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Job summary
The Home Office is committed to be an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible diversity of backgrounds, cultures and experiences.
We would particularly welcome applications from people who are currently under-represented within the Home Office at this grade, specifically Black, Asian and minority ethnic people, and people with a disability.
The Home Office Health, Safety and Wellbeing Team provides professional health and safety policy, guidance, advice, expertise and support to approximately 41,000 Home Office staff based around the globe. The risk profile of roles in the Home Office means we are looking for someone who has the ability to think innovatively and test normal understanding of risk and compliance; the team are currently heavily involved in work to support the organisation through COVID-19 recovery management.
This team works strategically to drive business improvement in health, safety and wellbeing through staff champions, networks and business leads, promoting approaches including leadership capability development, stress risk assessment, education and campaigns, and evaluating impact through MI and health and safety audits.
In terms of fire safety the Home Office has a significant and complex portfolio of properties including high and medium risk premises. Our high-risk premises are over 18m high or 6 storeys, include overnight accommodation and/or cells and have areas that are public facing.
The team needs a Fire Safety Management System Auditor (FSMSA) to join and support our new programme of fire safety compliance programme.
Job description
The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out 35 Fire Safety Audits on a risk-based approach within relevant premises in the South region each year, ensuring businesses are operating within their responsibilities under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
You will work closely with Crown Premises Fire Safety Inspectorate (CPFSI) and local fire brigades as required in undertaking joint inspections and audits.
Travel to other HO buildings (National) will be required which may involve overnight stays.
Hybrid Working
Hybrid working enables employees to work partly in their workplace(s) and partly at home. Since Covid-19 restrictions were lifted, a hybrid working pattern is available, where business needs allow. Applicants can discuss what this means with the vacancy holder if they have specific questions.
Person specification
Main responsibilities will include:
- Scoping, planning and delivering the audits and document all audits and close out all recommendations with relevant stakeholders. Will be accountable for recording all audits into a tracker including the recommendations.
- Producing accurate concise written audit reports, which provide advice to responsible persons on how to comply with the legislation, reducing the likelihood and impact from fire to protect the Department’s employees and customers.
- Supporting the Deputy Head of Health, Safety and Fire Management by analysing the landscape of the audits and provide relevant MI/data, comment on KPIs and produce high quality slides for the Health, Safety and Fire Management Strategy Board, People Committee and ExCo as required. May be required to attend and present at these Boards.
- Taking a continuous improvement approach to audit delivery.
Essential Criteria
You will have the following skills or some experience in:
- Must be able to organise and manage own workload, be self-motivated and confident.
- Able to monitor and assess proposed new/amended fire legislation and codes of practice for relevance to Home Office’s estate and service delivery.
- Understand the principles of Plan, Do, Check, Act (P-D-C-A) in the auditing cycle.
- Have a strong record of engaging others, building and maintaining successful and productive working relationships with stakeholders / delivery partners such as our service provider MOJ, Home Office ICF Estates and Department Trade Union Side (DTUS).
- Experience of working with indicators and evaluating, analysing and reporting complex data using MS Excel.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and behaviours.
- Have an interest or previous experience in fire safety management;
- Be able to read, interpret and apply complex fire legislation and guidance when engaged with a variety and different levels of stakeholders and audiences and influence the right outcomes;
- Hold, be undertaking or willing to complete a 9-day classroom-based course (or its equivalent) to achieve AIFSM status with The Institute of Fire Safety Managers within 3 months of appointment;
- Hold or be willing to undertake within the first 12 months of appointment ISO/45001 Lead Auditor 5-day classroom-based training programme;
- Hold, be undertaking or willing to complete a 5-day classroom-based course (or equivalent) within 18 months of appointment to achieve MIFSM status with The Institute of Fire Safety Managers within 3 months of appointment.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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Selection process details
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
- a CV detailing job history/qualifications/skills
- a Statement of Suitability (personal statement) (maximum 500 words)
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
The Statement of Suitability should be aligned to demonstrate your skills and experience for the role and how you meet the essential criteria as detailed in the job description.
The sift will be held on the CV and the Statement of Suitability (personal statement).
However, if a large number of applications are received, the sift will be conducted on the Statement of Suitability (personal statement) only.
If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview which will be a blended approach of experience-based and behaviour-based questions.
You will also be required to prepare a short 10-minute presentation (no slides or handouts required) to present at interview, further details around what the presentation will entail will be provided before the interview.
Sift and Interview dates
Sift is expected to take place from 7th July 2023.
Interviews are expected to take place from 27th July 2023.
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert, however on occasions these dates may change.
Interviews will be carried out via video. Candidates will be required to have access to:
- A laptop (personal or work) with a working webcam
- Good internet connection
- Skype for Business/Microsoft Teams
Further information
For meaningful checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 3 years if the role requires CTC clearance, 5 years for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. A lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.
A reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.
Every day, Home Office civil servants do brilliant work to develop and deliver policies and services that affect the lives of people across the country and beyond. To do this effectively and fairly, the Home Office is committed to representing modern Britain in all its diversity, and creating a welcoming, inclusive workplace where all our people are able to bring their whole selves to work and perform at their best.
We are flexible, skilled, professional and diverse. We work to recruit and retain disabled staff and area Disability Confident Leader. We are proud to be one of the most ethnically diverse departments in the civil service. We are a Social Mobility Foundation top 75 employer.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
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's details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
For further information please see the attached notes for candidates which must be read before making an application.
Existing Civil Servants should note that some of the Home Office terms and conditions of employment have changed. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are aware of the Terms and Conditions they will adopt should they be successful in application and should refer to the notes for candidates for further details.
Transfer Terms: Voluntary.
If you are invited to an interview you will be required to bring a range of documentation for the purposes of establishing identity and to aid any pre-employment checks.
Please see the attached list of Home Office acceptable ID documents.
Any move to the Home Office 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 https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Reasonable Adjustments
If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
- Contact Government Recruitment Service via HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
- Complete the “Assistance Required” section in the “Additional Requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a language service professional
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Nationality requirements
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
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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HORecruitment.GRS@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission.
