Band 3 BRT Team Administrator - HMP Birmingham

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Birmingham Drug Recovery Team (BRT) at HMP Birmingham as a Team Administrator. We are looking for an enthusiastic and self motivated candidate to join our hardworking, but friendly team.

You will receive an environmental allowance of £1572 per annum for working in a secure environment, access to excellent support and development opportunities, and will be part of dynamically evolving service.

BRT aims to increase the volume and quality of treatment available to prisoners assessed as requiring treatment for drug misuse with a particular emphasis on early custody and early intervention. This role provides essential support in monitoring and reporting treatment and outcomes as well as supporting the BRT team.

The post holder will ideally have a range of administrative and secretarial experience, preferably in an NHS environment, though other administration experience will be valued in this role.

Main duties of the job

Working in the BRT team at HMP Birmingham, the successful candidate will play a crucial role in delivery of a high quality service.

In addition to the below summary you will need to familiarise yourself with the full job Description and Person specification documents attached to this advert

The role includes general administration duties, maintaining information systems and spreadsheets, providing administrative support for team meetings, including minute taking, maintaining filing systems, scanning, processing mail, answering the telephone and processing emails.

You will need to have excellent computer skills, proficient in the use of Excel, Word and Outlook and be able to work using your own initiative. You must also have excellent organisational skills, and the ability to juggle conflicting demands. Excellent interpersonal skills and telephone manner along with the ability to use them effectively to work with staff.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.