Family Services Contact Centre agent 1 (Ref: 1552)

Family Services run national services for HMPPS, including Family Services Visit Booking, Help with Prison Visits, Find a Prisoner and the HMPPS Victim Helpline. Digital enquiry support is provided for a number of GOV.UK services.
The post holder will work with the public, internal HMPPS customers and a wide range of Government Departments and Voluntary and Charitable Sector Organisations. The work at Family Services makes a real difference to the prisoner and their Significant Others, contributing to the wellbeing and rehabilitation of the prisoner and supporting regimes in prisons across the United Kingdom. The post holder works in a contact centre team, completing a range of key administrative duties. The role requires excellent customer service, organisational, IT and administrative skills; with the ability to deal with a high volume of work to the highest quality standards. Reports to a Contact Centre Manager. This is a non-operational HQ role based at Edward House, Birmingham, B1 2RA
Key responsibilities:
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
• Book prison visits by telephone, e-mail and in an online portal.
• Process Find a Prisoner service requests.
• Data entry of Help with Prison Visits service applications.
• Customer enquiry resolution.
• Post and general office support duties.
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive.
The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder. An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Managing a Quality Service
+ Changing and Improving
+ Delivering at Pace, This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Strengths.
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Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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Alongside your salary of £23,200, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £6,721 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
+ Access to learning and development
+ A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
+ A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
+ A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
+ Annual Leave
+ Public Holidays
+ Season Ticket Advance
For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.
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