Office Administrator – Part time
Job Introduction
HMP Forest Bank serves the courts of Greater Manchester and maintains strong links to the local community with a focus on resettlement. We aim to deliver quality of life services and support people to change their lives for the better.
Opportunities for learning and developing work-ready skills are on offer for all who come in to custody, but our commitment to reducing reoffending in local communities does not end at the prison gate. We support people released from custody through innovative partnerships in substance misuse services in Bury and Oldham, working with people to maintain recovery and lead law-abiding lives.
As well as the 16 residential units on site, there is a healthcare centre, gym, library, workshop complex, visits hall, chaplaincy and kitchen. The prison’s capacity stands at 1,460, holding adult men both on remand or sentenced and young prisoners between the ages of 18-21 years.
For more information on working in Justice within Sodexo please see Careers in Justice
- Primarily to maintain and update the BT pin system daily and provide any monthly reports
- Log all valuable property received and all given out. Carry out all audits and destruction of valuable property in accordance with the guidelines within the PSI’s.
- To provide administrative and finance support to HMP Forest Bank and the wider business.
- To deal with non-prisoner cash; visits tea bar, vending machine, lunch vouchers where necessary.
- Ensure completed and relevant reports are carried out within the agreed required timescales; daily and monthly. These include CMS, BT pin system.
- To deal with general enquiries and correspondence from both internal departments and external service providers
- Excellent IT skills.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Must possess good organisational skills, ability to multitask, prioritise workload and work to deadlines.
- The ability to work with multidisciplinary teams and autonomously.
- Must be highly motivated with a willingness to learn.
- Must be fully aware of and follow the guidelines surrounding Data protection and confidentiality.
- Experience of working within an administrative/finance environment.
- Experience of working in a fast paced, deadline orientated department.
- Attention to detail.
- Sodexo Discounts including Costco Membership, Free Spree cashback card and Gym discounts
- Free meals and parking on-site
- Blue-Light discounts
- Sodexo Retirement Plan
- Access to ongoing training and development programs including apprenticeships
- Countless opportunities for career development and to grow within the company
- Community Online Academy (COA)
- Employee Lottery
- Mental Health First Response Programme
- Health and wellbeing incentives including Spectrum.Life, YuLife and Talk.
- Reward and Recognition schemes
- Stop Hunger Foundation and Volunteering days
- Cycle to work scheme
- Bupa Healthcare Plan
- Life Assurance