Army - Safety, Health, Environmental and Fire Advisor (SHEF)

The Ministry of Defence, Civil Service workforce is diverse, with many different functions and professions ranging from cyber and digital transformation, police officers, security guards, trainers, human resources, teachers, psychologists, storekeepers, and policy secretariat staff to support the British Army.

As the Fire Safety and Environmental Advisor for Bovington Garrison, you will play a key role in ensuring a safe and compliant working environment for military personnel, civilian staff and visitors. You will provide expert advice and guidance on fire safety, environmental protection and wider health and safety matters, supporting leaders across the Garrison to meet their legal and organisational responsibilities.

Working closely with stakeholders at all levels, you will help develop a positive safety culture, monitor compliance with relevant legislation and policies, and contribute to the continuous improvement of fire safety, environmental and health and safety practices across the organisation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing specialist fire safety and environmental advice to senior leaders, managers and personnel across Bovington Garrison.
• Managing fire safety and environmental risk assessment programmes, ensuring assessments remain current and appropriate controls are in place.
• Maintaining fire safety and environmental management systems, including fire risk assessments, fire management plans, environmental risk assessments and spill response plans.
• Conducting audits, inspections, incident investigations and assurance activities to identify risks and support continuous improvement.
• Monitoring environmental and fire safety standards across the Garrison, including training areas, workplaces and vehicle parks.
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders to ensure health, safety and environmental procedures are implemented effectively and legislative requirements are met.
• Delivering fire safety and environmental briefings, inductions and specialist training to personnel when required.
• Attending and contributing to health, safety and environmental meetings, inspections and regulatory assurance activities.
• Acting as the main point of contact for fire safety matters and working closely with emergency service and fire safety providers.
• Supporting the development of policies, action plans and improvement initiatives to promote positive health, safety and environmental behaviours across the organisation.
• Deputising when required.

Hold a NEBOSH General Certificate and/or NEBOSH Fire Certificate (or an equivalent qualification), or be willing to undertake and successfully complete the required training within 3 to 6 months of appointment.

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)

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

At the application stage, you will be assessed against the following criteria, listed in priority order:

Experience:

• Personal Statement - 250 words demonstrating your relevant skills and experience in line with the essential criteria listed on this advert.
• CV - details to include job history

Behaviours:

• Changing & Improving
• Delivering at Pace

Where a large number of applications are received, an initial sift may be conducted against the Personal Statement only. The remaining evidence submitted at the application stage will be assessed only if you are successful at this initial sift.

At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following criteria, listed in priority order:

Behaviours:

• Communicating & Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Bigger Picture
• Working Together

Further information:

Application sifting will be scheduled to take place within 7 days of the application closing date. Interview dates are to be confirmed and will be held in person. We endeavour to keep to these time frames, but these are subject to change around business needs.

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.

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. 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.

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