ADMINISTRATOR

Location: HMP Winchester, Romsey Road, Hampshire, SO22 5DF
Hours: 26.75 hours per week, 52 weeks per year (Monday to Thursday) 
Flexible Working: We welcome applications from those seeking flexible hours.
Salary: Approx. £17,800 Pro rata (£24,955 FTE- Subject to experience) 
Apprenticeships: Development opportunities are available through Apprenticeship standards
Reporting To: Education Manager

IN SHORT

Milton Keynes College is recruiting an Administrator to join the Prison Education team based at HMP Winchester.

As an Administrator, you will be a capable and experienced administrator with excellent verbal and written communication skills. You will provide a high-quality service to both internal and external stakeholders at the prison and the wider College team.

This opportunity involves supporting the Department Manager in the day-to-day administration and operations of the department. Your ability to work on your own initiative is critical for this role and you will need to have a flexible and resilient approach to your work as it will be varied.

Milton Keynes College is looking for a patient and friendly individual who is self-motivated and work well under pressure. If you possess excellent administration and communication skills we would welcome your interest and application for this opportunity.

MK College will treat all applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their background, disability or any other individual characteristic. We particularly encourage applications from people with backgrounds which are currently under-represented within Milton Keynes College.  All offers made to successful candidates are subject to satisfactory outcomes to a range of pre-employment checks including a Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).   In addition, security clearance is required for all prison services positions up to Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) level.

OUR BENEFITS

• 25 days annual leave, 3 additional company closure days and UK Bank Holidays (entitlement will be pro-rated for part-time employees)
• Generous Pension Scheme
• Professional development opportunities, including professional qualifications
  
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) accessible 24 hours per day, 365 days per year
  
  
• A variety of amazing discounts with NUS Card and our reward and recognition platform Encore
  
  
• Employee wellbeing platform

ABOUT HMP WINCHESTER

HMP/YOI Winchester is a busy Category B/C Local prison housing both sentenced and remand prisoners from the age of 18.  The Education Department delivers relevant short courses that help prepare learners for employment upon release in three different Education areas in the prison. 

Courses include: English and Maths Functional Skills (Entry 1 to Level 2), ESOL, ICT, Art, Cookery, Employability Skills, and Barbering. We also work closely with our prison colleagues to provide embedded Employability skills in the prison workshops for Carpentry, Recycling, Textiles and Enterprise Services.

The Education department runs morning and afternoon lessons, Monday to Thursday, and Friday mornings. Lessons start at 8:30am and 1:45pm respectively and tutors are expected to be in the department at least 15 minutes before the start of the lesson. Morning lessons last 3 hours (until 11:30) and afternoon lessons are 2.75 hours (until 16:30).

** For further information about this opportunity, please refer to the attached document