Head of Function - HMP Millsike

Overview

Senior leader overseeing a prison function, ensuring safety, rehab culture and budget.

Key Responsibilities

• area leadership
• budget management
• procedure updates
• efficiency strategy
• stakeholder liaison
• safety oversight

Tasks

In this role, you will lead a specific area such as Safety and Equalities, Residence and Wellbeing, Security and Operations or Reducing Reoffending, ensuring these departments work seamlessly together to provide a safe, respectful and rehabilitative environment. 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 work a 5 in 7 day shift pattern. 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 like HMPPS, partner agencies who form the wide OneMillsike team, PPG, IMB, the onsite HMPPS Contract Management team and wider mitie colleagues. As a member of the Senior Leadership team at HMP Millsike, you'll oversee a vital function, championing safety, security, dignified care, integrity, 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.

Requirements

• silver commander
• level 6
• commercial compliance
• leadership
• team management
• budget management

What You Bring

Are you an experienced operational prison manager who is passionate about making a real difference? Do you believe in leading with heart and purpose? All employment offers are subject to security clearance and background checks. If you thrive on empowering teams, ensuring excellence, and creating safe, respectful prison environments — we want to hear from you! -Qualified Silver Commander with experience as working as a Duty Governor/Director -Level 6 qualification (degree, apprenticeship, or equivalent) in a relevant discipline. -Knowledge of commercial and contract compliance. -Proven leadership experience within prison ,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.

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About Mitie

-Headquartered in The Shard in London, delivering large-scale projects across infrastructure, property, energy, and healthcare sectors. -Projects include full facilities management for airports, hospitals, government estates, and prisons (e.g., solar-powered prison solutions). -Offers expertise in security, cleaning, engineering services, energy consultancy, and technical facilities management. -Acquired major businesses such as Interserve FM (2020) and compliance specialist Marlowe (2025) to expand capabilities. -Known for tech-driven approaches like remote monitoring, robotic cleaning, and drone security, pivoting towards 'facilities transformation'. -Focused on high-margin, compliance-led services to drive future growth.

Sector Specialisms

Security Clearance

-all offers require security clearance and background checks.