Job Description (JD)
Band 3
Group Profile: Business Administrator(BA)
Job Description: BA: Psychology
Document Ref.
OR-JES-222-JD-B3 : BA : Psychology v6.0
Document Type
Management
Version
6.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
29th May 2024
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
OR-JES-222-JD-B3 : BA : Psychology v6.0
Job Description
Job Title
BA: Psychology
Group Profile
Business Administrator
Organisation
Delivery
Level
Band
3
Overview of the
This is an administrative job in an establishment.
job
Summary
The job holder will provide administrative support to the
psychology function within the establishment.
This is a non-operational job with no line management
responsibilities. This role is rotational.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following
Activities and
responsibilities, activities and duties:
Duties
• Complete correspondence - including applications,
complaints, writing to courts and Police letters.
• Draft monthly and annual management information reports,
maintain databases and back-up copies.
• Organise relevant inductions and interviews for the wider
staff team.
• Process requisitions for credit card purchases for books,
stationery and courses.
• Interact with staff located in other establishments to
exchange information.
• Integrate information from other files, relevant to psychology
or interventions.
• Monitor relevant assets such as laptop and memory stick
allocation.
• Collate information and attend various meetings.
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.
OR-JES-222-JD-B3 : BA : Psychology v6.0
• 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.
Civil Service Success Profile Criteria
Behaviours
(Note: We recommend you choose up to 6 behaviours. (Delete
the behaviours you don’t want to select from the list below.)
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
Strengths
(Note: we recommend you choose 4 to 8 strengths locally -
select from the list of Civil Service strength definitions on the
intranet. Copy and paste the names of your chosen strengths
below.)
Experience
Technical
requirements
Ability
Minimum
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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
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(Unsocial Hours) To be used by the JES Team only
Allowances
37 hour working week.
OR-JES-222-JD-B3 : BA : Psychology v6.0
OR-JES-222-JD-B3 : BA : Psychology v6.0