Prison officer – HMP Morton Hall
Location: HMP Morton Hall, Swinderby, Lincoln, LN6 9PT
Starting salary: £35,875 for a 39 hour week, including 20% unsocial hours. City/Town: Lincoln. Region: East Midlands. Vacancy type: Merit.
This role is not eligible for new Skilled Worker visas in accordance with the current immigration rules.
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
- Care
Requirements to become a prison officer
- 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 (without the use of hearing aids) for safety reasons
- Whichever manner of application, tattoos may be visible only if they are not offensive, discriminatory, violent or intimidating; facial tattoos are generally not acceptable unless for cultural, religious or medical reasons
To work in a high security prison (category A) you must have been a resident in the UK for the last three years.
How to apply
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, we will invite you to an online assessment centre (OAC). Successful completion of the OAC and allocation to a vacancy will lead to a medical and fitness test covering eyesight, hearing, basic health screening and blood pressure check.
Pay
The initial training is 37 hours a week. After training you can choose to work 37, 39 or 41 hours a week; the 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. The standard working week of a prison officer is based on a 39‑hour 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
Job offers: merit vacancy
This is a merit job vacancy. Successful candidates at the online assessment centre will be added to a merit list based on their score. When all applicants have completed the assessment centre, the prison will make job offers to individuals with the highest scores first as positions become available. You can stay on the merit list for 12 months; after this you’ll need to apply again.
Operational Support Grade role
Although a driving licence is not a requirement for the Prison Officer role, driving duties are essential for the OSG role. Therefore, candidates who are unsuccessful in their Prison Officer application but offered an OSG role are required to hold a valid UK driving licence. The OAC will assess suitability for appointment as an OSG if you are unable to become a prison officer.
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of Civil Servants.
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 these principles you can raise a complaint by contacting Shared Services Connected Ltd: call 0845 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8 am–6 pm) or email Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com.
Diversity & Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attracting, retaining and investing in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
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