Corporate Health and Safety Specialist (CHaSS)
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 10th November 2024
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Job summary
Are you a Health & Safety Specialist looking for new challenge?
If so, this could be the role for you!
In this role you will bring excellent communication skills, leadership and a passion for Health & Safety (H&S) as you play an integral role in driving our corporate strategies forward, providing advice & support to Dstl in compliance with MoD central requirements.
Your role as the Corporate Health and Safety Specialist (CHaSS) will see you work with the H&S Profession Technical Lead, System Safety Principal, Safety Change Leader and Head of Safety to ensure consistency and continuity of safety messaging and strategic change across Dstl.
This role requires you to be able to drive the business forward implementing the highest standards of safety, supporting initiatives and ensuring the continuous improvement within our safety practices and thinking across Dstl to ensure our values are met.
Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.
Job description
In this role you will:
• Engage with and be the active Interface between the Corporate H&S and Business Areas to assure that H&S is being consistently delivered according to the Dstl vision, strategy, policy, processes and systems.
• Deliver monitor and support assurance across Business Area activities for Dstl acting as the independent mind and conscious for the Business Areas.
• Support and advise key stakeholders on the planning, implementation and review of Dstl Health and Safety Processes and Systems, supporting change through coaching and mentoring and practical support.
• Support the Risk, Assurance and Governance (RAG) team with corporate investigation as either lead investigators or a Subject Matter Expert (SME).
• Support the scheduling and delivery of assurance to evaluate the compliance and effectiveness of H&S systems and processes and identify improvements.
Leadership
As a leader in Defence you will help shape, role model and bring to life the ‘One Defence’ mindset that will enable us to deliver our vision and strategic objectives. Your leadership style must be inspiring, confident and empowering. Working at every level of our organisation to break down silos, unite teams and create a culture that is trusting, collaborative, innovative, diverse and inclusive. Enabling us to deliver with pace and agility through the skills, commitment and empowerment of our employees and military colleagues.
Important Information
Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats. For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. If you are an international or dual-national candidate, and you think you have the skills we need, please consider applying to any of our government, security or defence partners.
This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.
Person specification
You will bring:
- Experience of leading and promoting a strong safety culture across business based on a process of continual improvement.
- Experience of being able to challenge and be challenged within a high performing team or group.
- Ability to influence, drive and assist senior stakeholders through H&S change.
We will provide you the opportunity to make a real difference across Dstl, as you support projects that ultimately save lives.
Please see full job description for skills and experience If you have all this, we want to hear from you now! – come join our team and make a difference
As a leader at Dstl, safety will be an ongoing priority:
- You must appreciate and be responsible for the health and safety of yourself and others;
- You will pro-actively support the development of safe working practices, champion their use with others, and promote the welfare of self and others;
- You will share best practise and report any unsafe practises to support and enable a learning culture.
- You are empowered to stop work where you feel it is unsafe.
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Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Leadership
Benefits
Benefits
Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:
Financial: An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution (find out more here). In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme.
Flexible working: Options include alternative working patterns such as; compressed hours (e.g. working a 4 day week/ 9 day fortnight), job shares and annualised hours (agreed number of hours per annum paid monthly i.e. working term-time only).
Working hours: Flexibility around your working day (e.g. start time, finish time). Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month.
Where you work: Depending on your role, blended working may be available including remote working to suit you and your team. This can be discussed at interview.
Annual leave: 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.
Family: Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid
Learning and Development: Dstl encourages and supports charterships, accreditations and provides employees access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree). Dstl will pay for 2 memberships with relevant bodies/institutions. Employees also have access to Civil Service Learning.
Facilities: Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.
- Pension: “Alongside your salary Defence Science and Technology Laboratory contributes a minimum of £12,663 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.”
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Selection process details
Sifting will take place week commencing the 11th November 2024 with interviews will be held on 21st & 22nd November 2024 this will include a presentation details of which will be given in the invite to interview
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Nationality requirements
This job is not open to candidates who hold a dual nationality.
Working for the Civil Service
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).
Diversity and Inclusion
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Dstl Recruitment Team
- Email : Dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk
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