Location
Wrexham, Wales

Hours
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working. Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week excluding unpaid breaks. This role requires regularly working unpredictable and unsocial hours including evenings, nights, weekends and Bank/Public Holidays. A 20% unsocial hours payment will be made in addition to basic pay.

Salary
£34,440 per year

About the Role
HMPPS, an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice, is responsible for managing prison and probation services in England and Wales. This role supports the rehabilitation of offenders through employment, skills, and education activities. The Specialist Production Instructor will supervise prisoners in the Land Based Activities and/or Horticulture work area, ensuring targets are met, discipline is maintained, and the environment is safe and positive. The role involves providing knowledge and skills to engage prisoners in purposeful activity, helping them develop skills and prepare for release. The instructor may teach towards nationally recognised qualifications, supported by external organisations such as local colleges. Responsibilities include maintaining prison grounds, overseeing planting, cropping, harvesting, conservation, and assessing vocational qualifications. This is a non-operational, non-rotational role with no line management responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities
- Carry out a full range of horticultural activities and instruct prisoners on land-based duties including machinery use.
- Ensure good horticultural practice.
- Maintain grounds and conservation areas including lawns, ponds, water features, landscaping, and woodland.
- Deliver actions from the MoJ's Biodiversity Strategy and develop conservation areas.
- Undertake small project work.
- Supervise prisoners, manage work targets, discipline, and pay.
- Induct and train prisoners in Health and Safety, COSHH, and machinery/tool usage.
- Maintain high standards of security and control at all times.

Experience
- Relevant work experience in horticulture including use of horticultural machinery and tractors.
- Knowledge of grounds maintenance practices such as grass maintenance, turf culture, drainage, soil husbandry, ornamental horticulture including aquatics, bedding, perennials, tree and shrub culture.
- Working knowledge of different habitat types and their ecological support.
- Supervisory experience is desirable.

About you
- Able to confidently communicate in English (or Welsh where specified).
- Motivated to work in a secure environment supporting offender rehabilitation.
- Able to work flexible hours including unsocial hours.
- Committed to maintaining a safe, positive, and disciplined work environment.

Qualifications
- Must possess a full current United Kingdom driving licence.
- Hold or be willing to work towards Level 3 qualification or equivalent in horticulture.
- Hold or be willing to work towards PA1 and PA6 spray certification.
- Hold or be willing to work towards a recognised workplace assessor qualification.