Safety, Health, Environment and Fire Manager (Region - South East)

The Safety Health Environment and Fire (SHEF) Officer is responsible to the Head of Establishment (HoE) for the management of SHEF within the South East region.

The key deliverables are H&S with a focus on; legionella, asbestos, gas management and fire for which the HoE has delegated responsibility.

The SHEF Officer will work closely with the Industry Partner (IP), contractors and external stakeholders such as regulatory auditors.

The SHEF Officer will at times will be expected to support the regional Logistic Support Officers (LSO) as required.

The expectation is that the SHEF Officer will travel around the region visiting sites as defined by the HoE that will require overnight stays, a Driving Licence is therefore essential due to the remote locations of the Training Estate.

This role does not have Line Management responsibilities.

Candidates should have the ability to assimilate latest information quickly and be a good communicator both written and orally.

Candidates should be computer literate with sound planning and organisational skills and knowledge of Office 365, with the ability to prioritise evolving workloads and have experience of working in a Health and Safety background.

Candidates would benefit from enjoying working in an ever-changing environment and relish the challenge to respond quickly to emerging issues.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Leadership & Management - 10%

• Demonstrate a personal commitment to the DIO Guiding Principles.
• Support others in delivery of departmental goals.
• Manage compliance within Regional Standing Orders and National legislation's.
• Lead on all external Regulatory Audits within the East Region.

Regional Lead for Health & Safety on behalf of HoE - 55%

• Management of the regional 4C Processes
• Support the 4Cs Appointed Persons at site level
• Lead on all SHEF related risk assessment
• Lead on all COSHH related activities for Defence Training Estate and support Supplier as required
• Lead for Accident and Incident Investigation within region
• Lead on Hazardous Area Registers support for Appointed Person (AP) and Supplier
• Support the Force Health protection within region
• Create annual FHP Inspection Programme
• Tracking and updating CAR Reporting System from the (Force Health Protection) FHP Audit
• Monitor remedial and corrective actions and reporting such as (Army Reporting management System) ARMs 2
• Responsible for updating compliance issues onto OSCAR (internal system)
• Support HOE in managing the Environmental Management System
• Appointed Person for all first aid related issues
• HoE’s lead for H&S Meetings
• Track all occurrences within area of responsibility using ‘My safety’
• Identify SHEF trends and report any required improvements.
• Lead on assisting SHEF investigations and audits.

Regional Lead for Fire Safety on behalf of HoE - 10%

• Support the HoE and Establishment Fire Focal Point (EFFPs) with Fire Safety Management, Audits and Manage the Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) Action Plan

Regional Lead for Asbestos Management on behalf of HoE - 5%

• Support the HoE with Asbestos Management Plans in collaboration with IP

Regional lead for Legionella Management on behalf of HoE - 5%

• Support the HoE with Legionella Management Plans in collaboration with IP

Regional Lead for Gas Management on behalf of HoE - 5%

• Support the HoE with Gas Management Plans in collaboration with Industry Partner.

Other duties - 10%

• As directed by HoE
• Support/Advise Logistics Support Officer / Explosive Safety Representative as required

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.

Please ensure that at the application and interview stages of the campaign you review the Success Profiles Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience. Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit.

Candidates will be required to provide:

CV details to include job history; qualifications, previous skills and experience.

Candidates will be required to provide a Statement of Suitability in no more than 500 words. Please use examples to demonstrate relevant, suitable experience and knowledge at an appropriate level as to how you meet the job criteria.

At sift, you will be assessed against your CV, Statement of suitability and the following Behaviours:

• Leadership (lead behaviour)
• Making effective decisions

Applications will be sifted on all Success Profile elements, however, in the event of a significant number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted on the lead behaviour of Leadership, CV and the statement of suitability.

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

• Delivery at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

Please provide your evidence using the STAR Technique.

Concentrate on the action and the result. If the result was not entirely successful describe what you learned from this and what you would do differently next time. Make sure you focus on your strengths. When providing your evidence please ensure that you avoid acronyms and company specific jargon.

We require you to provide evidence and a demonstration of specific skills, knowledge or transferable experience. This will allow you to provide evidence to show a more rounded picture of your suitability for the role.

Interviews will take place in person at: Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), Longmoor Camp , Liss , Hants , GU33 6EL

The sift will take place week commencing: Monday 14 September 26 and the Interviews to be conducted in person Longmoor Camp, the week commencing 21 September 26.

PLEASE NOTE: The dates for sift and interviews may be subject to change depending on business demands.

A minimum of 2 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews.

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.

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