Administrator

Administrator

Location: HMP Ashfield, BS16 9QJ
Salary: £25,510 per annum (pro rota) plus excellent benefits
Schedule: Part time 24 hours per week working Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

Shifts can be either 8am-4pm or 8.30am-4.30pm

Ready to impact a better future?

As an Administrator in our Justice and Immigration team, you’ll provide secure, effective, and efficient administrative support that helps keep essential services running smoothly. Your work will support operational teams, maintain accurate records, and ensure important processes are completed to a high standard.

This is a role where your work has purpose. By delivering accurate administration in a secure environment, you’ll help colleagues access the information they need, support service delivery, and contribute to positive outcomes across the contract. Our work touches lives, and your attention to detail will help create impactful solutions that support a better future.

What you’ll do as an Administrator

You’ll be entrusted to:

• Manage incoming and outgoing correspondence, ensuring mail, emails, and documentation are processed accurately and securely.
• Maintain electronic and manual records, updating systems and databases in a timely manner.
• Collate, compile, distribute, and file reports and departmental documentation.
• Organise meetings and events, including taking and distributing meeting minutes where required.
• Respond to departmental queries and provide administrative support to colleagues across the team.
• Produce correspondence, reports, and other documents to a high standard.
• Help maintain confidentiality and data security when handling sensitive information.
• Support the achievement of performance measures, contractual outcomes, and key performance indicators (KPIs).

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• Strong computer skills, including experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience working within an administrative environment.
• An understanding of Data Protection and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements.
• Previous experience of minute taking and producing accurate records.
• Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• The ability to handle confidential information with professionalism and discretion.

Vetting and checks:

A Standard DBS check will be carried out for this position. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, and warnings as permitted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. An Occupational Health Questionnaire will also be completed so we can ensure you have the necessary support to perform your duties. Discover all you need to keep growing

We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What we offer

• Holidays: 23 days plus bank holidays (pro rota)
• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
• Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

A little bit about us:
At Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence, Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure and Citizen Services, we’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on. Guided by our values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride, our people make meaningful impact, every single day.

Our inclusive recruitment commitment:
We prioritise your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, the Top Great British Employer of Veterans 2026, and a Gold Inclusive Employer Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.

• Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.

For support with your application, please contact recruitmentuk@serco.com.

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