Royal Navy – Training Safety Advisor – South Full Time

Job Summary

Navy Command is made up of over 35,000 people, both Civilian and Military, who make sure that the UK’s maritime capabilities, including ships, submarines, naval aircraft and Royal Marine units are developed and operated around the globe.  It includes a number of functional business areas and locations across the UK, with our operational units deployed globally. Combined Cadet Force Royal Navy/Royal Marines provides young people with an insight into life within the armed forces without mandating them to ‘join up’. Cadet Force activities are a blend of military experience and adventurous training designed to provide controlled yet challenging experiences. The role of the Training Safety Advisor (TSA) is pivotal to achieving the correct blend of “Controlled Risk”.

This is a safety critical role based within the small team of TSAs, working for the Combined Cadet Force Royal Navy/Royal Marines HQ based in Portsmouth.  You will be responsible for the development of safety capability and ensuring that suitable management processes are in place for some 60 CCF RN/RM sections. The role provides assurance to Navy Command that Cadet Force activities taking place within CCF RN/RM sections are safe and compliant.

This post is advertised for 37 hours per week.

Hybrid working (a blend of working remote and from home) will be required. You should expect to work 1-2 days a week in a Navy Headquarters location suitable to the successful candidates home, in agreement with your Line Manager. Weekly detached duty travel to other locations around the UK is essential. The role will require the successful candidate to work day to day visiting locations within the South Region (South of M4 & M25).

Job Description

The Role of TSA South is part of a national team, employed regionally to provide Safety critical support to CCF RN/RM sections and to ensure activities are safe and compliant.

TSA South will have an area of responsibility broadly based south of M4 and M25 but with a degree of flexibility to cover peak requirements. This is up to approximately 60 schools. These schools are a mixture of (but not limited to) Public, Grammar, Academy, University Technical Colleges and Independent schools. CCF RN/RM is offered to both Boarding and Day School children.

Who are we looking for?

An Experienced Individual Who Has Evidence Of Capably Managing At a Regional Or National Level And/or a History Of Providing Safety Advice And Guidance To Customers, Ideally In a Maritime/military Setting. Previous Experience Of Working With Adult Volunteers Would Be Highly Advantageous. As a Safety Advisor, You Will Be Able To:

• Travel to schools within your predefined area, work with Cadet Force Adult Volunteers who are attached to individual CCF RN/RM Sections, and provide them with elements of safety training, complete assurance work and write reports to capture your findings from the visits.
• Act as a trusted advisor on cadet force Safeguarding matters, Safety Management and can challenge improper practices.
• Build and maintain strong, influential working relationships with school employees, other single Service employees, outsourced collaborators and other stakeholders within the Cadet Force domains.
• Lead on the development of CFAV safety capability and deliver low level training within sections to continually improve safety awareness and competence.
• Advocate and champion the Defence Safety Strategy, proactively contributing to the continuous improvement of Safety delivery across Defence, specifically within the cadet space.
• Act as the Safety lead and point of contact on medium and large-scale activities (Camps & Courses) where there is an inherent risk posed to cadet’s welfare.
• Work with local commercial training providers to ensure that their safety arrangements are in place and meet MODs internal requirements.
• Complete a proactive checking process and provide assurance to Navy Command that submitted permissions to train (Form 17’s) are suitable and sufficient, ensuring that a Safe System of Training is illustrated and risks have been reduced to a level as low as reasonably practicable to keep our children safe.

The Role of TSA South is part of a national team, employed regionally to provide Safety critical support to CCF RN/RM sections and to ensure activities are safe and compliant.

TSA South will have an area of responsibility broadly based south of M4 and M25 but with a degree of flexibility to cover peak requirements. This is up to approximately 60 schools. These schools are a mixture of (but not limited to) Public, Grammar, Academy, University Technical Colleges and Independent schools. CCF RN/RM is offered to both Boarding and Day School children.

Who are we looking for?

An Experienced Individual Who Has Evidence Of Capably Managing At a Regional Or National Level And/or a History Of Providing Safety Advice And Guidance To Customers, Ideally In a Maritime/military Setting. Previous Experience Of Working With Adult Volunteers Would Be Highly Advantageous. As a Safety Advisor, You Will Be Able To:

• Travel to schools within your predefined area, work with Cadet Force Adult Volunteers who are attached to individual CCF RN/RM Sections, and provide them with elements of safety training, complete assurance work and write reports to capture your findings from the visits.
• Act as a trusted advisor on cadet force Safeguarding matters, Safety Management and can challenge improper practices.
• Build and maintain strong, influential working relationships with school employees, other single Service employees, outsourced collaborators and other stakeholders within the Cadet Force domains.
• Lead on the development of CFAV safety capability and deliver low level training within sections to continually improve safety awareness and competence.
• Advocate and champion the Defence Safety Strategy, proactively contributing to the continuous improvement of Safety delivery across Defence, specifically within the cadet space.
• Act as the Safety lead and point of contact on medium and large-scale activities (Camps & Courses) where there is an inherent risk posed to cadet’s welfare.
• Work with local commercial training providers to ensure that their safety arrangements are in place and meet MODs internal requirements.
• Complete a proactive checking process and provide assurance to Navy Command that submitted permissions to train (Form 17’s) are suitable and sufficient, ensuring that a Safe System of Training is illustrated and risks have been reduced to a level as low as reasonably practicable to keep our children safe.

Person specification

The Successful Candidate Will:

• Lead via a clear passion for safety and will strive to keep people safe whilst conducting cadet force activities by working closely with individuals to develop understanding of safety arrangements and to highlight examples of best practice to foster a healthy safety culture.
• Provide support and guidance to CFAVs where room for improvement exists by creating action plans, providing additional training & support and offering clear and honest feedback to individuals.
• Liaise with all relevant stakeholders to deliver efficient and effective safety management across CCF RN/RM, including providing advice and guidance on policy and support to Cadet Force sections in their respective region.
• Analyse safety reports and inspections to identify trends, areas of strength and weakness and to work with the Training Safety Team Leader to develop strategies to improve safety performance.
• Regionally broadcast safety critical information i.e. Safety Notices, Newsletters, amendments to policy & procedure to ensure that CCF RN/RM sections are working on the most up to date direction and guidance.
• Work with their CCF RN/RM sections and CFAVs to develop training locally by encouraging up-skilling, setting out what arrangements are required and liasing with other stakeholders to ensure that the equipment that is used is safe & compliant.
• Not be alarmed by having to intervene and stop an activity where there is reason to believe that the activity is potentially unsafe.

Essential Criteria:

• Suitably qualified EITHER holding a Level 3 in Occupational Safety & Health OR can demonstrate an expert level of knowledge/experience in at least one Adventurous Training discipline.
• Experience of building strong, influential professional partnerships with a broad range of diverse and demanding customers within a large and complex environment.
• Good communication skills, including experience of communicating confidently about Safety issues and solutions, and providing constructive challenge and appropriate feedback to senior leaders.
• Experience of using an evidence-based approach, including the analysis of Safety data, to find opportunities for improving a safety culture.
• Awareness of the contents Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and subsequent applicable H&S Regulations e.g. Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999.

Desirable Criteria:

• Qualified to NEBOSH General Certificate and is practising as a Safety Professional to Tech IOSH.
• Experience of delivering and managing interlinking multi discipline Adventurous Training packages and holding suitable qualifications e.g. Royal Yachting Association Senior Instructor, British Canoeing Performance Coach Award, Mountain Training Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor.
• Preference will be for the preferred candidate to have a working knowledge of Military Training, Range Activity and WOME.
• Experience at a Senior Volunteer level managing and coaching other Adult Volunteers.
• Knowledge of ISO 45001:2018 – Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.
• An understanding of safety regulations, policies, processes and practices across the MOD/Cadet Force space.

Licences

Full UK Driver’s Licence

Qualifications

Suitably qualified EITHER holding a Level 3 in Occupational Safety & Health OR can demonstrate an expert level of knowledge/experience in at least one Adventurous or Military Training discipline.

Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Leadership
• Working Together

Technical skills

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• MOD HSEP competence 2.1 – Providing Advice and Support
• MOD HSEP competence 2.3 – Conducting Risk Assessment

Alongside your salary of £30,740, Ministry of Defence contributes £8,905 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• 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%

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.

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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability in no more than 500 words.

At sift, you will be assessed against your Statement of suitability and the following Success Profiles:

Behaviours

• Working Together
• Leadership

Technical Skills

• MOD HSEP competence 2.1 – Providing Advice and Support
• MOD HSEP competence 2.3 – Conducting Risk Assessment

At interview, you will be assessed against your Strengths and the following Success Profiles:

Behaviours

• Changing and Improving
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing A Quality Service
• Leadership

Technical Skills

• MOD HSEP competence 2.1 – Providing Advice and Support
• MOD HSEP competence 2.3 – Conducting Risk Assessment

At interview, you will also be assessed against your Strengths

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 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.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

Candidates will be required to complete an online Numerical and Civil Service Verbal test .

Should you be invited to complete the online tests, please allow sufficient time to complete the tests and the remainder of the full application form; only candidates who are successful at the test stage will be invited to complete the remainder of the application by clicking ‘Submit Application’. Your application must be completed by 23:55 on the closing date of the vacancy. Late submissions cannot be accepted. The tests are not timed, as they work by giving you harder questions if you answer the previous question correctly, and easier if you get it wrong. You should allow up to an hour for each test, and each test must be completed before you will be invited to complete the second part of your application. Internet access will be required for the duration of the test. Please refer to the attached Candidate Guidance for further information.

Candidates That Reach The Minimum Required Pass Mark Will Have Their Results Saved As a Banked Score Against The Following Tests:

• New Civil Service Verbal Test
• New Civil Service Numerical Test

When a candidate has a banked score they’re not asked to re-take the same test providing it is set at the same level. Scores will be banked for a 6 month period from the date of test completion. If a candidate is invited to take the same test against multiple vacancies, the banked score will be recognised against all vacancies and all active applications will progress.

CSJT scores cannot be banked as each test is generated from the behaviours required for a specific role which will vary between recruitment campaigns.

If you require any particular arrangements (for example due to a disability or health problem) to be made in order for you to complete the online test you MUST contact the DBS Enquiry Centre on 0800 345 7772 BEFORE accessing the online test.

Opening times Mon -Friday 0800- 1600 hrs.

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

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

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.

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

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.

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.

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).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact :

• Name : Jake Orr
• Email : jake.orr104@mod.gov.uk
• Telephone : 07773 153 303

Recruitment team

• Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: info@csc.gov.uk.