Specialist Instructor - Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom - Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Description

Land Based Activities - Specialist Production instructor (SPI): Commercial Horticulture - HMP The Mount
Building/Site 1 HM Prison Mount, HP3 0NZ
Post Type 1 Permanent
Working Pattern 1 Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Other
Role Type 1 Industrial

Leading a group of prisoners to maintain, harvest and cultivate the prison's gardens, you will develop their skills and confidence, and assess accredited vocational qualifications.

We will rely on you and your team to ensure protected cropping is grown and harvested to the highest standards.

This is a role with broad accountability, maintaining everything from field-scale soil husbandry, to plant and crop development, to biological pest control and any necessary chemical crop protection programs.

You will set tasks to match their ability, while ensuring safety and production is maintained at all times.

Taking careful account of labelling, grading and presentation, you will see that produce grown on-site is prepared and packaged appropriately.

Along the way, you could play a part in supporting entry to our annual best kept prison garden competition, judged by the Royal Horticultural Society.

We expect you to be familiar with soil and growing medium husbandry, crop protection, crop production and plant protection technology, and the preparation of fresh produce for sale.

We expect you to be committed to achieving quality within a safe and secure environment. Please note you may be required to work some evenings and weekends.

The job holder will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance, harvesting and cultivating of the establishments gardens, ensuring protected cropping is grown and harvested to the highest standards and assess accredited vocational qualifications to prisoners.

Maintain correct field-scale soil husbandry, ensuring all stages of crop development are followed in accordance with good horticultural practice.

Maintain the growing plant/crop to ensure optimum development and/or cropping, ensuring that the plants needs are fully met.
Maintain effective biological pest control measures and any necessary chemical crop protection programmes.

Resolve any prisoner work issues, setting task to match their ability whilst ensuring safety and production is maintained at all times.

Maintain sports fields as per agreed plan with both the Farms and Gardens Manager and PE Department.
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, Control of Substance Hazardous to health (COSHH), machinery and tools usage.

tailor learning and training requirements to individual needs.
Set work schedules and manage targets/quality standards, maintaining delivery of contractual arrangements.

Supervise and maintain discipline of prisoners within 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).
Will conduct a metal detector scan or rub down search of prisoners attending and leaving their own workshops.
Carry out fabric and tool checks of workshops and maintain security of areas, logging any tool/equipment faults. 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 of area and specialist areas.

Initiate product development reviews to maintain workshop/area of work output levels, and to provide variety of work and experience for prisoners.

Complete administration activities to support the smooth running of the workshop.

An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.

Managing a Quality Service

Must be conversant with soil and growing medium husbandry, crop protection, crop production technology, plant protection technology options, preparation of fresh produce for sale, including: grading, labelling and presentation.

Should have experience of using industrial standard machinery and equipment.

Staff must hold a Level 3 qualification in horticulture or a recognised horticultural industry equivalent, or be trained to the appropriate level within two years.

Must hold a full current United Kingdom (UK) driving license to enable tractor and other vehicle driving operations in the course of the post holder's duties, in addition to prisoner instruction duties on farm vehicles.

When transferring to a Young Persons establishment the job holder will be required to successfully undertake an assessment to demonstrate suitability to work with Young People.

Basic English
Full UK driving Licence
Additional Information 1 Working Arrangements & Further Information
The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows.

This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas).

Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone's circumstances.

For nationally advertised roles, the successful candidate(s) will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office.

Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid. HMPPS welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs.

All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the HMPPS' Flexible Working policy.

The Loan/Secondment is subject to the approval of the selected candidate's Business Unit, which should be obtained before confirmation of appointment.

Annual Leave

The holiday year runs from 1 March.

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 your 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
HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) is keen to encourage alternative working arrangements.

Work life balance provides greater opportunities for staff to work more flexibly wherever managers and establishments can accommodate requests to do so.

HMPPS offers flexible working subject to completion of a satisfactory probationary period and NVQ
After two months' service, you'll be eligible to apply for a season ticket advance to purchase a quarterly or longer-period season ticket for travel between home and your place of work
Childcare Vouchers
For any moves across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers
Training
HMPPS is committed to staff development and offers a range of training and development opportunities, including areas such as Equality and Diversity, Dealing with Challenging Behaviour, Suicide Prevention and Anti Bullying Programmes

There are opportunities to access promotion programmes and HMPPS provides a variety of training appropriate to individual posts
All staff receive security and diversity training and an individual induction programme into their new roles

All external candidates are subject to 6 months probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they have not already served a probationary period within HMPPS

Should you feel that the recruitment process has breached the recruitment principles you are able to raise a formal complaint in the following order

To Shared Service Connected Ltd Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment-vetting- );
To Ministry of Justice Resourcing team (resourcing-management-.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities.

As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace.

If you need additional help completing the application form, please contact the SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team.

For more information on applying for a role as a candidate with a disability or long-term condition, please see our Disability Confident Scheme Frequently Asked Questions webpage.

We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging.

This flexible approach to recruitment focuses more on finding the right candidate for the specific role.

We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.

Do you hold a Level 3 qualification in horticulture or a recognised horticultural industry equivalent, or would you be willing to work towards these qualifications within 2 years of taking up post? - Do you hold a Level 3 qualification in horticulture or a recognised horticultural industry equivalent, or would you be willing to work towards these qualifications within 2 years of taking up post?

The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.

Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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