202510 : Prison Officer - HMP Rochester

Prison Officer - HMP Rochester Location: HMP Rochester, 1 Fort Rd, Rochester ME1 3QS Starting salary: £35,875 (39 hour week inc 20% unsocial) Vacancy type: Merit Overview An extraordinary job. In this unique career, you’ll have the opportunity to carry out many different roles in any one day. Assessment criteria communicating and influencing managing a quality service making effective decisions caring Qualifications be at least 18 years old at commencement of employment meet the Civil Service Nationality requirements pass a medical and fitness assessment meet the required eyesight standard in both eyes for safety reasons, meet a suitable standard of hearing Whilst tattoos are permitted, including those that are visible, they must not be deemed as offensive, discriminatory, violent, or intimidating in any way. Facial tattoos are generally not acceptable, except where this is for cultural, religious, or medical reasons. Application process Once you have completed your initial application form you will be invited to complete stage 1 of the online test, to see if you have the basic judgement and numerical skills. If you pass, we will invite you to complete stage 2 of the online tests, which is a task-based assessment. If you pass the online tests, we will invite you to an online assessment centre (OAC). Once you’ve successfully completed the OAC and you are allocated to a vacancy, we will invite you to complete a medical and fitness test. This will cover an eyesight test, hearing test and basic health screening, including a blood pressure check. Pay and hours Initial training 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 Benefits 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 Merit vacancy and Operational Support Grade Role 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. Recruitment principles and complaint We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles. If you feel the recruitment process has breached the principles you can raise a complaint by contacting Shared Services Connected Ltd: call 0845 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or email Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com Diversity & Inclusion 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 Reasonable adjustment support Just tick ‘yes’ when it asks if you think you might need a reasonable adjustment. #J-18808-Ljbffr