Job summary
The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) employs around 7,000 MOD Civil Servants located at over 300 locations. Ours is a diverse workforce, with roles ranging from trainers, human resources, teachers, and psychologists to storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff. There are many different functions and professions delivering key outputs for the Army. As such using data to aid understanding of our workforce is vital.
Headquarters London District are the main headquarters for British Army units London and Windsor. It is responsible for all Regular units, Army Reserve units and Cadet Detachments. Headquarters London District is also responsible for leading and delivering London's ceremonial events. These include State Visits, The State Opening of Parliament, Trooping the Colour and various Beating Retreats at Horse Guards.
We are looking for a hands-on, motivated individual to take on this integral safety management role in a busy and highly dedicated team. As a Force Protection Officer, you will be the main safety link between the Headquarters and the London Army Units, which presents a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to the safety and prosperity of the UK whilst building an exciting career in the Health and Safety Profession.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job description
The successful candidate will be required to deliver comprehensive support, safety assurance, and leadership to the Health, Safety & Environmental Protection (Force Protection) Branch of HQ London District. This involves providing competent and timely advice on health, safety, and environmental matters to London-based Units, including 2nd party audit and assurance visits; training; risk assessments; action plan reviews; and monthly management checks in the Headquarters.
Duties include:
1. Lead on LONDIST health and safety annual audit programme (ASEMSA). Ensure ASEMSA audits and advisory visits are undertaken, to monitor the standard of Force Protection implementation throughout LONDIST (OPCOM and RPoC).� Monitor records of audits and carry out follow-up visits to units with observations once an audit is complete. Brief LONDIST HQ chain of command on unit issues.
2. Be part of safety and environmental working groups on new and existing projects and lead on major and minor safety and environmental projects, briefing chain of command as necessary.
3. Produce Force Protection reports including incidents/near misses to the Chain of Command for management review, manage weekly accident states, specifically on significant trends and risks not subject to adequate controls.
4. Lead incident investigations as requested by Army Safety Centre or HQ LONDIST and assist units with lessons learn reports.
5. Co-ordinate, prioritise, monitor all internal/external training for units within LONDIST. Liaise with external training providers. Assist in delivery of in-house training.
6. Be the focal point for all non-infrastructure Sustainable Development across the district including the implementation and maintenance of Environmental Management Systems for Army Sites (EMSAS) within all LONDIST units in accordance with MOD Policy and the LONDIST Force Protection Action Plan.
7. Possess strong administrative and communication skills will be required, as the successful candidate will act as Secretary to the Force Protection Committee, manage the shared mailbox and intranet page, and be responsible for the Army Information Asset register for the branch.
8. Carry out HQ LONDIST monthly management checks, including first aid and fire equipment and infra issues, working with the building custodian and building fire officer.
Person specification
9. Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively around the Department.
10. Excellent written and oral communication.
11. Proficient at using Microsoft 365 and work applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel and Power point.
Desirable Qualifications�
Health and Safety Level 3 Certificate or higher
Environmental Level 3 Certificate
Fire Level 3 Certificate
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
12. Making Effective Decisions
13. Communicating and Influencing
14. Seeing the Big Picture
15. Changing and Improving
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
16. Making Effective Decisions
17. Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
Alongside your salary of �35,290, Ministry of Defence contributes �10,223 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
18. Learning and development tailored to your role
19. An environment with flexible working options
20. A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
21. A with an average employer contribution of
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working.� This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this 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.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
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