Group Profile: Business Administrator Specialist
Band 4
Document Ref.
HMPPS OR T 14 GP Business Administrator Specialist
v9.0
Document Type
Management
Version
9.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
25.10.22
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
HMPPS OR T 14 GP Business Administrator Specialist v9.0
Group Profile
Group Profile
Business Administrator Specialist
Name
Organisation
Delivery - The jobs at this level will be task focused delivering
Level
defined activity or service within own area of expertise.
Band
4
Overview
Job holders within this Group Profile are focused in a particular
specialist administrative area, using their specific qualifications or
experience.
These roles are non-operational with no line management
responsibilities and are rotational.
These roles may involve contact with prisoners depending on
their area of work.
Characteristics
Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:
• Organise, produce and maintain accurate records for the area
of work
• Act as contact point for all communications to the Team,
prioritise and distribute to the appropriate person or relevant
department in the establishment
• Complete monitoring returns for the area of work
• Input requisitions on the finance database for purchases in the
area of work
• Co-ordinate any awareness sessions for the area of work
• Prepare paperwork for checking by their manager, conducting
initial checks as required
• Correspond with relevant stakeholders and agencies to ensure
that they are aware of information and that it is adequately
shared
• Maintain and check establishment databases, manual filing
systems and logs of information with responses within
timescales, producing reports as required
• Collate information on relevant Service Delivery Indicators
(SDIs)
• Arrange any meetings including the preparation of paperwork,
minutes and action points
Job Descriptions
The job holder once in post will be in matched to a job
relating to this
description; a sample list is shown below. The post is rotational
Group Profile
so the job holder could during their career carry out the role of
different job descriptions.
• Business Administrator Specialist : Access to Justice IT
Security Controller
• Business Administrator Specialist : Communication Officer
• Business Administrator Specialist : Family Development Visits
• Business Administrator Specialist : New Colleagues Mentor
• Business Administrator Specialist : Intelligence Analyst
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• Business Administrator Specialist : Safer Custody Analyst
• Business Administrator Specialist : Senior Case Administrator
• Business Administrator Specialist : Communication and
Events Administrator
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 considers to be racist.
Essential Skills/
Job holders must complete specific training in their specialism
Qualifications/
once they take up post.
Accreditation/
Registration
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence
through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales)
Welsh
When transferring to a Young Persons establishment the job
holder will be required to successfully undertake an assessment
to demonstrate suitability to work with Young People.
Essential Skills:
• Able to deal effectively and assertively with staff at all levels
• Able user of MS Word and MS Excel
• Information collation and analysis
Hours of Work
37 hour working week.
and Allowances
Behaviours
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Making Effective Decisions
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Essential
Experience
Technical
N.B these are the technical requirements for the group profile,
Requirements
please check the individual job description relating to this group
profile for any job specific requirements and add if required.
Ability
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Success Profile
Technical
N.B these are the technical
Strengths
requirements for the group
profile, please check the
It is advised
Behaviours
Ability
Experience
individual job description
strengths are
relating to this group
chosen locally,
profile for the any job
recommended 4-8.
specific requirements and
add if required.
Changing and Improving
Communicating and
Influencing
Working Together
Managing a Quality
Service
Making Effective
Decisions
HMPPS OR T 14 GP Business Administrator Specialist v9.0