Waste Management & Recycling Instructor

The Role

Make a Difference with a Career in Sustainable Waste Management

Are you passionate about environmental sustainability and vocational training? Do you want to lead a team and help individuals gain real-world skills for future employment? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

We are looking for a Waste Management & Recycling Instructor to oversee the prison's waste management services and train prisoners in valuable skills for the growing waste and recycling industry. This role plays a critical part in supporting HMP Millsike's environmental sustainability goals, including increasing recycling rates to 90%, eliminating single-use plastics, and working towards net zero targets.

Internally this role is known as an Industry Instructor.

This role is 38.5 hours working Monday - Thursday 8am -5:30pm and Friday 1pm - 5:30pm.

What You'll Be Doing:

1. Lead & Train: Manage a team of up to 35 prisoners, providing hands-on training in waste management and recycling to help them gain industry-recognized qualifications, including WAMITAB certifications.
2. Sustainability & Compliance: Oversee waste collection, sorting, processing, and disposal in compliance with environmental regulations and prison security protocols.
3. Operational Efficiency: Maintain stock levels, manage equipment, and coordinate with external contractors for waste removal and sustainability projects.
4. Health & Safety: Ensure safe use of tools, equipment, and plant machinery, complying with all prison security and environmental health standards.
5. Rehabilitation & Career Development: Support prisoners in developing transferable skills that enhance their employability upon release, contributing to rehabilitation and reintegration into society.

What We're Looking For:

1. Experience in waste management, recycling, environmental sustainability, or a related industry.
2. Strong leadership skills with the ability to train, supervise, and motivate a team.
3. Health & Safety knowledge, including compliance with waste regulations and tool security.
4. A WAMITAB qualification (or willingness to undertake training).
5. Vocational training or coaching experience is desirable but not essential.
6. Previous experience working in a prison, custodial, or secure environment is an advantage.

If you're passionate about sustainability, skilled in waste management, and eager to train others, we want to hear from you!

Security & Screening Requirements

The successful candidate must pass prison clearance, including security vetting for a custodial setting, enhanced background checks covering employment history, criminal records, and right-to-work verification, as well as social media screening in line with security policies.

Who We Are

Here at People Plus, we make a positive difference to people's lives - every single day.

As part of The Staffline Group, we use our experience to support hundreds of thousands of people each year.

Our committed teams work across Britain to deliver a range of public services, including employment support, skills training, independent living, prison education, starting a business, and support to help employers grow.

To put it simply, we:

• Support people to find and keep jobs
• Help people to set up their own businesses
• Deliver skills training to further people's careers
• Work with employers to build a skilled and happy workforce
• Rehabilitate people with convictions
• Tackle the root causes of offending
• Help people to live independently
• Support carers

We are extremely proud to be a Silver accredited Investors in People organisation. This means that at PeoplePlus, the right principles are in place but more than that, it means our people and leaders are making active efforts to make sure that there's real consistency and everyone in the organisation can feel the effects.

Our Benefits

1. A paid PeoplePlus Life Event Day each year
2. 25 days annual leave
3. Cycle to Work scheme
4. Access to hundreds of discounts via the Additions portal
5. Employee Assistance Programme
6. Access to online wellbeing centre
7. Enhanced Wedding leave
8. A paid volunteering day each year
9. Enhanced Maternity scheme
10. Sharesave scheme
11. Refer a Friend reward scheme
12. Holiday purchase scheme
13. Pension scheme
14. Life assurance

Testimonials

Deborah Hawes, Administrator
"I have worked within PeoplePlus for 6 months now, my team is amazing and full of support. I have been given many opportunities to expand my role and learn new skills, always supported by management and my colleagues."

Pete Wheatley, Employment Advisor
"PeoplePlus is a great place to work as they care about and support their employees whilst challenging them to grow within the company. The core values contribute effectively to the company culture of honesty, communication and self-improvement enabling staff to be heard and feedback and share opinions in a progressive way. Staff are always empowered to perform and motivated by achievement thereby creating a positive environment within which to support the well-being of others."

Kayleigh Martin, Compliance Officer
"I have loved my time since joining PeoplePlus as an Administrator for the Restart Scheme in Stockton. After a few months I enrolled onto Level 3 HR Support apprenticeship through the internal apprenticeship programme. Since then, I have joined the Contract Assurance team as Compliance officer for the Northeast. I have a great support system within the organisation and have been given many fantastic opportunities to help progress my professional development."