Waste Management/Recycling Instructor

Dovetail and Slate; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education recruitment agency is seeking a full-time Waste Management/Recycling Instructor near York. This role involves overseeing production operations in a prison workshop and providing training to enhance prisoners' employability skills. Ideal candidates should have manufacturing experience and the ability to lead a team while maintaining quality and safety.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, production, warehousing, or industrial operations.
• Ability to lead a team and maintain quality standards.
• Strong understanding of health and safety management.

Responsibilities

• Induct prisoners and provide hands-on training in manufacturing.
• Set work schedules and oversee production quality.
• Conduct risk assessments and ensure safety compliance.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Team leadership

Health and safety awareness

Workload organization

Understanding security protocols

Education

Teaching or assessor qualification

Job description

Overview

Have you ever considered working in a prison?

This is an excellent opportunity to educate and rehabilitate adult learners. If you would like a unique and challenging non-teaching role, where you can genuinely make a difference, enhance the prospects of learners, and ultimately change people\'s lives for the better - then this could be the opportunity for you.

Like any educational setting, Prisons come with their challenges. In this environment, learners are locked up for large periods of the day, away from their families and for some, their children. Most are at rock bottom, having to live with the regret of what they have done - education gives them a focus. And hope.

Prisons have a dedicated education department, with classrooms and fully functioning workshops, where teaching and learning can take place. You will be fully supported by an experienced education department. Training and development opportunities are available.

Details

This position is for a full time Waste Management/Recycling Instructor in prison education. The role is based near York, in a brand new prison.

As a Production Workshop Supervisor, you\'ll oversee manufacturing operations in a prison-based workshop, supervising a small team of prisoners repurposing mattresses and beds. Your role is essential in ensuring production targets and quality standards are met while maintaining a safe, secure, and supportive work environment.

You\'ll provide practical training, manage workflows, and embed key employability skills like teamwork, time management, and quality control—helping prisoners build a foundation for future employment.

Responsibilities

• Induct prisoners into the workshop, provide hands-on training in manufacturing processes, and ensure compliance with health & safety protocols.
• Set work schedules, oversee production, and ensure all work meets contractual and quality standards.
• Lead a small team, encourage a positive work ethic, and foster a rehabilitative environment using restorative practices.
• Conduct risk assessments, maintain tool security, and ensure compliance with prison safety regulations.
• Work with Work & Skills Coaches to help prisoners develop transferable skills for employment upon release.
• Manage materials, inventory, and production targets while maintaining accurate records.

Work schedule: Full time 38.5 hours per week

Salary scale: From 28,000 per annum

Annual leave: 28 days per annum

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, production, warehousing, or industrial operations
• Ability to lead a team, set productivity goals, and maintain quality standards.
• Strong awareness of health, safety, and risk management in a hands-on work environment.
• Confident in organizing workloads, training individuals, and monitoring progress.
• Understanding of security protocols in a structured setting (experience in a custodial environment is a plus).
• Ideally, a teaching, assessor, or TAQA qualification (or willingness to work towards one).

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• A paid Life event day each year
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to hundreds of discounts via the Additions portal
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to online wellbeing centre
• A paid volunteering day each year
• Enhanced Maternity scheme
• Sharesave scheme
• Refer a Friend reward scheme
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance

The successful candidate will be required to obtain the appropriate prison clearance before starting the role and maintain this throughout employment.

If you are interested in this position, please apply via the link or contact Izzy to discuss the role in further detail.

Important Notice

Dovetail and Slate is a specialist education recruitment company. If this role isn\'t quite right, we welcome your CV and a call to explore other opportunities.

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and, where relevant, an enhanced DBS, PVG (Scotland), or EWC (Wales) check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

Dovetail and Slate Ltd is an Employment Agency and an Employment Business under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.

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