Management Coordinator to North East Prison Group Director (Ref: 23331)

Job summary

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Job description

Overview of the job

To provide general administrative support to the Director and the wider team as required. To ensure the Director gets the support they need in a timely and efficient manner.

Summary

The role is to provide diary management and general administrative support to the Director and the wider team as required by providing a professional and efficient service.

The Job holder will be required to prioritise meetings and manage the diary in the most efficient and practical way. Interaction with internal and external stakeholders will be required as well as the preparation of papers for meetings along with other administrative tasks.

Job holder will maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• Manage diary including co-ordination, appointments for staff, managers, internal, external stakeholders and members of the public.
• Anticipate and identify potential problems in relation to issues arising within the diary, particularly when priorities can change at very short notice.
• To arrange visits for the Director, including travel and overnight accommodation as required and to keep an auditable spreadsheet of all travel/costs, ensuring value for money in all activities.
• To commission and collate information for the Director visits; including Ministerial briefs, reports, information from Heads of Group, information on personnel at the establishment/HQ/Divisions.
• To provide prompt accurate and well presented work. Type and amend a range of documents and correspondence from audio/manuscript. Type up Ministerial submissions, correspondence, minutes etc., ensuring that all typing jobs are completed within the deadlines set.
• Deal with incoming telephone calls for the Director and deal with basic enquiries as required; answer calls promptly and in a courteous and professional manner. Maintain and develop professional and open avenues of communication both within the Directorate and all internal and external agencies.
• Open and register incoming mail for Director and operation of post log.
• Maintain a record management and bring forward system that is accessible by others members of the team
• Provide other administrative support as and where required such as room bookings, printing, collating, sending out papers for meetings and other practical tasks required
• Takes minutes / notes at meetings and writing them up to a high standard

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.

Person specification

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Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,440, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £9,977 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Strengths.https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a standard (or equivalent) criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
• Telephone : 0345 241 5358

Recruitment team

• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitm…

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