HM Prison and Probation Service
Woodwork Specialist (Ref: 21040)
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Job Summary
This is a Nationally based role
Job Description
HMPPS Band 7
Prison Industries HQ is responsible for the central coordination of internal market work, providing goods and services to HMPPS, Other Government Departments and other customers. Over 8 million items are manufactured and supplied each year across a variety of sectors.
This role sits within prison industries.
Summary
Responsible for design, material specification, production, product quality, storage and distribution of Woodwork goods for internal market, sales to crown customers and OGDs with specific responsibility for Joinery.
Responsible for the specification and procurement of necessary capital plant including new workshops when required.
Responsible for C&E/Joinery product design and development aiming to meet internal, commercial and OGD supply requirements.
Working with design contractor as required. Responsible for Training within Prison Industry Woodwork Workshops.
Responsibilities, Activities And Duties
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
- To maintain the continuity of work supplied to nominated workshops ensuring compliance with local Prison Regime needs.
- Manage C&E Furniture Programme/Production within the woodwork industry, including product design, ensuring customer specifications are met whilst adhering to any legal requirements including product testing where required.
- Manage the maintenance of internal stock levels ensuring that works orders are in place to meet predicted demand levels.
- Manage any new Woodwork project, which is to include:
- The production of product specifications.
- The overseeing of contracted out services where required.
- Ensuring that all necessary product testing is carried out and registered.
- Produce technical procurement specifications for both materials and machinery.
- Carrying out technical assessment of supply tenders.
- Organise and prioritise work orders and schedule to establishments in line with contract requirements, ensuring work is allocated fairly and that the customer’s requirements and deadlines are achieved.
- Produce costed BOMs using ODM, also load work, discrete jobs, using ODM wherever possible.
- Monitor industries performance in woodwork workshops, taking corrective action where necessary reporting results to Woodwork Programme Executive.
- Manage the setting up of new product lines in line with new business requirements including the expansion of business to crown customers and OGD.
- Provide advanced technical support to establishments in the planning and developing of new industries with regards to workshop layouts and all plant and equipment purchases.
- Provide advanced technical advice to prison establishment staff on production line processes at pre-production and production stages.
- Develop job related training for prisoners in line with product specifications and the Quality Manual.
- Act as central point of woodwork training at Headquarters.
- Responsible for Internally Verifying all Woodwise Training Centres, working with Assessors and Learners.
- Respond to woodwork enquiries, including internal and commercial markets.
- Produce business cases for the purchase of any capital plant and/or tools as required.
- Set product prices ensuring that current and up to date prices are used and ensure PI pricing policy is adhered to.
- As and when required conduct surveys, visit client sites.
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The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.
Technical Skills
Technical 1
In This Role You Will Act As The Primary First Source Of Woodwork Expertise From Workshops, Industrial Managers And Instructors. You Will Often Be Asked Multiple Technical Questions a Day:
- How would you ensure that the advice, guidance and technical knowledge you give to all is accurate and given in a timely way?
Technical 2
- How would you optimise production while maintaining a quality product in the Woodwork Sector?
Person specification
Please Refer To The Job Description
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Please see Technical Skills section in the Job Description
- Please see Technical Skills section in the Job Description
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £54,148, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £15,686 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
- Access to learning and development
- A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
- Annual Leave
- Public Holidays
- Season Ticket Advance
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Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.
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This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a standard (or equivalent) criminal record check.
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Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact:
- Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
- Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
- Telephone : 0345 241 5358
Recruitment team
Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
Further information
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