Job Description (JD)
Band 3
Group Profile - Business Administrator (BA)
Job Description - BA : Safer Custody
Document Ref.
OR JES 140 JD B3 : BA : Safer Custody v7.0
Document Type
Management
Version
7.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
15th November 2022
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
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Job Description
Job Title
BA : Safer Custody
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 Safer
Custody team maintaining administration systems within
specified timescales for the establishment.
This is a rotational, non-operational job with no line management
responsibilities.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following
Activities and
responsibilities, activities and duties:
Duties
• Collate, update and maintain information on Assessment,
Care in Custody & Teamwork (ACCT) and violence reduction.
• Co-ordinate and arrange ACCT reviews and inform key
stakeholders of current trends in self-harm and violent
incidents.
• Monitor, prepare and publish information about prisoners
currently subject to ACCT observations and violence
reduction incidents to relevant colleagues and managers.
• Follow up on information provided by Security Information
Reports (SIRs), UK Borders paperwork and anti-bullying
paperwork.
• Create manual and electronic files for each prisoner on arrival
and maintain relevant systems.
• Record and report all incidents of self-harm/threats of self-
harm and any acts of violence, informing relevant
stakeholders.
• Report serious incidents of violence, self-harm and suicide
attempts to Duty Governor on day of incident.
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.
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• 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.
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.
Essential
Experience
Technical
Requirements
Ability
Minimum
• All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to
Eligibility
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
Leave Blank
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
To be used by the JES Team only
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