Project Safety Lead
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 30th September 2024
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Job summary
We lead the UK’s diplomatic, development and consular work around the world. We employ around 17,000 staff in our global network of 281 offices worldwide. Our UK-based staff work in King Charles Street in London, Abercrombie House in East Kilbride and in Milton Keynes.
Main Purpose of Job
The FCDO Health and Safety (H&S) Function sits within the Human Resources Directorate, led by our Chief People Officer. The team is made up of both safety professionals and generalists, working across a large and diverse portfolio of work. The Function is responsible for and involved in:
- Setting the strategic direction for H&S across the FCDO.
- Developing and maintaining FCDO H&S Standards.
- Providing expertise, guidance and feedback to the organisation on H&S issues and building our safety maturity.
- Engaging with internal and external stakeholders and keeping abreast of best practice.
- Assuring our activities and sites, ensuring standards and expectations are being met, providing updates on progress against key risks and performance indicators.
- Building the capacity of the wider organisation to manage H&S effectively, and empowering individuals to take risk-based decisions pragmatically.
Job description
Roles and Responsibilities
The successful candidate will:
This role is like few others in the FCDO. It requires the successful candidate to lead, implement and drive forward robust health and safety practices and processes on behalf of the FCDO through the design and construction phases of our projects, ensuring we are acting as an intelligent and proactive Client.
The successful candidate will:
- Develop H&S Design and Construction related standards and guides, for use by FCDO colleagues and our design and construction supply chain partners.
- Develop and subsequently lead our H&S Project Safety Capability, ensuring our projects are compliant with standards and are taking proactive steps to manage risk.
- Develop and lead new processes to assure safety is being considered in all phases of the project lifecycle (Hazards in Construction Studies).
- Challenge design and construction teams to ensure industry leading H&S approaches are considered throughout all project stages.
- Investigate project related H&S incidents, hazards and near misses.
- Collate lessons learned from audits/inspections and incidents, and monitor response.
- Take the lead on the assessment procurement of new products, manage contracts and liaise with external stakeholders.
- Contribute to updates at the FCDO Management Board and Health & Safety Committee.
- Deputise for the Head of Safety.
- Line manage one HEO staff member.
The successful candidate must be willing to travel extensively across the world, on a monthly basis, sometimes at short notice and to locations that may be suffering conflict or humanitarian disasters. These trips typically last seven days but may be shorter trips, or a full working week.
Person specification
It is essential in your application that you provide evidence and proven examples in each of the following Minimum Criteria as far as you are able to do so. These responses will be further developed and discussed with those candidates invited for interview.
Minimum Criteria
- NEBOSH National General Certificate in Construction Health and Safety or equivalent qualification (NCRQ, NVQ, BSc, MSc).
- Health and Safety programme and project experience, able to switch between the board room and operational sites.
- Experience of leading a team, or demonstrable leadership experience through project delivery.
- Awareness and understanding of the CDM Regulations 2015 and general principles of prevention.
- Experience of liaising with major stakeholders and supply chain in a sensitive environment.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Verbal Presentation at interview.
Benefits
· 25 days Annual Leave per annum.
· 9 days Public and Privilege holidays per annum.
· Learning and Development tailored to your role.
See the attached Candidate Pack for more details.
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Selection process details
Please see the attached Candidate Pack for the selection process details.
Candidates will be required to give a 5-minute Presentation and the topic will be sent to you in advance of your interview.
Reasonable Adjustment
If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
Contact us via external.recruitment@fcdo.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the ‘Assistance required’ 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.
Further Information
A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.
Any move to FCDO 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
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.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
This role is full time only. Applicants who wish to work an alternative pattern are welcome to apply however your preferred working pattern may not be available and you should discuss this with us before applying.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Jamie Sutherland-Pownall
- Email : jamie.sutherland-pownall@fcdo.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : external.recruitment@fcdo.gov.uk
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