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Assistant Head Health and Safety - Policy / CESO
| Posting date: | 21 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | £57,670 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 July 2024 |
| Location: | WS14 9PY, BS34 8QW, SP3 4RS, SW1A 2HB |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Defence |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 355276 |
Summary
About the Health & Safety Team
The H&S team has 21 specialists in two branches, one being the policy and assurance branch under the Chief Environmental and Safety Officer (CESO) and the second being the Regional Health and Safety Support Team (RHSST) which directly supports and assures the infrastructure delivery programmes in DIO.
The DIO CESO role is a high-profile and evolving position in a large public-sector organisation that has a ‘safety first’ value and a positive safety culture. As DIO CESO you will have the opportunity to shape how DIO manages infrastructure and organisational safety, developing the Safety Management System, informing the Safety & Environment Committee, managing the organisational safety risks and leading in safety assurance reporting to the Defence Safety Authority regulator.
As DIO CESO you will be formally appointed under Defence Policy and the Management of H&S at Work Regulations to advise the Chief Executive and his senior management team in the measures required to comply with statutory and Defence Regulations and assure compliance.
You will be a safety Subject Matter Expert, confident in understanding and interpreting safety data patterns and trends, setting clear expectations and standards and working in a safety leadership capacity in a highly regulated environment.
The CESO role currently has only limited responsibility to oversee environmental management but that aspect may grow in the future subject to organisation design decisions.
The DIO CESO role is broadly divided into the following areas of work:
Stakeholder engagement: 30%
Accident/incident reporting and recording: 20%
Leadership and Management: 20%
Provision of independent assurance and verification: 15%
Provision of specialist advice: 10%
Policy Advocacy and horizon scanning: 5%
The H&S team has 21 specialists in two branches, one being the policy and assurance branch under the Chief Environmental and Safety Officer (CESO) and the second being the Regional Health and Safety Support Team (RHSST) which directly supports and assures the infrastructure delivery programmes in DIO.
The DIO CESO role is a high-profile and evolving position in a large public-sector organisation that has a ‘safety first’ value and a positive safety culture. As DIO CESO you will have the opportunity to shape how DIO manages infrastructure and organisational safety, developing the Safety Management System, informing the Safety & Environment Committee, managing the organisational safety risks and leading in safety assurance reporting to the Defence Safety Authority regulator.
As DIO CESO you will be formally appointed under Defence Policy and the Management of H&S at Work Regulations to advise the Chief Executive and his senior management team in the measures required to comply with statutory and Defence Regulations and assure compliance.
You will be a safety Subject Matter Expert, confident in understanding and interpreting safety data patterns and trends, setting clear expectations and standards and working in a safety leadership capacity in a highly regulated environment.
The CESO role currently has only limited responsibility to oversee environmental management but that aspect may grow in the future subject to organisation design decisions.
The DIO CESO role is broadly divided into the following areas of work:
Stakeholder engagement: 30%
Accident/incident reporting and recording: 20%
Leadership and Management: 20%
Provision of independent assurance and verification: 15%
Provision of specialist advice: 10%
Policy Advocacy and horizon scanning: 5%