23479 - Health, Safety and Fire Practitioner - Part Time 18.5 hours

Ministry of Justice; Newsham; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Training and development

Civil Service pension schemes

Season ticket loan

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a Health, Safety and Fire Practitioner to join the Estates, Health, Safety, Litigation and Safety Group. Based in the regional team covering Kent, Surrey and Sussex, you will investigate incidents, manage fire safety actions and deliver training to staff, prisoners and contractors.

You will hold a NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent within two years, with related qualifications obtainable soon after appointment, and work across multiple

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent, to be held or completed within 2 years of appointment.
• HMPPS Fire Risk Assessment qualification, to be held or completed within 2 years of appointment.
• RPE Training Qualification, to be gained immediately on appointment.

Responsibilities

• Administer, manage and assure accident, assault, near miss and fire incident records, investigating complex cases and gathering evidence on the Sphera system
• Produce, review and monitor establishment fire risk assessments, identifying significant risks and managing actions to mitigate them
• Manage and co-ordinate fire safety arrangements, including drills, familiarisation tours, tactical exercises and liaison with the Fire and Rescue Service
• Administer the DSE training and assessment system and carry out DSE assessments for acute cases
• Deliver health, safety and fire training and assessment to validation, open individual learning plans and provide peer quality assurance
• Conduct frequent health, safety and fire tours of all establishment areas and report concerns effectively
• Support the HSF&L risk management model and governance strategy, advising senior management of dangerous conditions needing immediate action
• Work with MoJ Estates on high-risk audits, tri-partite meetings, work requests and reporting of unsafe conditions
• Provide technical health, safety and fire advice based on legislation, HMPPS policy and technical instruction, including project reviews and site visits
• Ensure staff and stakeholders receive health, safety and fire induction and know emergency actions
• Monitor and support development and testing of HSF&L contingency plans and memorandums of understanding
• Support litigation teams by collating information for defending legal challenges, and support PHASE checklists, the risk register and committee data

Skills

Incident records management

Stakeholder communication

IT literacy

MS Word

MS Excel

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent

HMPPS Fire Risk Assessment qualification

RPE Training Qualification

Tools

Sphera system

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

This Health, Safety and Fire Practitioner post sits in the national Estates, Health, Safety, Litigation and Safety Group's regional team for prisons in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, based at East Sutton Park prison. The work covers incident investigation and records, fire risk assessments, DSE assessments, and safety training and advice for staff, prisoners and contractors. The role has no line management, reports to the Senior HS&F Advisor and includes cover at other regional prisons. A NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent is required within two years of appointment.

What the job involves

• Administer, manage and assure accident, assault, near miss and fire incident records, investigating complex cases and gathering evidence on the Sphera system
• Produce, review and monitor establishment fire risk assessments, identifying significant risks and managing actions to mitigate them
• Manage and co-ordinate fire safety arrangements, including drills, familiarisation tours, tactical exercises and liaison with the Fire and Rescue Service
• Administer the DSE training and assessment system and carry out DSE assessments for acute cases
• Deliver health, safety and fire training and assessment to validation, open individual learning plans and provide peer quality assurance
• Conduct frequent health, safety and fire tours of all establishment areas and report concerns effectively
• Support the HSF&L risk management model and governance strategy, advising senior management of dangerous conditions needing immediate action
• Work with MoJ Estates on high-risk audits, tri-partite meetings, work requests and reporting of unsafe conditions
• Provide technical health, safety and fire advice based on legislation, HMPPS policy and technical instruction, including project reviews and site visits
• Ensure staff and stakeholders receive health, safety and fire induction and know emergency actions
• Monitor and support development and testing of HSF&L contingency plans and memorandums of understanding
• Support litigation teams by collating information for defending legal challenges, and support PHASE checklists, the risk register and committee data

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent, to be held or completed within 2 years of appointment
• HMPPS Fire Risk Assessment qualification, to be held or completed within 2 years of appointment
• RPE Training Qualification, to be gained immediately on appointment

Registration & licences

• Engineering Technician (EngTech) grade through the Engineering Council
• Place on the Institution of Fire Engineers Fire Risk Assessors register
• Technician grade of the Institution of Fire Engineers within 2 years of appointment, with 25 hours of CPD a year
• Associate membership of IOSH within 2 years of appointment

Skills & knowledge

• Good IT skills, keeping electronic systems accurately populated
• Able user of MS Word and MS Excel
• Basic training and presentation skills
• Information collation and analysis
• Dealing effectively and assertively with staff at all levels
• Working to tight deadlines and prioritising workload in line with demand

Checks & eligibility

• DBS Standard check
• Security and identity checks before taking up post
• Eligibility under Civil Service nationality rules

What’s offered

• Annual leave, calculated pro-rata, in a holiday year running from 1 March
• 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) for bank, public and privilege holidays, added to annual leave
• Choice of two Civil Service pension schemes
• Hybrid working where business need allows, and flexible working after probation
• Season ticket advance after two months' service
• Training and development, including promotion programmes and individual induction
• Redeployment interview scheme and guaranteed interview scheme for veterans, where criteria are met