Prison Industries & Training Manager

Ministry of Justice; Wilmslow; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry of Justice in Wilmslow is seeking a senior manager to oversee Industries, Workshops and land-based operations within the establishment, shaping local delivery of national policies.

You will drive improvement plans, ensure staff training and qualifications, monitor production targets and supplier performance, and manage budgets and safety compliance.

This is a non-operational, non-rotational role with line management responsibilities and strong liaison with internal and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring all staff within Industries provide a respectful, safe decent environment for all prisoners and staff.
• Responsible for advising Senior Management Team (SMT) on industry related areas.
• Review and implement local industries improvement plans and reviewing industries policy annually.
• Responsible for ensuring staff are fully trained and qualified for the activities they are employed in.
• Responsible for setting accreditation targets for the department and monitor targets and progress against them.
• Visit all areas on a regular basis to check that all required work is being completed to the set standards.
• Responsible for the performance of production workshops both in terms of prisoner occupation, production and sales turn over.
• Responsible for monitoring performance of suppliers against contracts to ensure that contracts are running to time, cost, quality and all contractual requirements of Industry providers operating within the establishment.
• Responsible for ensuring production is scheduled and managed to deliver targets (including income generation levels) and quality standards and maintains delivery of contractual arrangements.
• Ensure all industries information and IT systems are kept up to date.
• Responsible for managing the income generation targets and compliance within the work area, verifying and signing off documentation as appropriate.
• Contribute towards developing and implementing an employment strategy for the Prison working alongside partners in the delivery of employment training, advice and guidance on release.
• Seeking local commercial work to fill free production capacity by way of preparing quotations for external stakeholders for potential products to be manufactured within industries.
• Manage successful private sector partnerships, Colleges and Training Centres and assist in developing links with internal/external Agencies with a view to prisoner employment and resettlement.
• Responsible for ensuring all materials are ordered, received, logged, stored, utilised and disposed of appropriately within the areas of activity managed.
• Responsible for ensuring prisoners are appropriately supervised, inducted, trained and deployed and paid within the industries and that discipline, safer custody and Health and Safety practices are maintained at all times.
• Responsible for the efficient and economical use of industries transport.
• Managing stock and supervising the annual stock taking process.
• Responsible for ensuring the delivery national accredited qualifications and skills to prisoners where appropriate.
• Responsible for the provision of management / reports to HQ as required.

Job description

Ministry of Justice in Wilmslow is seeking a senior manager to oversee Industries, Workshops and land-based operations within the establishment, shaping local delivery of national policies.

You will drive improvement plans, ensure staff training and qualifications, monitor production targets and supplier performance, and manage budgets and safety compliance.

This is a non-operational, non-rotational role with line management responsibilities and strong liaison with internal and external partners.