5953 - Bailiffs Senior Health and Safety Business Partner
| Posting date: | 14 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £41,463 to £52,040 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 May 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5953 |
Summary
Job role: Bailiffs Senior Health and Safety Business Partner
Grade: SEO
Location: National
About us
HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family courts and tribunals in England and Wales. Our roles support our service users and colleagues, where people and businesses access potentially life-changing justice. We’re looking for individuals who are committed to public service and want to make a difference in people’s lives in delivering justice. If you’re interested in developing a career with a real purpose, please apply.
About the role
As a ‘Bailiffs’ Senior Health and Safety Business Partner within the HMCTS HQ, National Security and Safety Team, you will be a key player in providing professional occupational health and safety support (advice and assurance) to Bailiffs, Bailiff Managers, senior Bailiff duty holder roles and Regional Safety and Security Officers, across all regions.
This technical occupational health and safety role will proactively seek to reduce work-related incidents by utilising your wider behavioural skills (communication, stakeholder management, working with others) and core skills (leadership, management) skills to further develop the health and safety culture, making the Bailiff work environment both safer and healthier.
Your role as the Bailiffs Senior Health and Safety Business Partner encompasses several key aspects (but not limited to):
· Quality assuring daily/weekly Bailiff activities to include the continued development, review and support of Bailiffs, Bailiff Managers and Regional Safety and Security Officers.
· Competently review processes and initiate change for the strategic management of Bailiffs occupational health and safety by proactively leading the monitoring and continual review through proactive Business Partnering and stakeholder engagement on a daily/weekly basis.
· Providing professional occupational health and safety engagement, evaluation and support for Bailiffs and Bailiff Managers on current processes, including the development of lessons learned in incident and accident reporting/investigations, risk assessments and safe systems of work.
· Collaborating with senior Bailiff Operations management/Directors while providing effective, active and dynamic leadership, communicating Bailiff safety requirements, objectives, plans and priorities with clarity, conviction and enthusiasm (i.e. ensuring that Bailiff risks/issues are effectively managed to mitigate any impacts).
Please refer to the attached role profile for a comprehensive overview of the role.
Who are we looking for? (Person Specification)
The ideal candidate for this position should demonstrate:
Essential
· You will hold or be prepared to work towards a NEBOSH Certificate and will have proven experience in occupational health and safety, ideally within the following key risk areas: workplace violence, slips, trips, falls and in incident/accident reporting and investigation and inspections.
· Technical or certified Member of Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) with a view towards becoming a Certified and Chartered Member of Institution of Safety and Health (CMIOSH).
· Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills to be able to explain complex safety procedures clearly to an external audience in concise and accurate terms.
· Highly organised with proven experience of managing your own workload and diary, and the flexibility to travel within your region to attend sites as required.
Desirable
· A strong understanding of Bailiff operations within either tribunals or courts and the Health and Safety risks associated with these, or of an equivalent complex operational environment.
· Previous experience in engaging with senior managers and other stakeholders to develop and review policies and procedures and provide expert feedback and recommendations for improvement when necessary.
· Experience in line management as the role includes the management of a small team.
· Full UK driving licence.
Further details
As part of your role, occasional travel to HMCTS sites across the United Kingdom may be required, in line with business needs.
Application Process
Please submit an anonymised CV and statement of suitability (up to 750 words) demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria for this role. Provide evidence of your capabilities highlighting your technical skills, knowledge and experience. Please ensure you cover both ‘what’ you do but also ‘how’ you do it.
We aim to sift all assessment criteria as advertised at application stage, However, in the event of a large number of applicants, an initial sift may be conducted on the CV. Candidates who pass the initial sift of the CV will either progressed to a full sift where the remaining criteria are assessed or progressed straight to interview/further assessments.
Interview Stage
If successful at sift, you will be invited to attend a remote interview, via Microsoft teams. During your interview, you will be assessed against Civil Service Success Profiles which will include:
Questions relating to the following Civil Service behaviours:
· Managing a Quality Service
· Communicating and Influencing
· Changing and Improving
A 10-minute presentation on technical skills, demonstrating competence and how you maintain that competence with follow up questions from the panel, the full presentation brief will be sent to you prior to the interview.
Strengths will also be assessed however these are not shared in advance.
Further information on Success Profiles and required standards for this post (SEO equivalent) can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles
Grade: SEO
Location: National
About us
HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family courts and tribunals in England and Wales. Our roles support our service users and colleagues, where people and businesses access potentially life-changing justice. We’re looking for individuals who are committed to public service and want to make a difference in people’s lives in delivering justice. If you’re interested in developing a career with a real purpose, please apply.
About the role
As a ‘Bailiffs’ Senior Health and Safety Business Partner within the HMCTS HQ, National Security and Safety Team, you will be a key player in providing professional occupational health and safety support (advice and assurance) to Bailiffs, Bailiff Managers, senior Bailiff duty holder roles and Regional Safety and Security Officers, across all regions.
This technical occupational health and safety role will proactively seek to reduce work-related incidents by utilising your wider behavioural skills (communication, stakeholder management, working with others) and core skills (leadership, management) skills to further develop the health and safety culture, making the Bailiff work environment both safer and healthier.
Your role as the Bailiffs Senior Health and Safety Business Partner encompasses several key aspects (but not limited to):
· Quality assuring daily/weekly Bailiff activities to include the continued development, review and support of Bailiffs, Bailiff Managers and Regional Safety and Security Officers.
· Competently review processes and initiate change for the strategic management of Bailiffs occupational health and safety by proactively leading the monitoring and continual review through proactive Business Partnering and stakeholder engagement on a daily/weekly basis.
· Providing professional occupational health and safety engagement, evaluation and support for Bailiffs and Bailiff Managers on current processes, including the development of lessons learned in incident and accident reporting/investigations, risk assessments and safe systems of work.
· Collaborating with senior Bailiff Operations management/Directors while providing effective, active and dynamic leadership, communicating Bailiff safety requirements, objectives, plans and priorities with clarity, conviction and enthusiasm (i.e. ensuring that Bailiff risks/issues are effectively managed to mitigate any impacts).
Please refer to the attached role profile for a comprehensive overview of the role.
Who are we looking for? (Person Specification)
The ideal candidate for this position should demonstrate:
Essential
· You will hold or be prepared to work towards a NEBOSH Certificate and will have proven experience in occupational health and safety, ideally within the following key risk areas: workplace violence, slips, trips, falls and in incident/accident reporting and investigation and inspections.
· Technical or certified Member of Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) with a view towards becoming a Certified and Chartered Member of Institution of Safety and Health (CMIOSH).
· Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills to be able to explain complex safety procedures clearly to an external audience in concise and accurate terms.
· Highly organised with proven experience of managing your own workload and diary, and the flexibility to travel within your region to attend sites as required.
Desirable
· A strong understanding of Bailiff operations within either tribunals or courts and the Health and Safety risks associated with these, or of an equivalent complex operational environment.
· Previous experience in engaging with senior managers and other stakeholders to develop and review policies and procedures and provide expert feedback and recommendations for improvement when necessary.
· Experience in line management as the role includes the management of a small team.
· Full UK driving licence.
Further details
As part of your role, occasional travel to HMCTS sites across the United Kingdom may be required, in line with business needs.
Application Process
Please submit an anonymised CV and statement of suitability (up to 750 words) demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria for this role. Provide evidence of your capabilities highlighting your technical skills, knowledge and experience. Please ensure you cover both ‘what’ you do but also ‘how’ you do it.
We aim to sift all assessment criteria as advertised at application stage, However, in the event of a large number of applicants, an initial sift may be conducted on the CV. Candidates who pass the initial sift of the CV will either progressed to a full sift where the remaining criteria are assessed or progressed straight to interview/further assessments.
Interview Stage
If successful at sift, you will be invited to attend a remote interview, via Microsoft teams. During your interview, you will be assessed against Civil Service Success Profiles which will include:
Questions relating to the following Civil Service behaviours:
· Managing a Quality Service
· Communicating and Influencing
· Changing and Improving
A 10-minute presentation on technical skills, demonstrating competence and how you maintain that competence with follow up questions from the panel, the full presentation brief will be sent to you prior to the interview.
Strengths will also be assessed however these are not shared in advance.
Further information on Success Profiles and required standards for this post (SEO equivalent) can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles