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Gardens Officer - Offender Outcomes

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  • About The Role
  • The Gardens Officer plays a vital role in supporting positive offender outcomes at HMP Castle Huntly. You will help maintain and enhance the prison’s extensive outdoor environment while creating purposeful, structured work opportunities for those in custody. This is a hands‑on role that promotes environmental sustainability, ensures the estate remains safe, attractive, and well‑managed, and contributes directly to rehabilitation by supervising, coaching, and developing individuals involved in horticultural, landscaping, whilst being conscious of wider environmental issues. You’ll combine practical gardens maintenance with the guidance and support needed to help people in custody build skills, confidence, and meaningful work experience in an outdoor setting. Working as part of the Offender Outcomes Team, you will play an important part in improving the environment, supporting personal development, and contributing to a positive, forward‑looking community at Castle Huntly. Stage 1 – Competency Sift; All applications will be reviewed against the relevant published essential criteria for this role. Stage 2 – Role Specific Interview; All applicants who are successful at Stage 1 will undertake a Role Specific Interview, where you will be assessed against the relevant published criteria for this role. On conclusion of Stage 2, all candidates will be notified whether they have passed this stage of the process. Candidates will be ranked in merit order based on their performance at Stage 2 and this merit order will be used to identify preferred candidate(s) plus any potential reserve candidates. For existing substantive Residential Officers, this will conclude the process, however it will not be possible to finalise the selection process until those applying on promotion complete Stage 3. Candidates applying on promotion who pass Stage 2, will be required to pass Stage 3 (see below) to be considered for appointment, subject to the application of the merit order as identified at Stage 2. In the event that the highest scoring candidate at Stage 2 is an existing substantive Residential Officer, those applying on promotion will be given the opportunity to undertake Stage 3 and if successful be held as a reserve candidate. Stage 3 – Assessment for Promotion; For individuals applying on promotion (I.e. candidates who are not substantive Residential Officers) and pass Stage 2, there will be a requirement to undertake assessment for promotion in line with the national standards and process in place for Residential Officers, (Situational Judgement Test, Cognitive Ability Test, Group & Written Exercise, Residential Officer Interview). Candidates will be required to meet the minimum progression standards to pass Stage 3 – an overall pass or fail will be awarded for Stage 3 and performance at this stage will not influence the overall order of merit determined at Stage 2. Offer Process Following the conclusion of all stages, candidates who are deemed to be appointable will be considered in line with the merit order determined at the end of Stage 2. Offers of appointment will be made in line with this merit order.
  • For full details about the role, please refer to the Job Description, Person Specification and Selection Information & Timeline.
  • About the Successful Candidate
  • Qualifications
  • A recognised gardens, landscaping, or grounds‑maintenance qualification (e.g., SVQ/NVQ, Environmental Conservation, or equivalent practical certification) or willing to work towards within 12months of taking up post. Essential Health & Safety awareness and relevant training or willing to work towards within 12 months of taking up post. Essential
  • Knowledge, Skills & Experience
  • Demonstrable experience in gardens maintenance or environmental work, including use of gardens tools, machinery, and safe working practices. Essential A valid driving licence. To operate vehicles or equipment required for gardens work across the estate. Essential Strong communication and organisational skills. Essential for planning work, supervising individuals in custody, and maintaining safe, structured activity. Essential Experience supervising or supporting others in a work environment. This can be from any setting—grounds, trades, community projects, or vocational training Essential
  • Essential Competencies for Success
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  • About Us
  • The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) operates in a fascinating, complex and rapidly changing environment. Our vision is to help build a safer Scotland by unlocking potential and transforming lives. To enable us to successfully deliver our vision, we are committed to nurturing and investing in our greatest strength and resource: Our People. We are proud to employ a diverse range of people; each contributing their own unique experiences and skills to enhance the service we deliver. Whatever the role, you will find your SPS experience both challenging and rewarding. You will be committed to helping us to achieve our goals and in return we will be committed to helping you to achieve yours. We employ approximately 5,000 staff across our prisons, headquarters, college, and training and storage facility. The hard work of our staff is the most critical component in the successful delivery of Scotland’s prison system. We need professional, capable and motivated individuals who reflect Scotland’s diversity to deliver effective and efficient activities and services to achieve our Mission and realise our Vision. Whatever SPS profession you embark upon, you will be a valued member of the team, helping us build a Safer Scotland for the communities we serve. We are committed to your personal and professional development and offer a wide range of career progression opportunities.

Civil Service Values

All Civil Servants, and therefore anyone employed by the Scottish Prison Service, must be able to fully comply with the requirements of the Civil Service Code. Everyone is expected to carry out their role with dedication and uphold the core values of the Civil Service: Honesty, Integrity, Objectivity and Impartiality.

  • Integrity: putting the obligations of public service above your own personal interests.
  • Honesty: being truthful and open.
  • Objectivity: basing your advice and decisions on rigorous analysis of the evidence.
  • Impartiality: acting solely according to the merits of the case and serving equally well Governments of different political persuasions.

The Civil Service Commission

Our recruitment is conducted in line with the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles and external competitions are regulated by the Civil Service Commission. While the legal requirement to follow these Principles applies specifically to external appointments, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) recognises these standards as best practice. Accordingly, SPS fully adopts these principles as the foundation for all recruitment activity, including internal recruitment and selection processes.

External competitions: if you believe that the requirement for selection for appointment on merit based on fair and open competition has not been met, you have the right to raise a complaint. Further information on the Commission’s complaints procedure is available at: https://www.civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/.

Internal competitions: if you believe that the requirement for selection for appointment on merit based on fair and open competition has not been met, you can raise a complaint to your HR Business Partner.

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