DIO - Head of Health & Safety

As Head of DIO Health and Safety, you could be located at the DIO site in Whittington (Lichfield), Abbeywood (Bristol), Westdown Camp (Salisbury Plain) or MoD Main Building (London). If not based in Whittington, regular travel to Whittington will be expected. Where business needs allow, this role may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working, therefore you must consider if any of the above locations are within a reasonable travelling distance. 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 (i.e., detached duty) 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., Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and care for the Defence Estate? DIO enables Defence to live, work, train and deploy, all with sustainability in mind. From net carbon zero accommodations to runways for the F35 fighter jets; our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe! Learn much more about DIO in our Candidate Information Guide attached.
About Technical Services
Technical Services comprises the following core areas:
+ Health and Safety
+ Building and Civil Engineering Infrastructure
+ Asset Class Engineering
+ Environmental Management, Protection and Sustainability
+ Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Infrastructure
+ Portfolio Office
Technical Services is a multi-disciplinary team providing in-house consultancy to DIO and the wider MOD. The specialist skills available through the Technical Services team span Construction, Engineering, Safety Systems, Environmental Management, Sustainable Development, Access and Recreation, Historic Environment and Natural Environment. The Teams provide impartial and objective Intelligent Customer Capability to DIO, MOD and wider government, supporting UK Defence outputs world-wide.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week., As Head of DIO Health and Safety, you will have the opportunity to fundamentally change how DIO manages and assures the H&S aspects of the business, with a direction of travel already established and senior commitments made. DIO is moving from a culture of centrally driven H&S practice to a business-led approach in which your H&S expertise and change leadership experience could make a huge difference. This is a highly visible role in which delivery of H&S objectives by influence, persuasion and leadership is key to success.
You will be appointed the DIO Technical Authority for H&S and will lead on a number of major initiatives to improve DIO’s H&S performance and practice. These include development of the DIO Safety Management System (SMS), leading a programme to deliver significant improvements in safety maturity as measured by JSP 815 (safety management) and leading the development and delivery of an annual Serious About Safety (SAS) Conference.
You will be a part of the Technical Services Board, working with 5 peers and the Head of Technical Services to lead the 160-person organisation, deliver an exciting and broad portfolio and provide clear and visible leadership.
Although not essential for initial appointment, you will be expected to apply for Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance so should not have any barriers to doing so.
The Head of DIO Health and Safety role is broadly divided into the following areas of work:
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1. Leadership and management of the DIO Health and Safety Teams: 30%
2. Develop, maintain and share corporate Health and Safety policy: 10%
3. Delivery, assurance and performance reporting: 20%
4. Stakeholder management and communications: 20%
5. Technical Authority for Health and Safety Management: 20%, This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
Please ensure that at the application and interview stages of the campaign you review the Success Profiles Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience.
Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit.
Please provide your evidence using the STAR Technique using the attached information on how to apply.
Situation: Describe the situation you found yourself in. You must describe a specific event or situation. Be sure to give enough detail for the job holder to understand. Where are you? Who was there with you? What had happened?
Task: The recruitment panel will want to understand what you tried to achieve from the situation you found yourself in. What was the task that you had to complete and why? What did you have to achieve?
Action: What did you do? The job holder will be looking for information of what you did, how you did it and why. Keep the focus on you. What specific steps did you take and what was your contribution? Remember to include how you did it, and the behaviours you used. Try to use “I” rather than “we” to explain your actions that lead to the result. Be careful not to take credit for something that you did not do.
Result: Don’t be shy about taking credit for your behaviour. Quote specific facts and figures easily understandable. What results did the actions produce? What did you achieve through your actions, and did you meet your goals? Was it a successful outcome? If not, what did you learn from the experience? Keep the situation and task parts brief.
Concentrate on the action and the result. If the result was not entirely successful describe what you learned from this and what you would do differently next time. Make sure you focus on your strengths. When providing your evidence please ensure that you avoid acronyms and company specific jargon.
At application you will be assessed against the following, + Full Qualification details
+ Job History
Personal Statement:
Please use up to 1000 words in a Personal statement to cover the following:
+ Your experience leading a successful H&S change programme in an infrastructure or engineering organisation.
+ Your experience establishing a positive and pro-active H&S culture.
+ Your experience developing and leading an effective, efficient H&S assurance programme in a highly regulated organisation.
When writing a personal statement, it is important that you:
+ Read the job specification so you are clear about the job requirements
+ Outline the skills and experience that you have that are relevant to the job and use examples to help demonstrate this
+ Keep to the word limit, if your statement is too brief it will not provide the required depth of detail and evidence to be assessed fully
+ Please do not use acronyms
We require you to provide evidence and a demonstration of specific skills, knowledge or transferable experience. This will allow you to provide evidence to show a more rounded picture of your suitability for the role.
At interview you will be assessed against the above PLUS the following:
Behaviours:
+ Leadership
+ Changing and Improving
Technical skill:
+ Safety and Environment Functional Competency Framework V2 - Stakeholder Engagement (Advanced)
Reference
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We want to offer opportunities to all who are successful at interview for our roles, but this isn't always possible, so we do hold candidates on an active reserve list for 12 months. It is also possible that we may offer similar lower graded role/s to reserve candidates or, if no reserves are appointed, candidates that meet the lower grade criteria in merit order.
To assist with your application please find attached below:
1. DIO Candidate Information Guide
2. DIO Candidate Information Guide - Accessible Version
For help and support with your application check out our Civil Service Careers Homepage and the How to apply section
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
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for 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.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

+ Experience leading successful H&S change programmes in a complex organisation.
+ Experience influencing seniors and peers to invest and work collaboratively., • Degree-level academic qualification in a relevant technical discipline.
• NEBOSH National Diploma or equivalent H&S qualification., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Leadership
+ Changing and Improving

Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
+ Safety and Environment Functional Competency Framework V2 - Stakeholder Engagement (Advanced)

Alongside your salary of £67,820, Ministry of Defence contributes £19,647 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Offered Benefits
+ Highly competitive Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
+ Alternative working practices such as working from home
+ Opportunity to join one of our several D&I Networks. We value diversity and are committed to being an equal opportunities employer
+ 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
+ Enhanced Parental Leave
+ Most sites have free car parking, Sports & Social Clubs, Gym, on site shops and subsidised canteens
To learn more about our full range of benefits, view our Candidate Information Guide attached.
Allowances
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
Employment Hours
The post advertised is for 37 hours net, however the Ministry of Defence offers a range of flexibilities to enable a better work-life balance for employees. Flexible working, Part-time working and Job Share working patterns will be considered.
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.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.