Location
Sutton

Hours
37 hours per week (standard). This role requires working regular unsocial hours including evenings, nights, weekends and Bank/Public holidays. A 17% payment will be paid in addition to basic pay to recognise unsocial hours.

Salary
£37,525 per annum

About the Role
This is a delivery role within an establishment requiring an appropriate trade qualification. The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the grounds and amenity areas within the estate at HMP Downview. This is a non-operational role with no line management or supervisory responsibilities. Key duties include soft landscaping such as turf laying, hard landscaping including laying patio stones, maintaining lawns, ponds, water features, woodland and sports fields in coordination with the Land Based Activities Manager and PE Department. The role involves pest control preventative measures, small project work including landscape development and erection of horticultural support structures, and maintaining correct soil husbandry and crop development in line with good horticultural practice. The post holder will also provide safe access and exits to the estate, supervise prisoner work parties and ensure quality control as per the Service Delivery Agreement (SDA). Additional responsibilities include undertaking planned maintenance and small repairs, conducting survey inspections in confined spaces and at height, advising on stock levels and procurement, escorting and supervising technical contractors in line with Local Security Strategy (LSS), maintaining communication via radio net, acting as banksman for plant equipment operations, managing tools and machinery checks, complying with all Health and Safety policies and legislation, driving estate vehicles, carrying out locking duties, operating within command mode for contingency plans, assembling products on site, and contributing to prisoner reports including parole and sentence planning. The post holder must undertake appropriate safeguarding training and work within the organisation's safeguarding policies. The role requires fluency in English (or Welsh where specified).

Experience
Competent in relevant grounds maintenance skills and trades.

About you
Committed to delivering quality service with strong communication and leadership skills. Able to work at pace and manage responsibilities within a secure environment. Willingness to undertake safeguarding training and work within safeguarding policies. Confident in spoken English (or Welsh where applicable).

Qualifications
Must have a Vocational Qualification at Level 3 or be willing to work towards gaining this qualification within an agreed timescale.