HQ Job Description (JD)
Band 7
Directorate: Central Operational Services
Job Description - Woodwork Specialist
Document Ref.
HQ-JES-1168 Woodwork Specialist v2.0
Document Type
Management
Version
2.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
10/08/21
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
HQ-JES-1168 Woodwork Specialist v2.0
Job Description
Job Title
Woodwork Specialist
Directorate
Central Operational Services - Public Sector Prison Industries (PSPI)
Band
7
Overview of the job
Manage the order process for woodwork products from receipt of enquiry through
development, costing, production and delivery to customer in support of PSPI.
Allocating work to suitable establishments ensuring the necessary technical
specifications, materials, machines, logistics and workshops skills are in place to
ensure customers get products to the correct quality on time.
Giving technical support to establishments by way of workshop design, machine,
product specification and production and quality control systems.
Working with establishments to achieve max working hours and number of working
prisoners.
Reports to the Woodwork Programme Executive, Public Sector Prison Industries.
This post is National.
No line management responsibility.
This is a non-operational role.
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,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities
Activities and Duties
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:
o The production of product specifications.
o The overseeing of contracted out services where required.
o 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.
HQ-JES-1168 Woodwork Specialist v2.0
• 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.
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.
Behaviours
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Experience
• Recognised time served Apprenticeship in related industry
Technical
• ONC/HNC or equivalent in related industry
Requirements
Ability
• Strong organizational and communication skills with a working knowledge of
Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and ODM
HQ-JES-1168 Woodwork Specialist v2.0
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.
Hours of Work
Leave Blank
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
To be used by the JES Team only
HQ-JES-1168 Woodwork Specialist v2.0
Success Profile
Strengths
Behaviours
It is advised strengths
Ability
Experience
Technical
are chosen locally,
recommended 4-8
Managing a Quality Service
Strong organizational and
Recognised time served
ONC/HNC or equivalent in related
communication skills with a
Apprenticeship in related industry
industry
working knowledge of
Microsoft Word, Outlook,
Excel and ODM
Delivering at Pace
Changing and Improving
Making Effective Decisions
Working Together
Communicating and Influencing
HQ-JES-1168 Woodwork Specialist v2.0