11912 - Specialist Production Instructor(SPI) – Commercial Horticulture - HMP Sudbury

General Information

Salary £33,275 Working Pattern Full Time Vacancy Approach External Location Ashbourne Region West Midlands Closing Date 03-Dec-2025 Business Unit Sudbury Post Type Permanent Civil Service Grade EO Number of jobs available 1 Reserve List 12 Months Job ID 11912

Descriptions & requirements

Job description

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• Maintain correct field-scale 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.
• Maintain effective biological pest control measures and any necessary chemical crop protection programmes.
• Resolve any prisoner work issues, setting task to match their ability whilst ensuring safety and production is maintained at all times.
• Ensure produce grown on-site is prepared and packaged appropriately, taking into consideration appropriate labelling, grading and overall presentation.
• Maintain sports fields as per agreed plan