Overview
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Location: Fauldhouse Training Centre/Hybrid
Pay Band: Please refer to full job description on SPS career site
Salary: £52,356 progressing to £55,886
Closing Date: 2025-08-13
Hours of Work: Please refer to full job description on SPS career site
Job Purpose:
The post holder will effectively be responsible for leading commercial projects and managing a small team capable of providing SPS customer departments and external stakeholders with a professional service that will meet the operational and business needs of SPS.
The post holder will promote both Social Value and value for money for SPS.
Although based at SPS Fauldhouse, the post holder will predominantly carry out their duties under a hybrid working model.
Responsibilities:
Produce, implement and maintain a sales and marketing strategy for SPS prison industries (projecting demand for new and existing Pl products and services)
Develop and maintain the pricing and costing strategy for prison industries (liaison with production planning)
Advise on new trends and opportunities for prison industries (based on likely demand, financial and social value contribution and Prison Industries capability & capacity)
Develop and implement a set of commercial KPls for Prison Industries – provide regular performance reports/ dashboard
Undertake direct sales and marketing of SPS Prison Industries products and services. Develop standard methods for this using face to face, telephone and the development of an online presence for Prison Industries
Produce agreements with external customers and partners – including sales agreements, employability partnership agreements and other service agreements as appropriate.
Person Specification
SPS recruitment and selection practice is based on the fundamentals of our Behavioural Competency Framework. This identifies behaviours and standards required both of applicants seeking to join us, and our staff in their respective roles. Assessment of specific behaviours, of which there are twelve, will be determined by the role you are applying for. Whilst it is unlikely you will be assessed on all of them , you will be assessed on these identified as key to role.
Qualifications Requirements
Degree in a commercial or related discipline (such as finance) or 2 years experience in a commercial or related discipline (essential)
Experience Requirements
Knowledge Skills Requirements
A track record of developing successful and longstanding commercial relationships with external parties. (essential)
A track record of developing, growing and maintaining a customer base over a sustained period of time. (essential)
Experience of setting up and operating a suite of performance metrics/KPls in a commercial setting and reporting on these. (essential)
Direct experience in Third/Social Enterprise Sectors. (desirable)
Selection Methods Please refer to full job description on SPS career site.
