Safety Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• Maintain close liaison with scientific, technical, engineering, estates, maintenance and administrative staff to ensure high standards of Health & Safety.
• Actively maintain a high level of awareness of H&S practice and legislation. Maintain and develop a high level of understanding of the nature and significance of the work carried out by the technical, engineering, estates, maintenance and administrative staff with whom they are associated.
• Ensure that safe systems of work are in place for all staff and contractors, and that they are being implemented. Highlight any critical issues to the Operational Lead and Head of Department and authorise the stopping of any work deemed to seriously compromise the safety of individuals or the integrity of the organisation.
• Ongoing review of all risk assessments that are applicable to the Department, to ensure that they are suitable, sufficient and in date.
• Ensure that regular inspection programmes (e.g. H&S inspections, Visual electrical checks etc.) are carried out in all teams. Contribute to the system of auditing and seeking assurance of health and safety in accordance with UKHSA policies and procedures. Ensure the timely progression of H&S actions arising from incident investigations, inspections and audits.
• Deliver H&S Training to FMD. Have an overview of data entry onto the Trackwise system, as applied to Health and Safety incidents and near misses, to ensure the quality of reports and the appropriate root cause analysis and progression of actions.
• Develop and administer procedures to ensure compliance with H&S in specialist areas. Produce regular H&S reports for FMD Management, or other stakeholders as required, including Trackwise report summaries.

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.

Please see job description attached for full list of duties and responsibilities.

Essential Criteria:

It is important through your application and Statement of Suitability of 1500 words that you give evidence and examples of proven experience of each of the following criteria:

Essential

• NEBOSH general certificate in Occupational Safety and Health construction
• Has thorough knowledge and understanding of construction/engineering/laboratory safety requirements and procedures including quality assurance procedures and the role of IT in FMD
• Evidence of developing staff by teaching, training and delegation, including experience of assessing performance of staff
• Evidence of using technical experience to assess new and existing systems and processes to innovate and initiate change in laboratory practice
• Experience of critically assessing current ways of working and introducing efficient and effective practices
• Experience and understanding of planning and project management and has an understanding of, and is supportive of, research and development

Desirable

• Maintains professional competence building and engineering health and safety
• Member of recognised professional body (IOSH or equivalent)
• Experience of working in a number of different types of Laboratory including containment level three Microbiology laboratories. Understands microbiology and its application in clinical practice and public health

Selection process details

STAGE 1 - APPLICATION & SIFT:

You will be required to complete an application form. This will be assessed in line with the advertised essential criteria please do provide evidence of how you meet this.

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to an interview.

STAGE 2 INTERVIEW

This competition will involve an in-person interview alternative arrangements can also be made

As part of the process, candidates will be invited to interview which will involve an in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence in relation to the criteria set out in the Person Specification.

Your Statement of Suitability should outline your skills, experience, and achievements, providing evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria (outlined in the person specification section).

You will also be asked to provide information within the Employer/ Activity history section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history.

The Success Profiles framework will be used to assess and recruit the most suitable candidate. The following behaviours will be used at the interview:

• Seeing the big picture
• Changing and improving
• Making effective decisions
• Leading and communicating
• Collaborating and partnering
• Building capability for all
• Achieving commercial outcomes
• Delivering value for money
• Managing a quality service
• Delivering at pace

Expected Timeline:

Advert close: 23:55hrs on 25th September 2023 unfortunately, late applications will not be considered. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Shortlist: 2nd October 2023

Interviews: w/c 16th October 2023

Please note these dates could be subject to change.

Eligibility Criteria

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants)

Nationality requirements

Appointments to roles within UKHSA will be made in accordance with the Civil Service nationality rules. These can be found athttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rulesThis job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• Nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of theEuropean Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• Certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.

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 welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.

Security clearance level requirement

Successful candidates must pass a BPSS check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard. People working with government assets must complete Basic Personnel Security Standard checks.

For posts on UKHSA Civil Service terms and conditions, new entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band. For existing Civil Servants and roles advertised across government, the rules of transfer apply, i.e., level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive a 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.

Please Note

This role is to be appointed under Civil Service Terms & Conditions. Full details on the T&Cs are found https://www.ukhsa.reed.com/

Are you already a civil servant, or employed by a Civil Service Commission accredited public body? Please state home department on your application form.

Do you meet the nationality requirements for this post? https://www.ukhsa.reed.com/

Complaint process:

The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact UKHSA Public Accountability Unit via email:Complaints1@ukhsa.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• NEBOSH general certificate in Occupational Safety and Health - construction
• Has thorough knowledge and understanding of construction/engineering/laboratory safety requirements and procedures including quality assurance procedures and the role of IT in FMD
• Evidence of developing staff by teaching, training and delegation, including experience of assessing performance of staff
• Evidence of using technical experience to assess new and existing systems and processes to innovate and initiate change in laboratory practice
• Experience of critically assessing current ways of working and introducing efficient and effective practices
• Experience and understanding of planning and project management and has an understanding of, and is supportive of, research and development

Desirable

• Maintains professional competence building and engineering health and safety
• Member of recognised professional body (IOSH or equivalent)
• Experience of working in a number of different types of Laboratory including containment level three Microbiology laboratories. Understands microbiology and its application in clinical practice and public health

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

UK Health Security Agency

Address

UKHSA Colindale

UK Health Security Agency 61 Colindale Avenue

London

NW9 5EQ

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency (Opens in a new tab)