Safety, Health, Environment & Fire (SHEF) Advisor

Job summary

The Health and Safety at Work act 1974, The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and the requirements of Sovereign Base Area Ordinances placed upon the organisation are legal obligations to protect employees and others effected by their work practices.

The SHEA role ensures activity and practices undertaken on site are done so in line with UK & Cypriot legislation and adhering to Defences Safety Function Operating Model, ultimately providing the Head of Establishment (HoE) the assurance that risk remains ALARP and TOLERABLE. As the H&S lead for the site the role provides subject matter expertise advice to the HoE, drawing on all relevant policy to ensure the safety of personnel and preservation of unit outputs.

This role is advertised as 37 hours per week

Job description

The successful candidate will need to provide expert advice and assurance on health, safety, and environmental protection (HSEP) across The JSSU Cyprus estate. Promote a positive safety culture, ensure compliance with UK & Cypriot legislation and MOD policy, and support risk management to maintain activities as long as reasonably practicable and tolerable. The role will be required to line manage the EO assistant SHEF working at the Unit.

Main Responsibilities:

Co-ordinate all SHEF matters across the Unit including:

• Review (at least annually) and update as required the JSSU(Cyp) Safety Health and Environmental Management System (SHEMS) in line with both MOD, DI and JCG guidance and with SBA Ordinances.
• Review all SHEF Parent/Lodger agreements for the Unit 2IC / CO Signature.
• Act as Secretary and where necessary, Chair, for the Quarterly Station/Unit SHEF Working Group Committee.
• Act as the nominated responsible person (NRP) for accident reporting and the maintenance of the Unit Accident/Incident database.
• Ensure all mandatory SHEF training is undertaken.
• Carry out SHEF training where applicable.
• Ensure Noise Assessments, as required, are undertaken by JHSU.
• Advise on risk assessments and method statements for all works and activities on Station.
• Oversee the annual review of the Station Heat Illness Policy.
• Oversee the annual review of the Station Thunderstorm Policy.
• Oversee the annual review of the CO’s Organisation and Arrangement Statements for SHEF.

Co-ordinate all environmental matters across the Unit, including:

• Ensure all UK environmental regulations and SBA Ordinances are complied with.
• Liaise on environmental matters with OGD, NGO’s (Birdlife Cyprus, Forestry Dept), RoC Ministries (Mines and Quarries), SBA Administration and DIO SEE.
• Manage legislative issues for the Station including poaching, Non-Military Development, illegal mining, and bird trapping.
• Conduct field surveys to establish a baseline for levels of pollutions or contamination on JSSU(Cyp) sites.
• Collect and report on contamination data including fly tipping.
• Support the site in the supporting its operations and protections around a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) at Larnaca Salt Lake (SLS)
• Create waste management plans. Ensuring that biodiversity recommendations are met on site and protected species remain undisturbed.

In Defence Intelligence (DI) our people solve problems, create understanding and give perspective to the diverse and complex Defence threats and challenges in a rapidly changing world. Together our civilians and military personnel inform decision making in Defence, manage complex finance programmes and develop new technology.

In DI we believe your unique experiences, view and understanding of the world could provide a vital perspective and contribution to our work. We recognise that great minds do not think alike and are striving to increase our diversity representation at all levels. As an equal opportunities employer we hire, train and promote people based on merit and inspire to create an inclusive workplace free of discrimination. We also offer flexible working arrangements such as flexi-time, job share and compressed hours.

All jobs advertised in DI are subject to fair and open competition.

This is an established MOD post within Cyprus, and any Cypriot nationals (including dual nationals) will not be eligible to apply as a UKBC (UK British Civil Servant).

If you need to contact Defence Business Services (DBS) regarding this vacancy, please indicate that your vacancy is being handled by Resourcing Team 1. If you experience any technical difficulties with the CS Jobs system, please contact the Support Team at candidate@support.oleeo.com

Tour Length: 4 Years

Person specification

Safety-focused mindset:

A genuine interest in health and safety, prioritising employee well-being and actively seeking to prevent accidents.

Attention to detail:

The ability to thoroughly assess situations, identify potential hazards, and meticulously document findings.

Strong communication skills:

Effective communication to clearly explain safety procedures, concerns, and training information to employees at all levels.

Leadership qualities:

Ability to influence others, promote a safety culture, and encourage compliance with safety policies.

Analytical skills:

Capability to analyse data, identify trends, and make informed decisions regarding risk management.

Problem-solving skills:

Ability to assess situations, identify potential solutions, and implement effective control measures to mitigate risks.

Adaptability:

Flexibility to adapt to changing situations, new regulations, and different work environments.

Training and development skills:

Willingness to continuously update knowledge on health and safety regulations and deliver effective training sessions to employees

Licences

Full UK Driving License

Qualifications

Level 3 Certification in Environmental Management / ISEP

Level 3 Certification in Occupational Health and Safety

Level 3 Teaching / Education Certificate / DTTT / equivalent

Behaviours

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

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

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

• Leadership

Technical skills

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

• Law, Policy & Guidance
• Risks and Hazards
• Stakeholder Engagement

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 (opens in a new window).

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

• Leave entitlement - 25-day annual leave allowance per year increasing by 1 day per year (maximum 30 days per year). In addition, 8 statutory Bank Holidays and 1 privilege day per year.

• Additional working pattern options – we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours. These need to be balanced with business needs so they will vary from job to job. If you would like to know more, please speak to the Recruiting Line Manager.

• Health and Wellbeing – for a small fee we offer the staff the use of the exceptional site gymnasium facilities.

• We also offer an excellent range of family-friendly benefits, for example, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.

• Living allowances and accommodation. Payment varies depending on your personal circumstances.

• Free car parking; and other facilities such as a Sports & Social Club, Gym and onsite shop.

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  This post offers full relocation allowances subject to availability. Cost of Living Overseas Allowances is payable based on personal circumstances and marital status.

  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.

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, Experience and Technical skills.

Assessment at sift and interview will be based on meeting any defined skill/qualification requirements along with a Success Profile element assessment, as detailed in the job advert. The Success Profile elements to be assessed will be outlined within the job advert. The Civil Service Success Profile Framework is available here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles

At sift, applicants will be sifted against the following behaviour

Behaviours:

Leadership

Experience:

Candidates will also be sifted against the following experience criteria:

All applicants will need to provide a personal statement, of no more than (500) words, including evidence of the essential and desirable criteria requested within the job advert.

When completing your personal statement, please read and understand the requirements described in the Person Specification section thoroughly, as this is what your written evidence will be assessed against.

Your layout is entirely your preference; you may choose narrative, bullets, etc. You may choose to address each criteria separately or have examples that cover and evidence several criteria. Please ensure you evidence the requirements and what you have done that relates to the requirements. You don’t have to explain the whole process, focus on what you have done and the skills and experience you have used. Share with us what makes you suited to this role and why.

A CV will be required for this position; this cannot be uploaded to the advert. You will submit using the CV template provided on the CS Jobs dashboard in your application, detailing job history, previous experience, and skills.

Should there be a large number of applicants the sift will be based on the personal statement.

We expect Behaviour examples to follow the STAR structure and encourage candidates to use this throughout their application.

At interview, applicants will be sifted against the following Civil Service Behaviours and/or Technical skills

Behaviours:

- Communicating and Influencing

- Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills:

Law, Policy & Guidance

Risks and Hazards

Stakeholder Engagement

Experience:

At interview you will be asked role related questions.

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.

There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS candidates that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations such as a high volume of applications, seasonal demand, or peak periods, the employer may wish to limit the overall number of interviews offered to both DCS and non-DCS applicants.

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.

This vacancy will be assessed at HEO grade

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into 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.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and 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 mitigation's can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

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 Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

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

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (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.

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

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 : Kath McPeake
• Email : UKStratCom-DI-JCG-Recruitment@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam1@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please see further information attachment

Attachments

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