Prison Facilitator - HMP Gartree

Shannon Trust; Gartree; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution up to 5%

30 days holiday + bank holidays

Life insurance

Paid volunteering days

Discounts via Reward Gateway

Employee Assistance Programme

Culture and values

Job summary

Shannon Trust is recruiting a facilitator for HMP Gartree to lead the delivery and development of our prison-based reading and numeracy programme, helping prisoners learn to read.

The role is prison-based, fixed-term until 31 March 2027 with potential for permanency after renewal; benefits include a pension contribution up to 5%, 30 days holiday, life insurance, volunteering days, and employee support schemes.

Qualifications

• Experience of prison settings is preferred, with ability to build relationships and resilience.
• Fixed-term role until 31 March 2027, with potential to become permanent after renewal.
• Interviews planned for 16 October 2026.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery and development of Shannon Trust's prison-based reading and numeracy programme.
• Maximise opportunities for people in prison to learn to read.
• Collaborate with prison staff, Shannon Trust volunteers and mentors to support learners.

Skills

Relationship building

Prison settings experience

Communication

Problem solving

Job description

Shannon Trust facilitator – HMP Gartree

Do you want to join an organisation committed to addressing low literacy levels amongst people in prison?

Shannon Trust are delighted to be working with His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) to provide peer-led learning programmes at HMP Gartree. Working closely with the prison and their staff, people in prison, Shannon Trust volunteers and mentors, this post will lead the delivery and development of our prison-based reading and numeracy programme, maximising opportunities for people in prison to learn to read.

Ideally you will have some experience of prison settings underpinned by the ability to build relationships and personal qualities that include resilience, determination and a problem-solving approach.

This role is a fixed term role until 31st March 2027 with the opportunity to be made permanent subject to contract renewal.

The role will be prison-based. Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme. The biggest benefit though is our culture – our people really want to work for the organisation.

We welcome job applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and do not routinely ask for details of any criminal convictions. These roles do require prison security clearance, so we will need to ask for details of any relevant criminal convictions before an offer of employment is finalised.

Interviews are planned for 16th October 2026