Land Base Activities - Specialist Production Instructor in Gloucester

The job holder will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of grounds and conservation areas within an establishment and will deliver and assess accredited vocational qualifications to prisoners. This role does not involve operational duties or line management.

Responsibilities

• Carry out a full range of gardening activities, giving instruction to prisoners on all gardening duties including use of machinery.
• Carry out soft landscaping (turf laying) and hard landscaping (laying patio stones).
• Maintain the establishment’s grounds and conservation areas, including lawns, ponds, water features and external woodland.
• Deliver all actions in the establishment's biodiversity action plan to develop the conservation area.
• Monitor flora and fauna work within the establishment.
• Work inside and outside the establishment grounds, cutting, mowing and maintaining areas in accordance with accepted practice.
• Submit surveys for Land Based Activities specific to the site.
• Carry out preventive pest control measures across the area of responsibility.
• Act on wildlife and conservation group recommendations and implement these within the establishment’s grounds.
• Undertake small project work as advised/requested, including soft and hard landscape development and erection of horticultural support structures where warranted.
• May participate in the selection process of prisoners for the workshop/area of work.
• Induct prisoners to the workshop/area of work and train them in aspects such as Health and Safety, COSHH, machinery and tools usage.
• Provide support for prisoners where required; tailor learning and training requirements to individual needs.
• Set work schedules and manage targets/quality standards, maintaining delivery of contractual arrangements.
• Assess and evaluate prisoners' skills up to national qualification standards.
• Supervise and maintain discipline of prisoners within the workshop/area of work, responsible for performance, motivation, discipline, appraisal and development of prisoners.
• Maintain regular communications via radio net in accordance with Local Security Strategy (LSS).
• Open and complete Assessment Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) forms, Violence Reduction Incident Reports (VRIR) and Security Information Reports (SIRs) when required and contribute to Incentive Earned Privileges (IEP) reports.
• Conduct a metal detector scan or rub-down search of prisoners attending and leaving their own workshops.
• Provide quality assurance against product specification.
• Log attendance and approve prisoner hours worked and wages, including recording piece work where appropriate.
• Carry out fabric and tool checks of workshops and maintain security of areas, logging any tool/equipment faults; undertake planned maintenance programme on machinery.
• Contribute to prisoner reports including parole and sentence planning.
• Complete regime monitoring information and update prisoner training records.
• Contribute to Health and Safety risk assessments relating to the workshop/work area and specialist areas.
• Request materials and estimate usage to meet work targets.
• Initiate product development reviews to maintain workshop/area of work output levels, and to provide variety of work and experience for prisoners.
• Participate in self-audit and in achieving Service Delivery Indicators (SDI's).
• Complete administration activities to support the smooth running of the workshop.

The duties listed above describe the post as it is at present and are not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the Job Holder.

Qualifications

• IT skills.
• Maths GCSE.
• English GCSE.

Behaviours

• Managing a Quality Service
• Developing Self and Others

Technical Skills

• Example where you used your knowledge of health and safety legislation while using a pedestrian mower.
• Example of skills or knowledge used to offer plant protection.

Nationality / EEO

• UK nationals
• Nations of the Republic of Ireland
• Nations of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• Nations of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• Individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

We are an equal opportunity employer and embrace diversity and inclusion. We run a Disability Confident Scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Benefits

• Alongside your salary of £34,440, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £9,977 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
• Access to learning and development.
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance.
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity.
• Annual Leave.
• Public Holidays.
• Season Ticket Advance.