Allocations Administrator

Job Introduction

HMP Peterborough are currently recruiting for an Allocations Administrators.

As an Allocations Administrator you will allocate residents according to the current Allocations Procedure ensuring that job vacancies are filled in a fair and transparent manner maintaining equality of opportunity at all times.

HMP/YOI Peterborough is the country’s only purpose-built prison for both male and female prisoners (kept separate at all times), including a 12-place mother and baby unit. We are committed to offering education and development programmes to provide residents with the skills required to enter employment on release, so reducing the chances of further offending. Providing creative outlets, such as workshop activities, helps to equip those in custody for when they are released. We use ‘Restorative Approaches’ to bring people in conflict into dialogue. Using a skilled and structured process, those who have been harmed have an opportunity to be heard and those that have caused the harm are held to account for what they have done. We have strong links with the community outside through a variety of partnerships, including our outreach activity Outside Links’ offering support and advice to both residents and their families.

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Role Responsibility

• Allocate male and female residents to work and education opportunities on a daily basis following direction from the Education Manager.
• Ensure that allocation referrals replies are ready to be issued on a daily basis, having answered those allocations related queries in a clear and consistent manner.
• Take accurate minutes of the weekly Allocations Board and any other meetings as required and type them up as soon as possible after the meeting for distribution as directed.
• Ensure that male and female residents’ attendance is committed on the system on a daily basis to ensure that they get the correct pay each week.
• Meet agreed prison targets which will be identified in your PDR and reviewed regularly throughout the year.
• Undertake duties as required by the Education Manager that will contribute to the effective operation of HMP Peterborough.
• Ensure residents are processed through the induction correctly and allocated when suitable.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Experience working in a similar environment or role
• Able to operate relevant IT applications
• Experience of working under pressure and to deadlines
• Able to manage competing work priorities

Desirable

• Knowledge of the English legal system

Competencies

• Working with others
• Planning and organising
• Resilience
• Continuous improvement
• Results orientated

Package Description

Salary £18,939.78 per annum

Benefits including 28 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays),pension, discounted health cover, subsidised gym membership, childcare voucher scheme, free meals on duty and free on-site parking

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

Sodexo Justice aims to change lives for the better by reducing reoffending and improving the quality of life for those under our supervision and in our care. We deliver safe, effective and innovative custodial and community rehabilitation services that challenge offending behaviour, protect the public and offer individuals the opportunity to change their lives for the better. We deliver the total operation of five prisons within the UK and own six Community Rehabilitation Companies in partnership with crime reduction charity Nacro.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 3 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC.