About the job

Job summary

We are looking for a self-motivated individual with confident communication and problem-solving skills who has the ability to remain highly disciplined and organised. This would be ideal for an enthusiastic individual who would thrive on the responsibility and opportunity to deliver high-quality support to the UK’s Air Defence Network. This role will challenge your influencing and communication skills, it is also immensely rewarding. You will be responsible for Fire Safety assurance at RAF Boulmer as well as the geographically dispersed Radar and communications sites across the UK. The key criteria for success are excellent people skills, strong organisation and the desire to drive a ‘can do safely’ culture.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

The Establisment Fire Focal Point (EFFP) is responsible for ensuring site compliance with fire legislation, policy and guidance by delivering the following key tasks:

• Assisting the Head of Establishment (HoE) with the implementation,ongoing management & maintenance of the unit Fire Safety Management System (FSMS).
  
• Managing and maintaining the unit Fire Safety Management Plan.
  
• Ensuring all buildings have a Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) and all relevant parties receive copies as determined by the FSMS.
  
• Ensuring that all FRA action plans are monitored until actions are completed in liaison with Building Stakeholders.
  
• Advising on outstanding fire risks, liaising with Fire Safety SMEs, HoE and wider Chain of Command (CoC) as required.
  
• Elevating significant risks to the HoE to ensure the Accountable Person is aware.
  
• Managing and maintain unit fire orders and wider unit fire policies including management of unit training programmes.
  
• Ensuring a programme of risk based 1st party assurance (1PA) is in place and conducting assurance of fire safety measures in unit buildings, ensuring that findings of 1PA are dealt with appropriately.
  
• Communicating with Fire Safety SMEs, Establishment Safety Advisor (ESA) & unit Infrastructure personnel, organising fire safety meetings and preparing information for wider safety forums.
  
• Assisting with emergency planning for fire emergencies & exercises, liaise with Local Authority Fire Rescue Services (LAFRS), arrange training with LAFRS and manage fire packs held at unit guardrooms/main entry points
  
• Maintain liaison with external stakeholders including the Defence Fire Safety Regulator (DFSR), Inspector Fire Safety (RAF) and Capita Fire and Rescue.
  
• Provide and prepare unit documentation for second party asssurance (2PA) conducted by the RAF SAfety Centre (SC) and  third party assurance (3PA) conducted by DFSR.

Responsibilities

1. Management & maintenance of Fire Safety Management System & Fire Safety Management Plan.
2. Risk management, monitoring & engagement with Defence Fire Regulator.
3. Communications both with internal & external agencies/stakeholders.
4. 1PA including assurance & preparation for 2PA & 3PA.
5. Management of unit training programmes & exercises.

Person specification

• Strong organisational and IT skills. Competent user of Microsoft Office.
• Strong verbal communication, you will need to be able to engage with a cross section of stakeholders at all levels. 
• Promotes a positive working environment by encouraging enpowerment, innovation and outward mindset.
• Interpersonal and customer service skills. 
• Fire Safety qualifications are a strong advantage but the right experience and confidence in a safety environment would also be considered. In this case Fire Safety Level 3 qualification would be expected to be achieved within 12 months of taking up the post.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £28,300, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,641 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.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours and Experience. If you pass sift you will be invited to a face to face interview where you will be assessed against the Behaviours listed within the advert.  

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

Personal Statement: Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (Word count 250)

You will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours at both Application and Interview:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

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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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.