Industries Manager

The job holder will be responsible for activities within the industries, workshops, and land based areas where applicable, and for training within a realistic working environment. Staffing numbers will vary depending on the size of the establishment and the nature of work undertaken. The job holder will implement national policies to suit local needs within the function and will be responsible for the revisions of local policies, improvement plans and procedures related to industries.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all staff within Industries provide a respectful, safe, decent environment for all prisoners and staff.
• Advise Senior Management Team (SMT) on industry related areas.
• Review and implement local industries improvement plans and review industry policy annually.
• Ensure staff are fully trained and qualified for the activities they are employed in.
• Set accreditation targets for the department and monitor targets and progress against them.
• Visit all areas regularly to check that all required work is being completed to the set standards.
• Manage the performance of production workshops in terms of prisoner occupation, production and sales turnover.
• Monitor performance of suppliers against contracts to ensure that contracts run to time, cost, quality and all contractual requirements of Industry providers operating within the establishment.
• Ensure production is scheduled and managed to deliver targets (including income generation levels) and quality standards and maintain delivery of contractual arrangements.
• Ensure all industries information and IT systems are kept up to date.
• Manage the income generation targets and compliance within the work area, verifying and signing off documentation as appropriate.
• Contribute towards developing and implementing an employment strategy for the Prison working alongside partners in the delivery of employment training, advice and guidance on release.
• Seek local commercial work to fill free production capacity by preparing quotations for external stakeholders for potential products to be manufactured within industries.
• Manage successful private sector partnerships, Colleges and Training Centres and assist in developing links with internal/external Agencies with a view to prisoner employment and resettlement.
• Ensure all materials are ordered, received, logged, stored, utilised and disposed of appropriately within the areas of activity managed.
• Ensure prisoners are appropriately supervised, inducted, trained and deployed and paid within the industries and that discipline, safer custody and Health and Safety practices are maintained at all times.
• Ensure the efficient and economical use of industries transport.
• Manage stock and supervise the annual stock taking process.
• Ensure the delivery of national accredited qualifications and skills to prisoners where appropriate.
• Provide management reports to HQ as required.

Other Management Tasks

• Manage devolved budgets in accordance with the financial procedures outlined in the budget delegation.
• Manage all staff within the area, including staff performance, development and annual appraisal through to sickness absence management.
• Ensure all HMPPS standards and Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs) are implemented and managed within the relevant work area.
• Ensure all national and local policies and procedures are implemented and compliant (e.g. National Security Framework (NSF), Local Security Strategy (LSS), Finance Manual).
• Attend as directed any relevant boards/meetings and actively contribute, either as chair or team member.
• Provide leadership and direction to managers and staff within the defined work area through briefings, building informal and formal relationships and effective communication.
• Produce relevant reports as required and ensure all correspondence is replied to within agreed timescales.
• Liaise and form good relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage resources to deliver the activities within the defined work area, and contribute to the mid‑to‑long term business planning process.
• Ensure the defined work area and associated activities comply with Health and Safety legislation.
• Ensure all risk assessments are undertaken and staff are made aware of their personal responsibility towards ensuring Health and Safety compliance.

Behaviours

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

Essential Experience

The job holder will have experience in industry or commercial production environment.

Technical Requirements

• Must complete specific training to hold the qualifications required for area of specialism outlined on the Job Description.
• Will need to keep up to date knowledge and working practices in areas of expertise.
• Qualified to level 4 or above including business management modules.
• Awareness of current ISO9001 Standard or an equivalent quality management system, and have a broad understanding of Health and Safety requirements in an industrial setting.

Hours of Work

37 hour working week.

Working Arrangements

The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business needs allow. This is an informal, non‑contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and/or from home (this role can only be worked in the UK).

Bank, Public and Privilege Holidays

You are entitled to 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) in recognition of bank, public and privilege holidays. These hours are added to your annual leave allowance. There is a requirement to work some public and bank holidays subject to shift pattern and the operational needs of the establishment.

Pension

The Civil Service offers a choice of two pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.

Work Life Balance

HMPPS encourages alternative working arrangements to support work‑life balance. Flexible working subject to a satisfactory probationary period and NVQ is offered.

Season Ticket Advance

After two months’ service, you will be eligible to apply for a season ticket advance to purchase a quarterly or longer‑period season ticket for travel between home and work.

Training

Staff development and training opportunities include Equality and Diversity, Dealing with Challenging Behaviour, Suicide Prevention and Anti‑Bullying Programme. Opportunities to access promotion programmes and training appropriate to individual posts. All staff receive security and diversity training and an individual induction programme into their new roles. All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post.

Eligibility

Job is broadly open to UK nationals, nationals of the Republic of Ireland, nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK, nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and their settled or pre‑settled status holders, and other specified groups.

Security Checks

DBS Standard required.

Equal Opportunity

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles. If you feel the recruitment process has breached these principles, you may raise a formal complaint.