About the job

Job summary

The Director of Submarine’s Health, Safety and Environmental Protection Assurance Officer role is an exciting opportunity for you to play an important role in supporting the delivery of the Directorate’s Safety and Environmental Management Plan across a significant portfolio of activities in generating the in-service Submarine Force.

Operating within Director Submarine's Portfolio Office, this role form’s part Directorate's HS&EP Cell and will oversee and plan 1PA Level 3 assurance activities across Director Submarine’s Portfolio.

In Navy Command, our civil servants work alongside their military colleagues in jobs that matter; jobs which often have a direct impact on the quality of the operational capabilities we deliver.

Roles can offer great job satisfaction and there are many opportunities to develop and progress both within the Department and across the wider Civil Service.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working.  This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements. 

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

As the Director of Submarine’s Health, Safety and Environmental Protection Cell Assurance Officer you will be responsible for:

• Supporting the delivery and maintenance of the Director Submarine's SEMP(s) against requirements of Defence policy and Regulations for HS&EP and in particular Navy Command Safety Environmental Management System.
• Co-ordinate and plan a programme of 1st and 2nd Party Assurance audits looking at safety and environmental compliance within the Submarine Domain and as directed by HSEP Manager
• Conduct data gathering on safety performance as determined by organisations SEMP and assure safety and environmental regulatory compliance, with non-conformances identified and corrective action tracked on behalf of the HSEP Manager.
• Support the Hierarchy of HS&EP policy appropriate to the organisation; track and record any delegations, and issue updates as required.
• The HS&EP Assurance Officer is accountable to the HS&EP Manager.

This post has no Line Manager responsibility.

Person specification

Experience

• In an auditing role
• knowledge and understanding of ISO 45001

Essential Qualification 

• NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health or equivalent.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,290, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,528 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.

Candidates will be required to evidence the following desirable criteria at application stage;

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:

• Working Together
• Changing and Improving 

At interview you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles

• Communicating and Influencing

Functional Competency: Health, Safety and Environmental Competence Framework

• HS&EP SE 2.4 Conducting Audits and Inspections

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

Open to UK nationals only.

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.