Job Description (JD)
Band 4
Directorate: Security Order & Counter Terrorism
Job Description - Counter Corruption Administration
Specialist
Document Ref.
HQ-JES-2703 Counter Corruption Administration Specialist v1.0
v1.0
Document Type
Management
Version
1.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
7 November 2019
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
HQ-JES-2703 Counter Corruption Administration Specialist v1.0
Job Description
Job Title
Counter Corruption Administration Specialist
Directorate
Security Order and Counter Terrorism
Band
4
Overview of the job
HMPPS’s efforts to tackle corruption are integral to delivering safe and secure
prisons and probation. HMPPS has worked with MoJ to identify that a new approach
is needed to ensure we remain resilient to this key operational threat.
HMPPS has developed a future strategy for tackling corruption in HMPPS based on
four key objectives:
? ‘Protect’ against corruption by building an open and resilient organisation;
? ‘Prevent’ people from engaging in corruption, strengthen professional integrity;
? ‘Pursue’ and punish those who are corrupt; and
? ‘Prepare’ for corruption, reducing its impacts on our teams.
These objectives will need to be delivered at every level through prisons and
probation, in particular, strengthening our resilience on the front line. Security,
Order and Counter Terrorism (SOCT) Directorate is taking forward improvements,
including restructuring the Counter Corruption Unit, to provide senior operational
leaders, prisons and probation teams with an improved counter-corruption service.
This role is non-operational with no line management responsibilities and is not
rotational.
Summary
The role sits in the newly restructured Counter Corruption Unit (CCU). Its objectives
are to support prisons and probation to manage corruption threats, in particular
supporting establishments to prevent corruption within HMPPS.
The core service of this role is to support prisons with their administration of their
counter corruption caseload. The role will involve providing the administration
support for two establishments on behalf of the regional counter corruption team
and work alongside the local counter corruption manager to effectively manage the
threat of corruption in prison establishments.
The role will also be responsible for supporting prisons on the effective management
of known corruptor prisoners in custody to prevent them from corrupting staff.
The job holder will report directly to the Regional Corruption Pursue Manager, who
in turn reports to the Regional Corruption Pursue Lead.
The post holder will not have management responsibilities.
This is a regional post and will be based in two establishments. Daily travel to one of
these prisons and frequent travel to the regional offices will be required. Occasional
travel outside the region (e.g. to London) may be required.
This role may involve contact with prisoners depending on their area of work.
HQ-JES-2703 Counter Corruption Administration Specialist v1.0
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities
Activities and Duties
and duties:
? Having a contemporaneous understanding of the operational context in prisons
priorities, risks and opportunities to better tackle corruption.
? Having an understanding of the relevant legal and policy frameworks relating to
corruption, security and HR, and making sure these are followed when providing
services to prisons.
? Organise, produce and maintain accurate records for the local counter
corruption manager.
? Act as contact point for all communications to the counter corruption team,
prioritise and distribute to the local counter corruption manager in the
establishment and the regional counter corruption team.
? Complete any monitoring returns required on behalf of the establishment for
the counter corruption unit.
? Co-ordinate any awareness sessions on behalf of the counter corruption unit.
? Prepare paperwork for checking by their manager, conducting initial checks as
required.
? Correspond with relevant stakeholders and agencies to ensure that they are
aware of information related to Corruption and that it is adequately shared in
line with agreed process.
? Maintain and check establishment databases for managing corruption, filing
systems and logs of information with responses within timescales, producing
reports as required.
? Arrange any meetings including the preparation of paperwork, minutes and
action points for the effective management of corruption.
? Being the first point of contact for prisons to signpost policies, procedures and
key contacts to support counter corruption work.
? Coordinating CCU prevent teams attendance/cover supporting establishments
deliver their prevent agenda.
? Identify blockages to progress and take action and escalate to the Regional
Corruption Unit as appropriate.
? Monitoring and reviewing the relative priority of corruption work and caseloads,
escalating to the Regional Corruption Prevent Manager.
? Entering data onto CCU systems, ensuring information is captured accurately
and is easy to understand.
? Understanding the team’s caseload, including working with analysts to report on
management information and data on volumes, timeliness and outcomes of
cases across the region.
? On the direction of the Regional Corruption Prevention Lead and Regional
Corruption Prevent Manager, the post holder may also be asked to work with
prisons to understand capability gaps and signpost wider capability
opportunities, best practice and guidance and support light touch research to
inform our evidence base on corruption.
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.
Behaviours
? Making Effective Decisions
? Communicating and influencing
? Managing a Quality Service
? Working Together
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
HQ-JES-2703 Counter Corruption Administration Specialist v1.0
Experience
? Candidates should role model impeccable professionalism and integrity.
? Good understanding of the operational context of prisons and probation.
Technical
? Problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to drive
Requirements
resolution.
Ability
? Good communication (written and verbal), leadership and partnership
working skills.
Minimum 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.
? SC or higher security clearances and further internal security checks will be required.
Hours of Work
Leave Blank
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
To be used by the JES Team only
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Success Profile
Strengths
Behaviours
It is advised strengths
Ability
Experience
Technical
are chosen locally,
recommended 4-8
Making Effective Decisions
Good communication
Candidates should role model
Problem-solving and decision-making
(written and verbal),
impeccable professionalism and
skills, with the ability to drive resolution.
leadership and
integrity.
partnership working
skills.
Communicating and Influencing
Good understanding of the
operational context of prisons and
probation.
Managing a Quality Service
Working Together
HQ-JES-2703 Counter Corruption Administration Specialist v1.0