Overview
Vacancy Type: Temporary/Fixed Term
Location: HMP Greenock
Pay Band: Please refer to full job description on SPS career site
Salary: £27,967
Closing Date: 2026-01-26
Hours of Work: Please refer to full job description on SPS career site
Job Purpose:
The post holder will provide an effective and efficient service to the prisoner population, including processing prisoner wages, collating and processing orders, stock management and producing reports.
Responsibilities:
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Collate, pack and distribute items ordered by prisoners, ensuring all orders are accurately processed and sufficient funds are available.
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Contribute towards maintaining an effective stock management system and carry out weekly reconciliation of stock to ensure that stock systems balance.
Collate and input prisoner purchases and telephone transactions on established computerised system.
Ensure stock and financial systems balance, interrogate any discrepancies as they arise.
Receive and check delivery of goods and physically transfer goods to the stock area
Collection of sundry purchases from local businesses, ensuring all orders are accurately processed and distributed and there are sufficient funds available in prisoners’ personal accounts.
Person Specification
SPS recruitment and selection practice is based on the fundamentals of our Behavioural Competency Framework. This identifies behaviours and standards required both of applicants seeking to join us, and our staff in their respective roles. Assessment of specific behaviours, of which there are twelve, will be determined by the role you are applying for. Whilst it is unlikely you will be assessed on all of them , you will be assessed on these identified as key to role.
Qualifications Requirements
A minimum of two National 5 (or equivalent) qualifications, including English and Mathematics or relevant experience gained in a similar role and/or environment. Essential
Experience Requirements
Knowledge Skills Requirements
Ability to effectively prioritise workload to meet departmental and organisational deadlines
Good numerical skills with the ability to analyse, interpret and report on a range of information.
Good oral and written communication skills.
Selection Methods Please refer to full job description on SPS career site.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
