Head of Function
Salary: £70,000
Company Car or Car Allowance and Bonus
Private Health – Single Cover
Job Overview
As a member of the Senior Leadership team at HMP Millsike, you will oversee a vital function, championing safety, security, dignified care, integrity, and respect to fully foster a rehabilitative culture—all aligned with contractual, legislative, and Prison Service standards. Your role is to inspire, support, and guide your team to deliver outstanding results, ensuring HMP Millsike runs smoothly and efficiently.
What You’ll Be Doing
In this role, you will lead a specific area such as Safety and Equalities or Residence and Wellbeing, ensuring these departments work seamlessly together to provide a safe, respectful, and rehabilitative environment. You will be responsible for maintaining and updating operational procedures, ensuring they meet all relevant standards and regulations, and that staff are well-informed and equipped to do their jobs effectively. Developing strategies to optimise efficiency, improving quality, and controlling costs will be central to your work, alongside fostering strong relationships with stakeholders such as HMPPS, partner agencies who form the wide OneMillsike team, PPG, IMB, the onsite HMPPS Contract Management team, and wider Mitie colleagues. Supporting your team through coaching, motivation, and development is key—creating a culture of inclusion, excellence, and continuous improvement. You will also play a vital role in managing budgets, ensuring the delivery of a high‑quality service within financial constraints. As part of the Senior Leadership Team, you will undertake the Duty Director role, leading HMP Millsike during critical times with confidence and professionalism. This is an onsite operational management role working a 5 in 7 day shift pattern.
Essential
* Proven leadership experience within custodial, detention or secure setting.
* Experience managing large teams including supervising first‑line managers.
* Budget management skills, with a focus on controlling costs and delivering value.
Desirable
* Qualified Silver Commander with experience as Duty Governor/Director and knowledge of commercial and contract compliance.
* Level 6 qualification (degree, apprenticeship, or equivalent) in a relevant discipline.
All employment offers are subject to security clearance and background checks.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long‑term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Karen Hayes at Karen.hayes@mitie.com.
Since 1987, Mitie’s 76,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
If you’re ready to lead with purpose and make a tangible difference, we’d love to hear from you! Join us and be part of something truly transformative.
Our market‑leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle, including a virtual GP for you and your household, financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme, an extensive lifestyle benefits platform called Choices, high street discounts via MiDeals, a cycle‑to‑work scheme, life cover up to four times your salary, enhanced pension contributions, a save‑as‑you‑earn scheme, a Mitie Matching Share Plan, and recognition through Mitie Stars with cash prizes.
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