complaints and
correspondence by forwarding to the correct departments.
• Facilitate room bookings.
• Coordinate with other teams to ensure sensitive forms are
completed correctly and in a timely manner.
• Assisting the chaplaincy leads with the Planning, publicising
and delivering community-building events.
• Administration of religious registration applications.
• Update spreadsheets and ensure paperwork for Inductions,
discharges and ACCTs are available for the chaplains.
• Print out appointment lists for groups.
• Create appointments and register attendance on NOMIS for
all group activities and orderlies.
• Log fabric faults on Planet FM.
• Ensure the orderlies have completed cleaning schedules.
• Monitor and replenish religious paraphernalia such as
incense and follow appropriate order process.
• For Digitalised Prisons there will be administrative work
regarding uploading in house and national material to the
Content Hub.
• Dealing with Subject Access requests.
• This is a prison facing role with work of a sensitive nature.
OR-JES-2903-JD-B3 : BA : Chaplaincy v2.0
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.
Behaviours
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Ability
Experience
Technical
Job holders must complete specific training in their specialism
once they take up post.
Minimum
Please do not alter this box
Eligibility
• All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to
taking up post.
• All external candidates are subject to 6 months’
probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they
have not already served a probationary period within HMPPS.
• All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a
group or organisation which HMPPS consider to be racist.
Hours of Work
37 hour working week.
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
OR-JES-2903-JD-B3 : BA : Chaplaincy v2.0
Success Profile
Strengths
It is advised
Behaviours
Ability
Experience
Technical
strengths are
chosen locally,
recommended 4-8
Changing and Improving
Communicating and
Influencing
Working Together
Managing a Quality Service
Delivering at Pace
OR-JES-2903-JD-B3 : BA : Chaplaincy v2.0