Waste Management Instructor

The Role

Are you passionate about sustainability and skilled in waste management? We are looking for a Waste Management Instructor to lead the prison\’s waste services, supporting environmental goals like increasing recycling rates, eliminating single-use plastics, and contributing to net zero targets.

This is an exciting opportunity to manage and motivate a team of prisoners while delivering formal training and qualifications in waste management, helping learners gain skills that can lead to employment in a growing green industry.

About the Role

You will oversee the collection, processing, and disposal of waste materials across the prison estate, ensuring compliance with health, safety, and security standards. You will manage stock and tools, coordinate with contractors, and participate in sustainability meetings.

Your leadership will foster a restorative, skills-focused environment, supporting prisoners through WAMITAB qualifications and meaningful, rehabilitative work.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate a team of up to 35 prisoners delivering waste management services.
• Support the prison\’s environmental targets, including achieving 90% recycling rates and reducing plastics.
• Oversee formal WAMITAB training and skills development for prisoners.
• Manage waste collection, processing, disposal, and pest control activities.
• Maintain stock levels, inspect and document tool safety, and manage plant machinery.
• Liaise with contractors and escort technical personnel as required.
• Participate in recycling and waste efficiency meetings, providing operational updates.
• Ensure health, safety, security, and environmental compliance at all times.
• Support restorative practices to promote accountability and personal development.
• Respond to emergency tasks and maintain clear communications via radio net.

What We\’re Looking For

• Experience in waste management, recycling, or environmental sustainability.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Knowledge of health and safety legislation and compliance.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills, with security awareness in a custodial setting.
• Willingness to undertake WAMITAB training if not already qualified.
• Experience delivering vocational training or coaching is desirable.
• Understanding of restorative practices is advantageous.
• Previous prison or secure environment experience is beneficial but not essential.

Why Join Us?

Make a real impact by leading sustainable change within the prison while helping prisoners gain valuable, transferable skills for future employment in a vital industry.

Who We Are

Here at People Plus, we make a positive difference to people\’s lives – every single day.

We use our experience to support hundreds of thousands of people each year. Our committed teams work across Britain to deliver a range of public services, including employment support, skills training, independent living, prison education, starting a business, and support to help employers grow.

To put it simply, we:

• Support people to find and keep jobs
• Help people to set up their own businesses
• Deliver skills training to further people\’s careers
• Work with employers to build a skilled and happy workforce
• Rehabilitate people with convictions
• Tackle the root causes of offending
• Help people to live independently
• Support carers

We are extremely proud to be a Silver accredited Investors in People organisation. This means that at PeoplePlus, the right principles are in place but more than that, it means our people and leaders are making active efforts to make sure that there\’s real consistency and everyone in the organisation can feel the effects.

Our Benefits

A paid PeoplePlus Life Event Day each year

25 days annual leave

Cycle to Work scheme

Access to hundreds of discounts via the Additions portal

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to online wellbeing centre

Enhanced Wedding leave

A paid volunteering day each year

Enhanced Maternity scheme

Sharesave
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Refer a Friend reward scheme

Holiday purchase scheme

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Testimonials

Deborah Hawes, Administrator

\”I have worked within PeoplePlus for 6 months now, my team is amazing and full of support. I have been given many opportunities to expand my role and learn new skills, always supported by management and my colleagues.\”

Pete Wheatley, Employment Advisor

\”PeoplePlus is a great place to work as they care about and support their employees whilst challenging them to grow within the company. The core values contribute effectively to the company culture of honesty, communication and self-improvement enabling staff to be heard and feedback and share opinions in a progressive way. Staff are always empowered to perform and motivated by achievement thereby creating a positive environment within which to support the well-being of others.\”

Kayleigh Martin, Compliance Officer

\”I have loved my time since joining PeoplePlus as an Administrator for the Restart Scheme in Stockton. After a few months I enrolled onto Level 3 HR Support apprenticeship through the internal apprenticeship programme. Since then, I have joined the Contract Assurance team as Compliance officer for the Northeast. I have a great support system within the organisation and have been given many fantastic opportunities to help progress my professional development. \” #J-18808-Ljbffr