Prison Officer - HMP

Prison Officer – HMP Leeds

Location:

HMP Leeds, 2 Gloucester Terrace, Stanningley Road, Leeds, LS12 2TJ

Starting salary: £35,875 (for a 39 hour week inc 20% unsocial)

City/Town:
Leeds

Region:
North East

Vacancy type:
Merit

This role is not eligible for new Skilled Worker visas in accordance with the current immigration rules.

• Communicating and influencing
• Managing a quality service
• Making effective decisions
• Caring

• Be at least 18 years old at commencement of employment
• Meet Civil Service Nationality requirements
• Pass a medical and fitness assessment
• Meet required eyesight standard in both eyes
• Meet suitable standard of hearing (without the use of hearing aids)
• Have been a resident in the UK for the last 3 years to work in a high security prison (category
  
  A)
• Tattoos permitted if not offensive, discriminatory, violent or intimidating; facial tattoos generally not acceptable except for cultural, religious or medical reasons

Once you have completed your initial application form, you will be invited to complete an online test to assess basic judgement and numerical skills. If you pass the online test, you will be invited to an online assessment centre (OAC). After successfully completing the OAC, if you are allocated to a vacancy, you will be invited to complete a medical and fitness test, which covers eyesight, hearing and basic health screening including a blood pressure check.

• 37 hours a week = £33,746 a year
• 39 hours a week = £35,875 a year
• 41 hours a week = £38,003 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

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.

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.

Just tick ‘yes’ when it asks if you think you might need a reasonable adjustment.

If you feel the recruitment process has breached the principles you can raise a complaint by contacting Shared Services Connected Ltd: call  (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or email Moj-recruitment-v