11072 - Gardens/Waste Management: Facilities and Services Manager

Ministry of Justice; Arncott; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A government organization in the UK is looking for a Facilities and Services Manager who will be responsible for staff management, ensuring health and safety compliance, and effective incident management. The role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a challenging environment. Candidates must have experience in managing resources and producing relevant reports.

Qualifications

• Management of staff performance, development and absence management.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation.
• Ability to work with young people and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage all staff within your hierarchy.
• Responsible for incident management documentation.
• Produce relevant reports and manage resources effectively.

Job description

Overview

Job holders within this Group Profile may/will be responsible for the management of staff and / or carrying out specific activities within their own area of work. These roles are non-operational with line management responsibilities. These roles may involve contact with prisoners depending on their area of work. Will have regular pre-planned prisoner facing activities/duties.

Characteristics

Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

• Responsible for the management of all staff within your hierarchy. This includes staff performance, development and annual appraisal through to sickness absence management
• Responsible for incident management documentation and logging onto the Incident Reporting System (IRS)
• Ensure actions arising from Standard Audit, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) Action Plans, Managing Quality of Prison Life (MQPL) surveys including local self audit action plans and resettlement strategies are delivered
• Ensure all HMPPS standards and Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs) are implemented and managed within the relevant work area
• Ensure all national and local policies/procedures are implemented and compliant with National Security Framework (NSF) and Local Security Strategy (LSS)
• Attend as directed any relevant boards/meetings
• Provide management and direction to staff within your area of responsibility 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
• Manage resources to deliver the activities within the area of responsibility and contribute to the short-to-medium term business planning process
• Manage a safe working environment for staff, prisoners and visitors. Ensure Health and Safety legislation is followed ensuring Safe Systems of Work (SSOW) and risk assessments are completed in a timely manner and any faults reported promptly.

Job Descriptions

The role holder once in post will be in matched to a job description a sample list is attached below. The post is non-rotational.

• Facilities and Services Manager : Maintenance
• Facilities and Services Manager : Waste Management Environmental
• Facilities and Services Manager : Land Based Activities
• Facilities and Services Manager : RID Store

Essential Skills/ Qualifications/ Accreditation/ Registration

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