12710 - Business Administrator - Business Hub - HMP Norwich

Ministry of Justice; Brighton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental agency located in Brighton is seeking an administrative professional to provide essential support within the Business Hub. This role involves managing financial systems, organizing communications, and maintaining records in a structured environment. The ideal candidate should possess strong communication skills and a detailed understanding of finance management. This position is critical for ensuring effective administrative operations and timely reporting within the establishment.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage finance and performance systems.
• Strong organisational skills for record-keeping and reporting.
• Good communication skills for stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the Business Hub.
• Maintain financial and performance systems.
• Organise and maintain accurate records.
• Act as a contact point for team communications.
• Prepare paperwork for manager reviews.

Skills

Administrative support

Finance management

Communication skills

Audit and compliance

Job description

Overview of the job

This is an administrative job in an establishment.

Summary

The job holder will provide administrative support to the Business Hub maintaining finance, performance and administrative systems within specified timescales for the establishment.

This is a rotational, non-operational job with no line management responsibilities.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

Transactional activity

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

• Performance
• Audit and Compliance
• Finance (Stock taking/Prisoner monies, valuables/Receivables/Reconciling expenditure/Accruals/Outgoing pay/Inter-unit charges/Cashier)
• Information Assurance
• Measuring the Quality of Prison Life (MQPL)
• His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) visits
• Subject access requests
• Official Correspondence
• Complaints
• Risk Register
• Independent Monitoring Board (IMB)
• Action Plans
• Self-audit programme
• Procuring goods
• Vehicle maintenance
• Personal Identity Number (PIN) Phone system
• Ordering of staff uniform
• Bank signatory
• Fixed and local assets
• Accounts Receivable
• Inventory
• Women Royal Voluntary Services
• Canteen administration including Quarterly Review
• IT administration

Other administrative tasks

• 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
• 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.