Army Technical Safety Manager

At the Army Safety Group you will work within a highly capable team of Safety Officers; we are formed of talented people who challenge and guide each other. These roles are an exciting opportunity for either an experienced safety professional or for anyone wishing to develop their capability safety credentials.

The Capability Safety function, within the Army Safety Group, was formed to ensure equipment based capabilities coming into service are safe by design, safe to operate, and can be operated safely. Capability Safety management differs from a Safety Health Environment & Fire (SHEF) role as it is associated with the safety management of the Military capability and equipment through life. However, expertise in either a SHEF and or capability management role is highly desirable, as is land equipment engineering experience.

Our Higher Executive Officer (HEO) roles play a key part within Capability Safety, equipment procurement, and equipment support areas of the command. As a key participant in procurement and support activities you will be assisting Head Army Safety dispense his responsibilities, and your work will make a real contribution Army safety.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Capability Safety HEOs are committed to providing excellent safety support and advice to major Programmes and Systems regarding safety legislation and policy compliance.

These roles will play a visible and active role, not only within Army Headquarters, but more widely across other Services and MOD departments. There will be an element of travel in the role which will include liaising, meeting, and engaging with a wide range of diverse people across the MOD.

Capability Safety HEOs are key in ensuring that safety critical advice and direction is provided to senior programme staff such that the development and operation of Army capability is conducted in a safe, compliant manner. Although not responsible for the generation of Safety Cases these roles will be reviewing and auditing safety artefacts and documentation, raising any issues and providing expert feedback to senior staff. As such, good partner relationship and customer leadership skills will be required, coupled with a personable, proactive, and professional ability to champion for safety and a respectful ability to influence others.

Responsibilities Include:

• Act as a safety Subject Matter Expert on all capability relevant Safety and Environmental Panels (SEPs) / Emergency SEPs (ESEPs) and other forums with National Armaments & Material (NAM), Land Forces & Army, as required.
• Work with relevant representatives & stakeholders to assess and drive In-Service Capability Safety to a known, managed and ultimately As low as reasonably practicable state.
• Champion, and ensure compliance with Army Command Standing Order 1201 and other relevant safety policy documents.
• Refer key equipment safety issues to line management as required, to include the management of Accident and Incident reports.
• Be empowered to be a direct line of authority with National Armaments Directorate (formerly Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) on behalf of the Capability Safety Delivery Team manager for all equipment safety matters.
• Be prepared to assist other Capability Safety Delivery Teams as directed (matrix management).

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

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

Behaviour:

• Leadership

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:

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions

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.