202608: Prison Officer - HMP Highpoint - Part Time
Part-Time Prison Officer – HMP Highpoint
HMP Highpoint: Address - Stradishall, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 9YG
Starting salary: £15,104 (for a 16 hours week inc 20% unsocial)
City/Town: Newmarket
Region: East of England
Vacancy type: Merit
Skilled Worker visa sponsorship may be available for this role, subject to eligibility and in line with the UK Immigration Rules in force at the time of application. However, due to current immigration requirements and recruitment timescales, candidates who require Skilled Worker visa sponsorship are unlikely to be sponsored if applying to this campaign.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to consider their right to work in the UK carefully before applying. You can read more about Skilled Worker visas and eligibility criteria at gov.uk.
The Department will continue to comply with UK Immigration Rules applied in the UK and Civil Service.
An extraordinary job
In this unique career, you'll have the opportunity to carry out many different roles in any one day.
During the recruitment process you will be assessed on:
- communicating and influencing
- managing a quality service
To become a prison officer, you will need to:
- be at least 18 years old at the commencement of employment
- meet the Civil Service Nationality requirements
- pass a medical and fitness assessment
- meet the required eyesight standard in both eyes
- for safety reasons, meet a suitable standard of hearing
- Whilst tattoos are permitted, including those that are visible, they must not be deemed as offensive, discriminatory, violent, or intimidating in any way. Facial tattoos are generally not acceptable, except where this is for cultural, religious, or medical reasons.
- For safety reasons, everyone training to be a prison officer needs a suitable standard of hearing (without the use of hearing aids).
- To work in a high security prison (category A) you must have been a resident in the UK for the last 3 years.
Pay
The initial training is 16 hours (2 days) a week. After training, you can choose to work 12,16 or 24 hours a week. Your annual salary will reflect your weekly hours.
- 12 hours a week = £11,328 a year (1 day per week[AR1.1])
- 16 hours a week = £15,104 a year (2 days per week)
- 24 hours a week = £22,656 a year (2 or 3 days per week)
All salary figures quoted include any additional allowances that are applicable to the role/location. HMP Highpoint currently receive a yearly market supplement payment of £2000, this will be pro rata for part time workers and is not included in the figures above.
Benefits
- 25 days' annual holiday pro-rata (rising to 30 days after 10 years' service)
- paid time off for public holidays and 1 extra privilege day
- Civil Service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%
- cycle to work scheme, travel loans and other benefits
Job offers: merit vacancy
This is a merit job vacancy. If you are successful at the online assessment centre, you will be added to a merit list based on your score.
When all applicants have completed the assessment centre, the prison will make job offers to individuals with the highest scores first when positions become available.
You can stay on the merit list for 12 months. After this, you'll need to apply again.
The Civil Service Code
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of Civil Servants.
Recruitment policy
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles. If you feel the recruitment process has breached the principles you can raise a complaint by contacting Shared Services Connected Ltd: call 0845 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or email Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com
Diversity & Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
Reasonable adjustment support
Just tick 'yes' when it asks if you think you might need a reasonable adjustment.
Assessment criteria (repeated)
- communicating and influencing
- managing a quality service
- making effective decisions
- caring
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