About the job

Job summary

Have you considered a Civil Service career and the unparalleled opportunities it has to offer in a variety of significant roles with the potential to change the nation and people’s lives for the better?  Do you want to be a part of one of the world’s leading Defence organisations, offering a significant contribution towards the delivery of a wide-reaching and high priority of Defence support?  Join the Ministry of Defence and have a future that matters! Be Proud; Be Challenged; Be Unique An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Army Safety Group for the Assistant Head of Safety Organisational Learning.  This unique role is responsible for the management of the Army Functional Safety organisational learning Functional Lessons Analyst (FLA) in accordance with ACSO 1118 and the Army’s Organisational Learning Strategy on behalf of Head of Army Safety (Hd AS). This includes the management of the creation, development and delivery of Army Organisational Learning and ensuring the maintenance the Organisational Learning sub-strategy, that assurance is being undertaken in a timely and efficient manner and that the process and outcomes for providing relevant Organisational Learning advice and guidance across the Army Top Level Budget.  Do you want to know more?  Why not take a look at our website for more detail? This position is advertised at 37 hours per week

Job description

The overarching responsibility of this role is to ensure the Head of Army Safety is supported in their delivery to meet objectives set by Defence.  As well as this you would be expected to:

• Responsible for Organisational Learning and production of Safety related Service Inquiries briefings to the Army Safety Champion the Army Senior Leadership Team.
• Production of Briefs and Organisational Learning analysis.
• Leading the Army Functional Safety Organisational Learning outputs in support of Army SEMS governance.
• Managing the Identification of Army Safety Organisational Learning themes and trends across all mediums available to the Army and oTLBs.
• Engage, advise and lead the Army safety community ensuring they actively pursue organisational learning in line with the Army’s direction and methodology.
• Ensure the correct and timely management of this action is completed by the POC in respect of Service Inquiry & Non Statutory Inquiry report recommendations through confirmation, conduct Military Judgement Panel and entry into Management Information Systems, critically tracking to final closure.
• Ensure that the distribution of all relevant safety information to the Army is acted upon efficiently and coherently.   

Person specification

Do you have an understanding of Health & Safety?

Are you an enthusiastic and positive person who wants a role that directly supports the safety within the Army?  Are you a versatile and organised individual who will drive the capability forward within the remit of Safety and Risk?

If you can answer yes to the questions above, then keep on reading as this role is for you!

We are looking for a motivated starter who will go the extra mile when considering the risk to safety.  Someone who has demonstratable organisational learning skills and has experience in a diverse and fast-paced environment.  You will need practical experience and knowledge within a Safety critical role and keep pace with the Army as it delivers and continuously improves it safety programmes.  You will have a coherent leadership style, as you will be expected to engage and win agreement with internal and external Stakeholders.  

 The successful candidate would need to demonstrate their ability to deliver against tight deadlines, excellent communication skills, both written and orally and have a good understanding of Organisational Learning. You will need to deliver at pace against a backdrop of uncertainty and continual change.  The ability to demonstrate leadership in diverse and high performing teams with the proven ability to empower/encourage a successful team ethos is a must for you to be successful in this role.  You will need to be proficient in MS Office.

 Does this sound like you? If so, then read on…….

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £57,670, Ministry of Defence contributes £15,570 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

•  Leadership
• Communication and Influence
• Delivering at pace
• Seeing the bigger picture
• Developing Self and Others

In the event of a significant number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted on the lead 3 Behaviours:

•  Leadership
• Communication and Influence
• Delivering at pace

 

In this instance the remaining elements will be tested at interview.

 Please note that it is essential that your previous skills statement is aligned to provide evidence that you have the knowledge and recent practical experience for each of the following selection criteria in your application:

 At interview you will be assessed against the above along with the following:

Behaviours: 

• Seeing the bigger picture
• Developing Self and Others

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 into 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.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and 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.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

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 security check (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

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

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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.