Role Profile

Job Description (JD)
Band 6
Group Profile - Activities Unit Manager (AUM)
Job Description - AUM: Industries

Document Ref.
OR-JES-088-JD-B6 : AUM : Industries v10.0
Document Type
Management
Version
10.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
10 July 2022
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence

OR-JES-088-JD-B6 : AUM : Industries v10.0

Job Description
Job Title
AUM : Industries
Group Profile
Activities Unit Manager
Organisation Level
First Line Management

Band
6

Overview of the job
This is a management job in an establishment.
Summary
The job holder will be responsible for activities within the industries, workshops, and
land based areas where applicable, and for training within a realistic working
environment.  Staffing numbers will vary depending on the size of the establishment
and the nature of work undertaken.  The job holder will be implementing national
policies to suit local needs within the function and will be responsible for the
revisions of local policies, improvement plans and procedures related to industries.

This is a non-operational job with line management responsibilities.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities
Activities and Duties
and duties:

•  Responsible for ensuring all staff within Industries provide a respectful, safe
decent environment for all prisoners and staff.
•  Responsible for advising Senior Management Team (SMT) on industry
related areas.
•  Review and implement local industries improvement plans and reviewing
industries policy annually.
•  Responsible for ensuring staff are fully trained and qualified for the
activities they are employed in.
•  Responsible for setting accreditation targets for the department and
monitor targets and progress against them. Visit all areas on a regular basis
to check that all required work is being completed to the set standards.
•  Responsible for the performance of production workshops both in terms of
prisoner occupation, production and sales turn over.
•  Responsible for monitoring performance of suppliers against contracts to
ensure that contracts are running to time, cost, quality and all contractual
requirements of Industry providers operating within the establishment.
•  Responsible for ensuring production is scheduled and managed to deliver
targets (including income generation levels) and quality standards and
maintains delivery of contractual arrangements.
•  Ensure all industries information and IT systems are kept up to date.
•  Responsible for managing the income generation targets and compliance
within the work area, verifying and signing off documentation as
appropriate.
•  Contribute towards developing and implementing an employment strategy
for the Prison working alongside partners in the delivery of employment
training, advice and guidance on release.
•  Seeking local commercial work to fill free production capacity by way of
preparing quotations for external stakeholders for potential products to be
manufactured within industries.
•  Manage successful private sector partnerships, Colleges and Training
Centres and assist in developing links with internal/external Agencies with a
view to prisoner employment and resettlement.
•  Responsible for ensuring all materials are ordered, received, logged, stored,
utilised  and disposed of appropriately within the areas of activity managed.
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•  Responsible for ensuring prisoners are appropriately supervised, inducted,
trained and deployed and paid within the industries and that discipline,
safer custody and Health and Safety practices are maintained at all times.
•  Responsible for the efficient and economical use of industries transport.
•  Managing stock and supervising the annual stock taking process.
•  Responsible for ensuring the delivery national accredited qualifications and
skills to prisoners where appropriate.
•  Responsible for the provision of management / reports to HQ as required.

Undertake other management tasks including:
•  Manage devolved budgets in accordance with the financial procedures
outlined in the budget delegation.
•  Responsible for the management of all staff within their area. This includes
staff performance, development and annual appraisal through to sickness
absence management.
•  Ensure all HMPPS standards and Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs) are
implemented and managed within the relevant work area.
•  Ensure all national and local policies and procedures are implemented and
compliant e.g.  National Security Framework (NSF), Local Security Strategy
(LSS), Finance Manual.
•  Attend as directed any relevant boards/meetings and actively contribute,
either as chair or team member.
•  Provides leadership and direction to managers and staff within their
defined work area through briefings, building informal and formal
relationships and effective communication.
•  Produce relevant reports as required and ensure all correspondence is
replied to within agreed timescales.
•  Liaise and form good relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
•  Manage resources to deliver the activities within the defined work area,
and contribute to the mid-to-long term business planning process.
•  Ensure the defined work area and associated activities comply with Health
and Safety legislation. Ensure all risk assessments are undertaken and staff
are made aware of their personal responsibility towards ensuring Health
and Safety compliance.

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
•  Making Effective Decisions
•  Communicating and Influencing
•  Working Together
•  Managing a Quality Service
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.

Essential Experience
•  The job holder will have experience in industry or commercial production
environment.

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Technical
•  Must complete specific training to hold the qualifications required for area of
Requirements
specialism outlined on the Job Description.
•  Will need to keep up to date of knowledge/working practices in areas of
expertise.
•  Qualified to level 4 or above including business management modules.
•  Awareness of current ISO9001 Standard or an equivalent quality management
system, and have a broad understanding of Health and Safety requirements in an
industrial setting.

Internal applicants
All newly promoted staff to the following Band 6 first line manager roles (Activities
Unit Manager, Facilities and Services Unit Manager, Facilities and Services Business
Manager, Programme Manager, Specialist Treatment Manager or Equality Advisor) in
Establishments will be expected to complete the New Manager Programme on Civil
Service Learning within three years of promotion.

Staff that have mapped or re-graded to Band 6 who have previously worked at an
equivalent level will not be required to undertake the qualification.
External applicants
All external staff joining as a Band 6 Activities Unit Manager, Facilities and Services
Unit Manager, Facilities and Services Business Manager, Programme Manager,
Specialist Treatment Manager or Equality Advisor in an Establishment will be
expected to complete the New Manager Programme on Civil Service Learning within
three years.
Ability

Minimum Eligibility
Please do not alter this box

•  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
37 hour working week.
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances

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Success Profile

Strengths

Behaviours
It is advised strengths
Ability
Experience
Technical
are chosen locally,
recommended 4-8
Making Effective Decisions

The job holder will have
Must complete specific training to hold
experience in industry or
the qualifications required for area of
commercial production
specialism outlined on the Job Description
environment.
once they take up post.
Communicating and Influencing

Qualified to level 4 or above including
business management modules.
Working Together

Awareness of current ISO9001 Standard or
an equivalent quality management

system, and have a broad understanding
on Health and Safety requirements in an
industrial setting.
Managing a Quality Service

Will need to keep up to date of
knowledge/working practices in areas of
expertise.
Choose an item.

Internal applicants
All newly promoted staff to the following
Band 6 first line manager roles (Activities
Unit Manager, Facilities and Services Unit
Manager, Facilities and Services Business
Manager, Programme Manager, Specialist
Treatment Manager or Equality Advisor) in
Establishments will be expected to
complete the New Manager Programme
on Civil Service Learning within three
years of promotion.

Staff that have mapped or re-graded to
Band 6 who have previously worked at an
equivalent level will not be required to
undertake the qualification.
OR-JES-088-JD-B6 : AUM : Industries v10.0

Choose an item.

External applicants
All external staff joining as a Band 6
Activities Unit Manager, Facilities and
Services Unit Manager, Facilities and
Services Business Manager, Programme
Manager, Specialist Treatment Manager
or Equality Advisor in an Establishment
will be expected to complete the New
Manager Programme on Civil Service
Learning within three years
OR-JES-088-JD-B6 : AUM : Industries v10.0