Environmental And Fire Safety Manager

This is an exciting development opportunity for an enthusiastic, adaptable and self-confident individual to ensure safe and compliant facilities are maintained for all users at our Fort Blockhouse site that houses a scheduled ancient monument as well as many grade 2 listed assets.
You will be required to develop, review and enforce all site Fire Safety and Environmental Protection policy instructions in line with current Statutory Regulations and MOD mandated policy.
The role is high profile, exciting, varied and provides an opportunity to improve leadership skills whilst working collaboratively with DIO colleagues, Industry Partners and other internal/ external stakeholders Key responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following; Fire Safety including maintenance on all firefighting equipment, maintaining accurate equipment testing records.
Conduct annual fire drills throughout the estate covering each building annually.
Act as liaison officer for the local fire brigade during exercises and provide guidance during familiarisation visits to Fort Blockhouse, Updating Fire, H&S Polices and Posters.
Environmental Protection- Implementation and management of Site EnvironmentalPlan and policies Energy Management including the monitoring and ordering of heating fuels across the estate recording usage.
Liaison with our industry partner for the seasonal heating program.
Waste Management including Miscellaneous and Hazardous waste disposal via the Defence Disposal Services Authority (DDSA).
Person specification The successful candidate will possess drive and enthusiasm in a key front facing role with the ability to deal with sensitive matters and manage the expectations of various stakeholders.
Experience and Skills Understanding of safety policies and procedures (in any industry).
Strong interpersonal skills; self-confident; ability to work on own initiative within a wide ranging but structured environment.
The ability to adapt to changing priorities and tight deadlines.
Use of MS Office applications (Outlook, Excel, One note) to support work outputs.
Desirable Experience & Skills Experience of Fire Safety and / or Environmental Management Please note that the successful candidate will be expected to complete the MOD Fire Safety Managers course within 3 Months of taking post if not already held, as well as completing any additional environmental courses required to undertake the role.
Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Managing a Quality Service Changing and Improving Communicating and Influencing Working Together Benefits Alongside your salary of 28,300, Ministry of Defence contributes 8,198 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
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Learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% 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).
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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.
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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.
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences.
Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Assessment at sift and interview will be based on meeting any defined skill/qualification requirements along with a Success Profile element assessment, as detailed in the job advert.
The Success Profile elements to be assessed will be outlined within the job advert.
The Civil Service Success Profile Framework is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours/Technical Skills: All applicants will need to provide a CV and personal statement, of no more than 500 words, including evidence of the essential and desirable criteria requested within the job advert.
When completing your statement, please read and understand the requirements described in the Person Specification section thoroughly, as this is what your written evidence will be assessed against.
Your layout is entirely your preference; you may choose narrative, bullets, etc.
You may choose to address each criteria separately or have examples that cover and evidence several criteria.
Please ensure you evidence the requirements and what you have done that relates to them.
You dont have to explain the whole process, focus on what you have done and the skills and experience you have used.Share with us what makes you suited to this role and why.
At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours/Technical Skills: Working Together Changing and Improving Communicating & Influencing Managing a quality service We strongly encourage candidates to structure their Behaviour examples following the STAR structure and encourage candidates to use this throughout their application.
The sift should take place within two weeks of the job closing and candidates will be informed of the results, at all stages, via CS Jobs.
Interview dates are to be confirmed.
Please note that interviews will be face to face at the Fort Blockhouse site in Gosport.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.
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.
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As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to 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.
This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa.
It 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.
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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.
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