Job Description (JD)
Band 3
Group Profile - Skilled Delivery (SD)
Job Description - SD : Grounds Maintenance
Document Ref.
OR-JES-420-JD-B3 : SD : Grounds Maintenance
Document Type
Management
Version
7.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
11 March 2020
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
OR-JES-420-JD-B3 : SD : Grounds Maintenance v7.0
Job Description
Job Title
SD : Grounds Maintenance
Group Profile
Skilled Delivery
Organisation Level
Delivery
Band
3
Overview of the job
This is a delivery role within an establishment requiring an appropriate trade.
Summary
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,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities
Activities and Duties
and duties:
? 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)
Undertake other trades tasks to:
? 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.
OR-JES-420-JD-B3 : SD : Grounds Maintenance v7.0
? 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.
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.
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium
of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.
Behaviours
? Delivering at Pace
? Managing a Quality Service
? Communicating and Influencing
? Leadership
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Essential Experience
? Competent in relevant skill.
Technical
? Must have a Vocational Qualification at Level 3, or be willing to work
Requirements
towards gaining this qualification within an agreed timescale
Ability
Minimum Eligibility
? All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post.
? All external candidates are subject to 6 months’ probation. Internal candidates are
subject to probation if they have not already served a probationary period within
HMPPS.
? All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or
organisation which HMPPS consider to be racist.
OR-JES-420-JD-B3 : SD : Grounds Maintenance v7.0
Hours of Work
37 hour working week (standard).
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
HMPPS Staff on closed pay structures only:
Additional Conditioned Hours Pensionable (ACHP)
Staff moving from a closed 39 hour pay structure will be eligible for the two
protected pensionable additional committed hours (ACHP). They will work a 39 hour
week consisting of the standard 37 hour week and a further 2 additional hours
(ACHP) paid at plain time pensionable rate.
Unsocial Hours Working will be confirmed by the Recruiting Manager and only paid
where applicable:
Unsocial Hours Working
This role requires working regular unsocial hours and a 17% payment will be paid in
addition to your basic pay to recognise this. Unsocial hours are those hours outside
0700 - 1900hrs Monday to Friday and include working evenings, nights, weekends
and Bank / Public holidays.
OR-JES-420-JD-B3 : SD : Grounds Maintenance v7.0
Success Profile
Strengths
Behaviours
It is advised strengths
Ability
Experience
Technical
are chosen locally,
recommended 4-8
Delivering at Pace
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
Managing a Quality Service
Communicating and Influencing
Leadership
OR-JES-420-JD-B3 : SD : Grounds Maintenance v7.0