About the job

Job summary

Leading the delivery of Health and Safety for Ofgem. The Manager in this role will develop and maintain safety practices for staff and workplaces for all staff across all work locations including the home whilst keeping abreast of changes to Health and Safety legislation and building safety requirements. 

Along with being a standalone role where you really have the opportunity to make the role your own, you will also be working alongside an experienced and supportive Estates team.

Job description

• As the H&S subject matter expert, the role will be to promote and support the development and implementation of a positive Health & Safety culture across all Ofgem offices, its employees and those that visitor our offices.
• To serve as a focal point for all H&S matters on behalf of People and Estates, including regular liaison with key stakeholders to ensure roles and responsibilities are clearly defined and understood, and that the appropriate resources are available across the business.
• Owner off and responsible for review, oversight and approval of all Health and Safety assessments, audits and inspections and to monitor compliance.
• Manage the changing needs arising out of Health & Safety legislation, technical compliance, and industry best practice.
• Responsible for delivering all H&S Training in Ofgem and ensuring compliance with mandatory training where required.
• Contribute to the Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Planning where required.
• Undertake Reportable incident investigations as directed.
• Provide support in ensuring the obligations of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the Regulatory Reform, (Fire Safety Order), 2005 and other relevant Acts, Laws, Regulations and good industry practices are fully adhered to.
• Communications with colleagues and stakeholders on all H&S matters.

  Key Outputs and Deliverables

  • Ensuring the H&S Policy is communicated and complied with by all staff and service contractors
  • Ensuring that each Ofgem Estates manager provides timely reports and updates for a central colation and onward reporting by the H&S Manager to the Esates Lead, HR and ARAK as required
  • Keeping the H&S Policy, Local Arrangements and all other H&S related documention current and in accordance with legislation
  • Lieason with external building managers to ensure complinace
  • H&S Training
  • The provision of spacalist equipment as required
  • Manging and reporting H&S through appropriate means

   

  Key Stakeholder Relationships

  Internal

  • Heads of Departments
  • ARAK
  • HR Spacalits (D&I / Welfare)
  • Head of Estates and Estates Leads
  • Staff at all levels

   

  External

  • Government Property Agency
  • Government Fire Offices
  • Hubs Building Management Team
  • Other tenants / Government Departments
  • External suppliers
  • Landlords and their agents

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Person specification

Essential Criteria:

• Diploma National Diploma (Level 6) in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) (or equivalent) Lead
• Membership of IOSH (MIOSH) with evidence Continuous Personal Development (CPD)
• Experience working collaboratively with diverse range of colleagues and stakeholders with excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey important messages to all colleagues
• Proven aptitude for management through informal management of others
• Ability to take initiative, think creatively and work independently

Desirable criteria: 

• Proven experience with Business Continuity plans and procedures
• H&S experience in specific Office / Building areas such as Fire, Construction Design and management (CDM) or other

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £32,498, OFGEM contributes £8,774 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, Experience and Technical skills.

When you press the ‘Apply now’ button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications.  

You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word ‘personal statement’ evidencing how you meet the essential and desirable skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable skills and capabilities.

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

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.

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.