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About the Role

This is a delivery role within an establishment requiring an appropriate trade. The job holder will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the grounds and amenity areas within the estate. This is a non-operational job with no line management or supervisory responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Carry out soft landscaping - turf laying and hard landscaping – laying patio stones
Maintain establishment’s grounds and amenity areas including maintenance of lawns, ponds, water features and external grounds to the establishment including woodland
Work inside/outside establishment grounds: cutting, mowing and maintaining areas in accordance with accepted practice
Maintain sports fields, as per agreed plan, with both the Land based Activities Manager and PE Department
Carry out pest control preventative measures across area of responsibility
Undertake small project work as advised/requested: including soft and hard landscape development and erection of horticultural support structures where the situation warrants
Maintain correct soil husbandry, ensuring all stages of crop development are followed in accordance with good horticultural practice
Maintain the growing plant/crop to ensure optimum development and/or cropping, ensuring that the plants needs are fully met
Provide safe access and exits to the estate
Supervise prisoners parties and undertake quality control over their work, as agreed within the Service Delivery Agreement (SDA)
Ensure allocated planned maintenance and small repairs are carried out, undertaking service requests raised by computer aided facilities management system
Undertake survey inspections in confined spaces and at height, recording all work and completing associated registers/logs
Carry out project work as required
Advise on sufficient levels of stock and request procurement of goods and services, and ensure all materials used are logged and are fit for purpose.
Escort technical contractors as required, working with and supervising them in accordance with Local Security Strategy (LSS)
Maintain regular communications via radio net in accordance with the LSS.
Undertake the role of banksman, directing the operation of plant equipment and/or machinery
Be responsible for all tools and plant machinery, carrying out checks at regular intervals and completing all relevant documentation in accordance with the LSS and National Security Framework (NSF)
Comply with all Health and Safety policies, procedures and legislation to ensure statutory and mandatory compliance.
Drive estates vehicles and operate plant equipment
Carry out locking duties as required
Operate within command mode in line with local contingency plans
Undertake incidental and emergency or urgent tasks and assignments as per Service Delivery Agreement timescales, in a safe manner
Assemble products on site as required
Contribute to prisoner reports, including parole and sentence planning.

Requirements

Competent in relevant skill.
Must have a Vocational Qualification at Level 3, or be willing to work towards gaining this qualification within an agreed timescale
Full UK driving Licence

Location

Sutton

Work Type

Full Time
Part Time
Part Time/Job Share
Flexible Working

Education Level

Vocational Qualification at Level 3

Salary/Compensations

£38,840 - £40,896

Benefits

Annual Leave
Bank, Public and Privilege Holidays
Pension
Work Life Balance
Season Ticket Advance
Training

About the Company

The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows.
The Civil Service Code 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.
As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found.
The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs.
Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant.
The MoJ is committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.

Equal Opportunity

As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found.
The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs.
The MoJ is committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.