HMP Bristol – Admin Roles
Employer: HM Prison & Probation Service
Location: HM Prison Bristol, Bristol, BS7 8PS
Salary: £29,107 – £30,648 per year
Job Grade: Administrative Officer, HMPPS Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full-time, part-time, job share and flexible working
Number of vacancies: 5
Reference: 484388 / Ref: 22964
Closing date: 19 October 2026 at 11:55pm
Visa Sponsorship / Right to Work
The advert does not state that Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is available.
Applicants must meet the Civil Service nationality and right-to-work requirements. The vacancy is broadly open to UK nationals, Irish nationals, eligible Commonwealth nationals, certain EU/EEA/Swiss nationals with the required UK status, and other groups listed under Civil Service nationality rules.
Applicants who require new visa sponsorship should not assume that sponsorship is available for this role.
About the Role
HM Prison & Probation Service is recruiting five Administrative Officers at HMP Bristol.
The positions are rotational, meaning successful candidates may be matched to different administrative roles during their time in post. The available work can cover a wide range of functions across the prison.
Potential assignments include:
- Activity Hub Business Administrator
- Business Hub Business Administrator
- Employment Business Administrator
- Equality Business Administrator
- Mobilisation, Transition and Transformation Administration Support
- Resettlement Worker Business Administrator
- Establishment Television Systems Administrator
- Healthcare Business Administrator
- Management Coordinator
- New Colleagues Lead Administrator
- Observation, Categorisation and Allocation Administrator
- Offender Management Hub Administrator
- People Hub Administrator
- Prison Digital Services Administrator
- Programmes Administrator
- Psychology Administrator
- Regional Administration Support
- Chaplaincy Administrator
- Safe, Decent and Secure Administrator
- Safer Custody Administrator
- Security Intelligence Collator
- Social and Palliative Care Administrator
- Substance Misuse and Drug Strategy Administrator
- VCC Administrator
- ID & Banking Administrator
Key Responsibilities
The role involves providing administrative and corporate support across the relevant area of the prison.
Typical duties include:
- Maintaining accurate records and administrative systems
- Acting as a point of contact for team communications
- Prioritising and distributing correspondence to the appropriate person or department
- Completing monitoring returns
- Processing financial requisitions for the relevant area
- Coordinating awareness sessions and related activities
- Preparing paperwork and carrying out initial checks
- Liaising with stakeholders and external agencies
- Maintaining databases, filing systems and information logs
- Producing reports and responding to requests within agreed timescales
- Collating information for Service Delivery Indicators
- Supporting meetings by organising agendas, recording minutes and distributing action points
Skills and Behaviours
The recruitment process will assess candidates against the following Civil Service behaviours:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
The vacancy uses the Civil Service Success Profiles recruitment framework and will assess behaviours and strengths.
Salary and Benefits
The salary is £29,107 to £30,648 per year.
The role also comes with a Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension, with an employer contribution of 28.97%. Based on the advertised starting salary, HM Prison & Probation Service states that its pension contribution is £8,432.
Other benefits include:
- Learning and development opportunities
- Flexible working options
- Inclusive working environment
- Annual leave
- Public holidays
- Season Ticket Advance
- Civil Service pension
Security Requirements
Successful candidates will be required to undergo a standard or equivalent criminal record check.
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Those working with government assets must also complete the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks.
Application and Selection Process
Applications must be submitted before 11:55pm on Monday 19 October 2026.
The vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.
Candidates should ensure that examples and statements included in their application are truthful, accurate and based on their own experience. The advert states that applications may be withdrawn where plagiarism or inappropriate use of AI-generated material is identified.
Apply online:
https://jobs.justice.gov.uk/careers/JobDetail/22964?entityId=22964
Contact
SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
Email: moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
Telephone: 0345 241 5358
Source
Source: Civil Service Jobs / HM Prison & Probation Service