Overview
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Location: HMP & YOI Stirling
Pay Band: Please refer to full job description on SPS career site
Salary: 27,697 pro rata
Closing Date: 2026-02-13
Hours of Work: Please refer to full job description on SPS career site
Job Purpose:
The job holder will be part of the Finance & Administration team at HMP & YOI Stirling. The post holder will be responsible for processing the incoming and outgoing mail at the Establishment. This includes Royal Mail deliveries, internal mail and email-a-prisoner correspondence. The job holder will secondary scan mail through the X-Ray machine, sort and distribute, ensuring that SPS policies are adhered to at all times.
Hours of work:
Mon 5.5hrs / Tues 6hrs / Wed 6 hrs / Thu 7hrs / Fri 6.5hrs / Sat 4hrs
The post-holders will rotate through Mon to Wed and Thurs to Sat on alternate weeks.
Responsibilities:
To attend the Front of House area in order to collect all mail delivered to the establishment and transport to the designated secure area.
Correctly count, identify and sort all mail into relevant categories, i.e. confidential, general and damaged. Count and confirm Royal Mail Special and Recorded Delivery mail.
Complete relevant inventory sheets and maintain accurate records for all incoming and outgoing mail processes as per standard operating procedures.
Conduct secondary assurance screening of all mail through x-ray machine.
Distribute correspondence to all areas of the establishment.
Assist with other areas of admin i.e. minutes of meetings / HDC and any other duties, commensurate with grade
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
Minimum of Two National 5 (or equivalent) qualifications (including English & Mathematics) or relevant experience gained in a similar role and/or environment.
Essential
Experience Requirements
Knowledge Skills Requirements
Experience of working in an administrative environment.
Essential
Competent in MS Office packages, including Microsoft Word and Excel.
Essential
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.
