Outwork Property Services - Belfast, United Kingdom - The Turnaround Project

Description

Relief Outwork (Grounds and Property Maintenance) Crew Supervisor

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:
Grounds and Property Maintenance Crew Supervisor


ENTERPRISE:
Outwork - a Turnaround Project enterprise


SALARY:
£ Per annum, based on FT 37.5 hour week, pro-rata for hours worked.


RESPONSIBLE TO:
Head of Operations


DURATION:
Relief with possibility of becoming permanent.


LOCATION:
Operational base in Belfast, but delivering contracts at various locations.


HOW TO APPLY:


ABOUT THE TURNAROUND PROJECT:

The _Turnaround Project_ helps people who have been given prison or community sentences to turn around their futures.

Working with people before and after they complete their sentences, and providing real jobs in transitional employment opportunities, Turnaround works to tackle the barriers between them and employment.

In the process, Turnaround engages the wider community in supporting people on their journey and reducing the social and financial impact of reoffending.

Those transitional training and employment opportunities are provided within social enterprises established and run by the Turnaround Project. Real training and real jobs, in real enterprises.

We need people who will work to make our enterprises a commercial success - we need to sustain our income if we are to provide people with jobs.

But we also need people who will share our determination to make the journey through Turnaround a success for our trainees and employees.

Like any other enterprise, we need to generate income. But our most important bottom line is how many people we have supported to turn their lives around.

Transitional employment is different to conventional employment, with our enterprises providing a supportive environment that recognises the particular challenges faced by many of the people we exist to support.

That means we look for staff who believe in our values, and who have the right mix of skill, empathy, flexibility and commitment that is necessary to make our enterprises a success.

ABOUT OUTWORK:

Outwork is our property services enterprise. Outwork typically operates in crews of three staff working under an on-site Supervisor.

We deliver contracts for clients who want us to do as good a job - or better - as any other commercial provider.

Those contracts include grass-cutting; hedge-cutting; maintaining and planting beds; hard surface cleaning; weed-spraying; litter-picking and cleaning of gutters and indoor areas such as communal hallways.

ABOUT THE JOB:

Our Grounds and Property Maintenance Supervisors' primary responsibility is to ensure that our crews deliver for our customers. They ensure that when Outwork commits to delivering a contract, we do so.

That involves personal drive and commitment and utilising their skills and personality to get the very best out of the crew that they are leading on the ground.

The Supervisors are also responsible for ensuring that appropriate health and safety measures are in place and observed wherever Outwork's work crews are deployed.

Working in a small organisation, the Supervisors are also required to work closely with colleagues within the Turnaround Project to develop the enterprise and advise on relevant policies and procedures.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• To deliver and directly supervise the delivery of work across our contracts, with transitional employees working in Outwork's work crews.
• To ensure delivery of Outwork's commitments to our clients, in line with agreed contracts and timescales.
• To ensure that all appropriate health and safety measures are in place to safeguard Outwork's trainees, staff and anyone else involved on sites in which Outwork's work crews are deployed; and to contribute to the ongoing development and monitoring of Outwork's Health and Safety policies and procedures.
• To identify and provide for the training needs of Outwork trainees and staff (either directly or by working with Turnaround Project staff to source externally).
• To ensure that all operational equipment is monitored and maintained in line with Outwork policies.
• To liaise with and oversee any external contractor engaged in the delivery of Outwork's contracts, including monitoring of standards of work.
• To assist in estimating and pricing potential contracts.
• To liaise with other Outwork and Turnaround Project staff to ensure the successful delivery of the Turnaround Project's wider aims.
• To operate at all times to the highest standard of personal behaviour, leading by example to demonstrate the Turnaround Project's values.
• To develop and maintain positive working relationships with relevant partners and stakeholders to support the ongoing development of the Turnaround Project and delivery of its strategic aims.

Other Duties

• To be prepared to undertake tasks usually assigned to other staff (paid or volunteer) in their absence.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The key responsibiliti