job description
Prison Officer - HMP Eastwood Park
Starting salary: £35,875 (for a 39 hour week inc 20% unsocial)
City/Town: Bristol
Region: South West
Vacancy type: Merit
An extraordinary job
In this unique career, you'll have the opportunity to carry out many different roles in any one day.
Key Assessment Areas
- Communicating and influencing
- Managing a quality service
- Making effective decisions
- Caring
Qualifications
- Be at least 18 years old at the commencement of employment
- Meet the Civil Service Nationality requirements
- Pass a medical and fitness assessment
- Meet the required eyesight standard in both eyes
- Meet a suitable standard of hearing for safety reasons
- Tattoos are permitted if not offensive, discriminatory, violent, or intimidating; facial tattoos generally not acceptable unless cultural, religious, or medical reasons
Pay
The initial training is 37 hours a week. After training, you can choose to work 37, 39 or 41 hours a week. Your annual salary will reflect your weekly hours:
- 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 that are applicable to the role/location.
The standard working week of a prison officer is based on a 39 hours per week shift pattern.
Benefits
- 25 days' annual holiday (rising to 30 days after 10 years' service)
- Paid time off for public holidays and one extra privilege day
- Civil Service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%
- Cycle to work scheme, travel loans and other benefits
Other Information
- Job offers: merit vacancy - you will be added to a merit list based on your score and can stay on the list for 12 months.
- Operational support grade (OSG) role may be offered if not successful as a prison officer.
- The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of Civil Servants.
- Reasonable adjustment support is available; tick 'yes' if you need it.
