Health, Safety & Sustainability Manager

Job summary

This position is responsible for Health, Safety and Sustainability matters across the Defence Academy UK. It will work closely with the key stakeholders such as the Defence Infrastructure Organisation. Other Key stakeholders and net workers include all Defence Academy UK elements, Lodger Units, DACI / PFI contracted parties on development, compliance, enforcement and monitoring.

The Health, Safety and Sustainability Adviser also ensures the site is operating in a compliant manner to all MOD policy including Joint Service Publications 375, HMG legislation and enforcement measures as well as developing new initiatives and policies to improve sustainability at the Defence Academy.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Undertake line management, mentoring tasks for 1 direct report.

Undertake learning and self development and upskilling as required.

Working as part of the Station Safety Team to develop and manage the Functional Safety Management Plan (FSMP) and Action Plan, and any other relevant Station Management Plans , updating and revising as necessary in line with MOD and national policy.

Advice the Head of Establishment and line managers (at all levels), in conjunction with relevant specialists, on Health, Safety and Sustainability requirements. This must include establishing a culture of awareness and reporting, with continuous evaluation of practices, procedures and facilities to ensure risk is As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) and law adhered to.

Investigate accidents and dangerous occurrences, producing written comments and/or reports, where applicable, identifying root causes in order that lessons can be identified, and improvements made.

Conduct audits to monitor for compliance across the site, recommending solutions to issues, improvement opportunities or new prevention measures.

Managing the Station accident reporting programme, prepare Health,Safety and Environment Forms and action RIDDOR and report accidents as directed by the SHSA.

Deliver on-the-job training in matters of health, safety and sustainability, including promoting initiatives and continuous improvement. Conduct training and presentations for health, safety and sustainability matters and accident prevention and near-miss reporting.

Engaging and working in partnership with strategic partners such as SERCO / ESS / CU and others in the provision of a safe environment.

Bring to the attention of the Head of Establishment and safety staff, new safety information and legislation or sustainability initiatives as it becomes available for consideration before disseminating to the wider audience. The information should be conveyed using media methods available in an easy to read and attention catching format.

Facilitate, and where appropriate chair the Safety and Sustainability Working Groups, reporting into the Safety Steering Group. Report on health, safety and sustainability awareness, issues and statistics.

Carry out any other duties as directed by line management appropriate to grade and discipline.

Person specification

Knowledge of the MS office Suite

Self starter who can work with minimal supervision

Identify and undertake work in priority order

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,720, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,927 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Some of the many benefits you will receive:
• Highly competitive pension scheme.
• 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service. If by chance you have previously completed service in the Public Sector in the past 5 years, you may be eligible to request 30 days leave immediately. (Evidence will be required).
• Opportunity to join more than one of our many networks (Race, LGBT+, Gender, Disability and Faith & Belief)
• Shrivenham has good travel links with free car parking. Other facilities are a Sports & Social facilities, a Gym complex, a Stables, a Golf Course as well as onsite Mess & Retail shops.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and working from home as part of a non-contractual hybrid working arrangement. All office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to site capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD workplace, will also count towards this level of office attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this and other flexible working arrangements may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.

Please Note:

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Policy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

This recruitment process will consist of two parts:

1. A written application containing your experience (a CV ) and three Behaviours drawn from the Civil Service Success Profiles.

2. If your written application is successful, you will be invited to a face-to-face interview where you will be tested against five Behaviours (the three from your Application, plus two more).

3. Behaviours – these will be assessed individually with a 250-word statement per behaviour. The application form will indicate which behaviour is being assessed each time you provide a statement, and we are ideally looking for an example using the STAR method below.

4. It is recommended that you focus on one example for each behaviour to allow you to provide enough detail in your answer. We would also advise you to use examples that best meet the criteria, even if they are a few years old. Please use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) approach when providing your Behaviour examples:

Situation – Briefly describe the background of the situation in which you found yourself.
Task – What you were required to do/chose to do.
Action – What actions you undertook to achieve the tasks. Make sure to use “I”, not “we” to explain how your actions led to results.
Result – Use facts and evidence to demonstrate the results that your actions produced. Explain whether it was a successful outcome, and if not, what you learned from the experience.

5. Please make sure you have consulted the HM Government ‘Success Profiles - Civil Service Behaviours’ document (available on Gov.uk) to ensure you have understood the relevant Behaviours at Level 3 - for HEO/SEO grades.

6. Experience – this will be assessed individually through your CV.

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

At sift, you will be assessed against your CV and the following behaviours:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service

In the event of a high number of applications, the sift will be conducted on your CV only.

At interview, you will be assessed against the following behaviours:

• Communicating and Influencing
  
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a quality service
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving

Further information:

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

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Cyber and Specialist Operations Command (CSOC) is going through a significant transformation programme which aims to design the way in which the new Military Command conducts its business and delivers for Defence and the nation. As a consequence of this, posts within CSOC are/or may become subject to review and potential changes as we continuously improve across the period of the transformation programme. These changes may be minor or could be more substantive and will generate new opportunities. Throughout, the Command’s transformation programme is committed to following the MOD’s framework on managing and supporting people through the change process and places an emphasis on early and open consultation and engagement with the Command’s personnel and Trade Unions.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Wing Commander Katherine Ingram
• Email : Katherine.Ingram398@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: info@csc.gov.uk.

Attachments

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