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Ministry of Justice; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service pension

Cycle to work

Travel loans

Holiday entitlement

Job summary

Ministry of Justice in Aylesbury is recruiting prison officers into a merit vacancy with a starting salary of £39,816 for a 39-hour week. After training, you can work 37, 39 or 41 hours, with corresponding annual salaries.

This role offers a unique mix of duties in a high security environment, with pay scales reflecting hours worked, and benefits including a Civil Service pension and travel loans.

Qualifications

• Be at least 18 years old at start of employment.
• Meet Civil Service nationality requirements.
• Pass a medical and fitness assessment.
• Meet eyesight standard in both eyes.
• Meet hearing requirements (no hearing aids).
• Tattoos allowed if not offensive; facial tattoos restricted.
• Must have UK residence for last 3 years.

Responsibilities

• Carry out many different roles in one day.
• Assessment focuses on communication, quality service and caring.

Skills

Communication & influence

Quality service

Caring

Job description

Starting salary: £39,816 (for a 39 hour week inc 20% unsocial)

City/Town: Aylesbury

Region: South East

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
• caring

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 37 hours a week. After training, you can choose to work 37, 39 or 41 hours a week. Your annual salary will reflect your weekly hours.

• 37 hours a week = £37,928 a year
• 39 hours a week = £39,816 a year
• 41 hours a week = £42,334 a year

All salary figures quoted include any additional allowances.

The standard working week of a prison officer is based on a 39 hours per week shift pattern.

25 days’ annual holiday (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.

Our Online Assessment Centre (OAC), will not only assess you against the key criteria to become a prison officer but will also determine your suitability for appointment as an operational support grade OSG If following attendance at your OAC, you are unsuccessful in your application to become a prison officer, we may instead offer you an alternative role as an OSG. Operational support grade - Ministry of Justice

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.