G4 Health and Safety Officer

Location

East Midlands (England), North East England, North West England, Northern Ireland, South East England, South West England, West Midlands (England)

About the job Job summary

To continuously improve a positive Health and Safety culture in the NCA by working with business areas to control hazards through development and promotion of robust systems incorporating a sensible risk management approach.

***To be considered, you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role.***

Job description

To deliver an enabling Health and Safety service across the NCA as part of a team, promoting compliance with Health and Safety best practice whilst supporting business area objectives in protecting the public from serious and organised crime. 

Person specification

Main responsibilities:

• Coach and support Senior Leaders, Managers and Officers providing advice and guidance on Health and Safety issues arising from work activities across the NCA including operational activity.
• Support various forums and specialist working groups to provide Health and Safety advice, guidance and support.
• Plan, design and deliver training products in all aspects of Health and Safety management.
• Carry out proactive monitoring of the Health and Safety management systems, including audits and inspections, providing reports and communicating key learning points.
• Lead and support the development, review, and implementation of Health and Safety policy operating procedures and safe systems, utilising the latest Health and Safety innovation and legislation.
• Research, development, collation, co-ordination, and dissemination of management information including reports, briefings, business plans, risk registers, presentations, and web based communications as appropriate. 
• Complete and assist line managers with incident investigations liaising with external enforcement bodies where relevant. 
• Manage and direct resources to ensure work is completed within agreed timescales/financial constraints and quality standards, in line with Agency policy. 
• Supervise the quality, secure handling and dissemination of data/ information, maintaining confidentiality, sensitivity and a duty of care in line with Agency policy. 
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders in order to foster collaborative working.

Qualifications

The following qualifications/skills are essential to the role and proof will be required at interview:
NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health or equivalent.
Please ensure the dates of any accreditations you are relying on, are entered on to the CV.
Should you progress to the assessment stage of the process, you will be required to provide a copy of the original certificate.
Failure to provide evidence at interview may result in your application not progressing to the next stage.

Memberships

Membership of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (or working towards)

Behaviours

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service
• Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

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

• Knowledge of the practical application of Health & Safety Legislation.
• Experience of planning / project work and working to tight deadlines.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £38,642, National Crime Agency contributes £10,433 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Agency and wider Civil Service.

If you are an active police pension member immediately prior to joining the NCA, you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us as if you were a serving police officer. If you do remain an active member and subsequently return to a police force, you should be able to continue your membership there too.

All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service. You will be eligible for:

• Civil Service pension scheme
• 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service
• Training and development opportunities
• Cycle2work scheme

We take the welfare of NCA officers very seriously. All staff have access to Occupational Health services and there are a number of staff representative groups. We also have a range of sporting and other activities on offer.

We can provide flexible working arrangements if the role in question is suitable. These include flexi-time, job sharing and compressed hours (working contracted hours over a shorter period).