RAF HIGH WYCOMBE Job Summary Are you a safety professional looking for a new role? We may have the perfect opportunity for you! UK Space Command is the Defence lead for space operations, space workforce, and space capability. A Joint Command staffed by personnel from the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force, Civil Service, contractors and alongside our allies and partners, we are at the forefront of activity to make space safe, secure, and sustainable for all generations. Fundamental to delivering our outputs is effective health and safety, environmental protection and capability safety case management systems. As the safety lead you will provide the critical function of assuring the Safety Management System across the entirety of UK Space Command, it’s subordinate units and Establishments, ensuring RtL is managed and assured. This role offers the opportunity to further develop your HSEP experience and knowledge, whilst championing the use of appropriate technology and methodology in an exciting yet encouraging environment! This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. We operate a hybrid working environment and the expectation is that you will attend site around two-three times a week according to business need/team. Initially, you will be expected to attend more frequently to familiarise yourself with the site, the team and the position you will be working on in more detail. Job Description As the Safety Lead you will Support the development and maintenance of policy and process to satisfy the AIR safety standard for operational safety for UK Space Command. Develop, manage, and maintain effective UK Space Command Safety Management Systems. Identifies and analyses hazards and contributes to the identification and evaluation of risk reduction measures, ensuring that these are adequately documented and managed via Safety & Environmental Management Plans and associated meeting and working groups. Work with colleagues at all levels to ensure compliance with relevant UK and EU legislation and regulations, MOD regulations and AIR Policy. Develop and maintain project safety assurance plans, monitors compliance, and ensure that safety assurance evidence is gathered and assessed for safety case maintenance. Produce, review, endorse, and recommend acceptance of safety artefacts. Oversee the management of contractual aspects to ensure safety requirements are captured and the management of contractors who perform safety activities assured. Provide informed safety advice to decision makers through Project Safety Panels. Effective in providing recommendations as to if or when a piece of work needs to be generated, change direction or be terminated. As the Safety Lead you will Support the development and maintenance of policy and process to satisfy the AIR safety standard for operational safety for UK Space Command. Develop, manage, and maintain effective UK Space Command Safety Management Systems. Identifies and analyses hazards and contributes to the identification and evaluation of risk reduction measures, ensuring that these are adequately documented and managed via Safety & Environmental Management Plans and associated meeting and working groups. Work with colleagues at all levels to ensure compliance with relevant UK and EU legislation and regulations, MOD regulations and AIR Policy. Develop and maintain project safety assurance plans, monitors compliance, and ensure that safety assurance evidence is gathered and assessed for safety case maintenance. Produce, review, endorse, and recommend acceptance of safety artefacts. Oversee the management of contractual aspects to ensure safety requirements are captured and the management of contractors who perform safety activities assured. Provide informed safety advice to decision makers through Project Safety Panels. Effective in providing recommendations as to if or when a piece of work needs to be generated, change direction or be terminated. Person specification The Successful Candidate Will Need To Have An ability to communicate and influence a wide variety of colleagues, including those at more senior levels The ability to engage and win the cooperation and support of multiple internal and external parties, holding them to account to achieve common goals The ability to deliver at pace against a backdrop of uncertainty. Comfortable making decisions without having the full picture; applying knowledge and experience to reduce ambiguity Essential Safety qualification: NEBOSH Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety A strong understanding of Health Safety and Environmental Management (HSEM) concepts, industry best practice, and how to achieve compliance within a complex business model. A strong communicator, confident in clearly setting direction and adapting your approach to diverse audiences, breaking down and conveying messages to ensure they are understood Self-driven and able to work with autonomy, managing and organising a varied workload and able to balance and re prioritise tasks where necessary, applying an agile way of working Able to review and evaluate a large amount of information in order to assess and analyse risk successfully. Good judgement is key within this role and you are confident in making sound evidence-based decisions. Desirable Engineering Qualification: A minimum of Level 4 NQF in a relevant engineering discipline. You will be an experienced capability safety adviser to minimum intermediate level. Experience of supporting senior level decisions, perhaps with experience of working within or alongside safety regulators such as the Health and Safety Executive Experience of working with Safety Management Systems A practised safety delivery and assurance professional with experience in large scale and sophisticated organisations or with giving impactful advice to leaders and or decision makers You will be Microsoft Office literate, able to use Office 365, Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint A level of expertise covering both SHEF and Capability roles Equipment engineering experience. Qualifications Engineering Qualification: A minimum of Level 4 NQF in a relevant engineering discipline. Safety qualification: NEBOSH Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Making Effective Decisions Seeing the Big Picture Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Regulation and Permissions Inspection, Audit and Assurance Hazards and Risks Alongside your salary of £36,530, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,582 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% Learning and development tailored to your role Onsite Gym / Parking / Café Location Allowance (This post attracts an additional High Wycombe Allowance (£2,000 P/A)) Cycle to work scheme access Flexible Working arrangements A Civil Service pension A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service In addition to 8 public holidays per year you will also receive leave for HM The King’s birthday Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave The post does not offer relocation expenses. Please note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed. 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. External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed. Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts. Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/. The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments. MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Policy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights. Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills. Application: As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete: Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history and qualification details. Personal Statement (maximum 1000 words). The Personal Statement should be aligned to and demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience set out in the essential criteria, detailed in the person specification. For guidance and information on how to construct your application you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website. Sift: The sift will be held on the CV and Personal Statement. Applications which do not demonstrate meeting the qualification requirement will automatically be sifted out. Interview If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be Behaviours (Civil Service Behaviours) and Technical Skills under the Functional Competency Framework For Safety and Environment Professionals in Defence Behaviour: Making Effective Decisions Behaviour. Seeing the Big Picture Technical. Safety and Environment Professionals in Defence - Regulation and Permissions Technical. Safety and Environment Professionals in Defence - Inspection, Audit and Assurance Technical. Safety and Environment Professionals in Defence - Hazards and Risks The interview will take place on MS Teams. For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers. Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use. 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. This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements Open to UK nationals only. Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). 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 also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). 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 also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window). This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job Contact Name : Christian Oldfield Email : christian.oldfield458@mod.gov.uk Recruitment team Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk Further information Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. 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