Job description for Occupational Health and Safety Advisor

Are you a passionate Occupational Health and Safety Advisor eager to take your career to the next level? Join our vibrant Infrastructure, Security, and Resilience team at Abbey Wood, Bristol (ABW), where you can help to make a real difference.

In this exciting role, you’ll be at the heart of our operations, supporting the Site Leader by conducting site-specific reviews, investigations, and audits. You’ll also play a key role in assurance activities, organising Site Safety Tours, providing insightful advice on the performance review of the Site’s Memorandum of Understanding and providing metrics for the site’s Safety Health Environmental and Fire Committee.

As the health and safety focal point for SDA staff at the DE&S ABW site, you’ll ensure seamless cooperation, coordination, communication, and control between SDA ABW staff and DE&S site and Safety Health Environmental and Fire (SHEF) staff, safeguarding the well-being of both organisations.

This is a fully site-based role, requiring your presence five days a week, with some flexibility around core hours to support your work-life balance.

Due to the security requirements, this position is open to sole UK Nationals only.

If you’re ready to make a significant impact and grow with us, we want to hear from you!

What you’ll be doing

• Reviewing the SDA site health, safety environmental and fire performance via undertaking internal audits and provide an annual update on compliance with policy arrangements.
• Managing enquiries and act as focal point on SHEF matters on site, providing advice to stakeholders across the business.
• Producing site risk assessment, maintain and review/reissue as and when there are significant changes.
• Assisting in embedding compliance of SHEF legislation and regulations across the site.
• Providing metrics for performance reporting (Key Performance Indicators) and managing dashboard reporting and risk registers.
• Assisting in the development of corporate communications in relation to health and SHEF messages.
• Producing, updating, maintaining site specific Instructions, induction briefs and a web page.
• Delivering SHEF Induction briefs and recording staff attendance on central SHEF, Training Planning and Monitoring Register.

Person specification

To be successful with your application, you’ll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Experience of working in one or more of the following – Safety, Health, Environmental and Fire issues within an organisation.
• Experience of contracts and contractor management.
• Experience of facilities management.
• Evidence of effective stakeholder management at all levels, internal and external.

In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:

• Conducting Risk Assessments (OHSEP) – Practitioner level
• Audit and Assurance Activities (OHSEP) – Supervised Practitioner level
• Working Together – CSBC2
• Communicating and Influencing – CSBC2

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £28,700, Ministry of Defence contributes £8,314 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• 25 days’ annual leave +1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King’s birthday
• Flexible working options
• Market-leading average employer pension contribution of 28.97%
• Annual performance-based bonus and recognition awards
• Access to specialist training and funded qualifications
• Support for progression
• Huge range of discounts
• Volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave schemes

Improving innovation and enriching our culture, diversity of thought is vital to our success. So whether you’re looking for a new opportunity, a next step, or a helping hand as you return from a career break, bring your experiences and help deliver for the defence of tomorrow. Here you’ll find a supportive, family-friendly organisation to be a part of – and if you need any assistance with your application, just let us know.

Further Information

• Candidate Information Pack: http://bit.ly/SDA–Candidate-Information-Pack
• Terms and Conditions: https://bit.ly/DES-SDA-Terms-and-Conditions

Selection process details

Your application will go through the following stages of assessment:

1. Pre-sift – We will check that you meet any essential or eligibility criteria that are listed in the Person Specification section of this advert. On your CV, please clearly show how you meet the essential criteria.
2. Sift – Your CV will be assessed against the following categories, using a simple numerical scoring system: Key Achievements; Relevant Experience; Applied Knowledge and Skills. Please follow our guidance on CV writingfor best chance of success.
3. Interview – If you’re invited to interview, you’ll be assessed against the Sift categories listed above, as well as the Technical Competences and Behaviours listed in the Person Specification section of this advert.

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