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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.

At application you will be assessed against the following:

Behaviours

• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at a Pace
• Leadership

Experience

• CV - including Full Qualification, Job History & Previous Skills & Experience
• Personal Statement

Detailing in no more than 500 words details of experience with the following:

• NEBOSH General Health & Safety Certificate, or NEBOSH Construction Certificate, or equivalent
• Experience of working within health and safety, ideally within construction, facilities, or of a multi-site role

Technical

Health, Safety & Environmental Protection Competence Framework v1.0 HS&EP competences:

• 1.1: Fundamentals - Provides effective management of Health, Safety and Environmental Protection in Defence
• 1.3: Defence Regulation - Applies Defence Regulation for Health, Safety and Environmental Protection in accordance with Defence policy
• 2.1 Providing Advice and Support - Provides authoritative and practical advice and support on health and safety matters.
• 2.2 Writing Guidance - Formulates effective guidance to ensure Defence Health and Safety policy can be efficiently implemented and converted into the desired effects and outcomes.
• 2.3 Conducting Risk Assessments - Undertakes and analyses risk assessments in accordance with policy and regulatory requirements.
• 2.4 Conducting Audits and Inspections - Undertakes Health and Safety audits and inspections in accordance with policy and regulatory requirements.
• 2.5 Incident Reporting and Investigation - Undertakes incident reporting, recording and investigation in accordance with Defence policy and regulatory requirements.
• 2.7 Training - Effectively identifies and addresses health and safety training requirements in Defence.

At interview you will be assessed against all the above plus the following:

Presentation / Desk Based Scenario

Deliver a 5-minute presentation allowing one minute for questions on the following subject:
Outline your strategy for engaging and supporting customers in the reporting and investigation of health and safety incidents and accidents. Please ensure you outline the key considerations and what the client’s duties will be.
Your presentation must be supported with no more than 5 PowerPoint slides, excluding the title page.
You may use speaker notes, but these must also be forwarded with your PowerPoint slides.
The presentation and any speaker notes you refer to must be forwarded to the interview panel no later than 1200 hours the day before your interview is scheduled to take place.

and

Briefing paper
Produce a top-level briefing paper of no more than 200 words for your estates management team explaining:
What strategy was in place for managing legionella in the water systems across their premises during the covid pandemic.
Bear in mind that more than 85% of staff were at the time working from home.
In your paper you should outline how activities and any changes were communicated across the estate – use your imagination!
A discussion will be undertaken between you and the interview panel, referring to this briefing paper.
This is expected to last no longer than 10 minutes.
Your briefing paper must be forwarded to the interview panel no later than 1200 hours the day before your interview is scheduled to take place.

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.

Application sifting is scheduled to take place on week commencing: 3/04/23

Interviews are currently taking place remotely or face to face and will be conducted week commencing: 17/04/23

A minimum of 2 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews. We endeavour to stick to these dates, but these are subject to change around business needs.

To assist with your application please find attached below:

• DIO Candidate Information Guide
• DIO Candidate Information Guide - Accessible Version
• Health, Safety & Environmental Protection Competence Framework

For help and support with your application check out our

Civil Service Careers Homepage and the How to apply section

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Applicants should monitor their Civil Service Jobs application centre regularly for updates.

Some of MoD’s Terms and Conditions of Service (TACOS) changed from 3 February 2014. Those TACOS changes applied to Broader Banded and Skill Zone staff who were new recruits to MoD or who were appointed to a post on substantive promotion, progression or advancement. On the same basis, the TACOS for Departmental Retained Grades changed with effect from 01 September 2014. The document attached to this advertisement provides more information.

All employees joining MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

Any move to Ministry of Defence 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 www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

If you need to contact Defence Business Services (DBS) regarding this vacancy, please contact the DIO Enhanced Recruitment Team on [email protected]

Complaints

Please be aware that the selection and interviewing of applicants is the responsibility of the Recruiting Line Manager (RLM) and not the Defence Business Services (DBS) Resourcing team. DBS do not play any part in the selection and interview process.

Therefore, if you wish to discuss your feedback, or you are dissatisfied with your markings, you should in the first instance raise this with the Recruiting Line Manager of the vacancy.

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, PO Box 38, Cheadle Hulme, SK8 7NU

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: [email protected]

Cabinet Office Fraud Checks

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant whose details are found to be held on the IFD will be refused employment

Civil Service Recruitment Principles

Please see the link below for the civil service recruitment principles.

https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-principles/

To find out a bit more about what it’s like working for MOD, visit the Civil Service Careers Website

https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/departments/working-for-the-ministry-of-defence/

Please see the MOD Privacy Notice link below which describes how we will use your personal data, explains your rights and gives you information you are entitled to under Data Protection legislation.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-privacy-notice/mod-privacy-notice

Travel Costs

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Nationality Statement

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.

Smoke-Free Working Environment Policy

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 by 31st December 2022. 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.