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JOB DESCRIPTION:
EOI – Panel Chair Support Team & Hearing Support EO
About the Parole Board:
The Parole Board is an independent court-like body that carries out risk assessments on prisoners to determine whether they can be safely released into the community. It does that with great care and public safety is our number one priority. All Parole Board decisions are solely focused on whether a prisoner would represent a significant risk to the public after release. Not all decisions that Members make are popular, but they make these decisions fairly and objectively.
The Parole Board is made up of approximately 170 secretariat staff based in our London Head Office. There are approximately 320 Members who attend hearings across England and Wales.
The Parole Board is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. Staff who work for the Parole Board Secretariat are Public Servants, not Civil Servants.
About the role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Operations team to work directly with Panel Chair members who have a high workload. The role is to support high sitting Chairs throughout with management of their reviews and to relieve them from some of the administration work. You will assist with all aspects of case management and administration and oral hearings. You won’t have a case load to manage in the usual way. You will provide administrative support to the member(s) on a 1-2-1 basis. They will also assist Parole Board Panel Chairs to ensure that where a video oral hearing has been directed, the hearing is ably supported and any issues are dealt with promptly.
The post holders will assist with improving the processes to maintain the efficiency and effectiveness of the Parole Board’s Chair relationships. You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of cases ensuring that all necessary steps are taken to ensure directions are complied with in a timely manner, all witnesses are in attendance at the Oral Hearings and take any additional actions to prevent hearings being adjourned or deferred.
Person specification:
The post-holder will need to be very organised and motivated and be able to work under pressure. You will be required to manage the facilitation of remote video hearings. Video hearings are held in a CVP (Cloud Video Platform). This differs from a video link in that no endpoint is required so all parties who have a camera-enabled device (laptop/tablet/smart phone) can connect fully remotely from any location, including their office or their own home.
You will apply judgement and discretion as appropriate and will develop a good working relationship with the member(s) that you are assigned. You will oversee the members caseload ensuring that all deadlines are met or appropriately escalated and will deal with sensitive material in line with laid-down guidance. You will have excellent typing, communication and organisational skills.
Main Duties:
Experience required for the post:
Behaviours:
We will assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Strengths. At the sift stage you will be assessed against Behaviours.
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This is a rolling recruitment campaign. The advert for this campaign may be closed earlier than planned if the desired number of successful applicants is achieved prior to the closing date.
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We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Alongside your salary of £23,735, Parole Board contributes £6,432 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
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