Glasgow
Job Summary
This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a Department that touches the lives of citizens the length and breadth of the UK. DWP has an ambitious programme of welfare reform, and the way in which we deliver our services to over 20 million customers a year. We aspire to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications to help us reflect the citizens we serve. We are guided by our departmental values: we care, we deliver, we work together, we adapt and we value everyone. They sit at the heart of everything we do.
Our DWP People and Capability Group, combining HR, Learning Delivery and Health & Safety expertise, is one of the largest in the UK, and our strong focus on team working, strategic influencing and developing professional capability will ensure that you have plenty of opportunities to develop your own networks and career whilst making a real difference in delivering the business strategy.
This is a key role, within the People Safety Team. The successful candidate will be supporting the on-going delivery of the People Safety Strategy.
Working within the qualified Health & Safety Business Partner team you will support the department’s aim in ensuring the business remains compliant to legislative changes and our policies and processes always remain centred around the health and safety of our people customers and partners.
This is a demanding role working in an environment where you will need be able to communicate fully with both internal and external stakeholders across all areas of the business. You will be able to exercise effective judgement to manage conflicting priorities in a busy high-profile area, ensuring performance deadlines are met.
Job Description
* Triage accident and Fast-Track (FT) reports using embedded methodology for consistency. Undertake and support accident and FT investigations, liaising with relevant DWP stakeholders and suppliers to develop high quality outcomes. Oversee completion of corrective and preventive action plans, ensure wider risks are identified and communicated to risk owners.
* Maintain the reporting database, ensure events are correctly categorised for accurate reporting/trend analysis. Ensure RIDDOR incidents are investigated and reported to HSE within statutory timescales, and support the management of personal injury claims.
* Support the delivery of Safety risk assessments. Monitor compliance with People Safety training and risk assessments using TARAHs system. Identify trends and gaps and promote improvement activity to ensure compliance requirement are met.
* Delivery of 1-2-1 DSE consultation, working with internal stakeholders and suppliers towards best solutions. Record findings and monitor action plans. Identify and provide signposting where cases require Reasonable Adjustment under the Equality Act, liaise with Workplace Adjustments Team as required.
* Undertake detailed audits of People Safety policies and processes (and support wider H&S audit activity) in line with the People Safety audit programme. Report findings within agreed timescales, identify and support improvement activity.
* Provide expert advice & support to Managers, ensuring suitable and sufficient Health & Safety Business Partnering arrangements are in place.
* Providing expert advice & support on national products and issues including Change & Impact Analysis.
* Support specified national DWP Health and Safety policy drafting and reviews.
* Promote Health and Safety methodology via awareness sessions/training to foster a positive H&S culture alongside improved capability.
* Triage accident and Fast-Track (FT) reports using embedded methodology for consistency. Undertake and support accident and FT investigations, liaising with relevant DWP stakeholders and suppliers to develop high quality outcomes. Oversee completion of corrective and preventive action plans, ensure wider risks are identified and communicated to risk owners.
* Maintain the reporting database, ensure events are correctly categorised for accurate reporting/trend analysis. Ensure RIDDOR incidents are investigated and reported to HSE within statutory timescales, and support the management of personal injury claims.
* Support the delivery of Safety risk assessments. Monitor compliance with People Safety training and risk assessments using TARAHs system. Identify trends and gaps and promote improvement activity to ensure compliance requirement are met.
* Delivery of 1-2-1 DSE consultation, working with internal stakeholders and suppliers towards best solutions. Record findings and monitor action plans. Identify and provide signposting where cases require Reasonable Adjustment under the Equality Act, liaise with Workplace Adjustments Team as required.
* Undertake detailed audits of People Safety policies and processes (and support wider H&S audit activity) in line with the People Safety audit programme. Report findings within agreed timescales, identify and support improvement activity.
* Provide expert advice & support to Managers, ensuring suitable and sufficient Health & Safety Business Partnering arrangements are in place.
* Providing expert advice & support on national products and issues including Change & Impact Analysis.
* Support specified national DWP Health and Safety policy drafting and reviews.
* Promote Health and Safety methodology via awareness sessions/training to foster a positive H&S culture alongside improved capability.
Person specification
* Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to work effectively as part of a geographically dispersed team.
* Strong organisational skills and ability to manage own workload effectively without direct supervision.
* Demonstrable influencing skills and ability to build strong working relationships across teams/organisations
* Excellent written, presentational, and verbal communication skills.
* A good working knowledge of Microsoft 365 Package, including Excel, Power BI, SharePoint and MS Teams, along with confidence/ability to learn bespoke IT platforms and identify opportunities to fully utilise IT available to improve efficiency.
* Evidence of Health and Safety (H&S) related learning/accreditation at minimum of Nebosh General Certificate Level 3 or a demonstrable equivalent H&S qualification at this level or above.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Communicating and Influencing
* Seeing the Big Picture
* Leadership
* Changing and Improving
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
* Communicating and Influencing
Alongside your salary of £37,497, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £10,862 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
DWP have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
* Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
* Generous annual leave – at least 23 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro–rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
* Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
* Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
* Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year’s continuous service.
* Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.
* An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women’s Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a 1250 word Personal Statement.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Sift
The written sift will be conducted using evidence from your Personal Statement and will be assessed against the Key Criteria within the advert.
In the event of a large number of applications we will use the Lead Behaviour, Communicating and Influencing, to initially assess your application during the Sift stage.
Candidates who pass the initial Sift may be progressed to a full sift or direct to interview.
Interview
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview. This will be a video interview. The interview panel will be a minimum of two people. The interview will assess: Behaviours and Strengths. The interview aims to be more of a conversation exploring the candidate’s capability for the role.
To help you prepare and settle into the interview you will be sent the behaviour questions in advance of the interview, 5 days prior to your interview. These questions should be treated as confidential. The interview panel may ask you other questions which will not be shared in advance, including follow-up questions, and those about your strengths.
Candidates will be asked further probing questions to determine suitability for the role.
Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.
Selection and Feedback
We will notify all candidates as soon as possible. Feedback will only be provided following an interview.
Further Information
Find out more aboutWorking for DWP.
A reserve list may be held for a period of 6months from which further appointments can be made.
Any move to DWP 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; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.
However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing: Pre-employmentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
DWP takes development seriously. Our aim is for our colleagues in these roles to be appropriately skilled and qualified – as determined by the business. To support this aim you may be required to undertake a work based qualification, which may be in the form of an apprenticeship, which will support you in further developing your professional knowledge and skills for this role and your future career development. The qualification can be undertaken in work time, you agree to take this job on the basis that you may be required to undertake a work based qualification; a candidate’s failure to participate fully in the professional programme, once appointed, may be a breach of their employment contract.
Important
If you hold a level 3 qualification (2 A levels or equivalent) then please bring your certificates with you to the interview if you have them.
Before applying for this vacancy, current employees of DWP should check whether a successful application would result in changes to their terms & conditions of employment, e.g. mobility, pay, allowances. Civil Servants that would transfer into DWP from other government organisations, following successful application, will assume DWP's terms & conditions of employment current on the day they are posted, unless DWP has stated otherwise in writing.
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Applications will be screened and if evidence of plagiarism or copying examples/answers from other sources is found, your application will be withdrawn. Internal DWP candidates may also face disciplinary action.
Reasonable Adjustment
At DWP we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce.
We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health. Examples include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue, or schizophrenia.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
Contact Government Recruitment Service via DWPRecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the “Reasonable Adjustments” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
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, Strengths and Experience.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
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)
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.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
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 : Wayne Catlin
* Email : WAYNE.CATLIN@DWP.GOV.UK
Recruitment team
* Email : dwprecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact DWP by email: HR.BUSINESSASSURANCE@DWP.GOV.UK.
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission. Click here to visit the Civil Service Commission. #J-18808-Ljbffr