Job title: Senior Fire Safety and Health and Safety Business Partner (North)

Directorate: Chief Financial Officer

Important information 

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing professional fire, health and safety support (advice and assurance) to senior duty-holder roles and Regional Safety and Security Officers, across the North East, North West, Scotland and including supporting the National Business Centre’s and Courts and Tribunal Service Centre’s. The successful candidate can be based at any HMCTS site within these regions.  

As part of your role, you will be expected to attend multiple HMCTS sites located throughout your region on a regular basis with occasional travel to other locations in the country. Travel and accommodation costs incurred for official duties will be fully funded by HMCTS in line with departmental policy.

You will have the opportunity to discuss and agree your preferred base location within your region with your line manager at the onboarding stage.  

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

You will work within the HMCTS HQ, National Security and Safety Team, as a Fire, Health and Safety Business Partner, providing professional fire, health and safety support (advice and assurance) to senior duty-holder roles and Regional Safety and Security Officers, across the North East, North West, Scotland and including supporting the National Business Centre’s and Courts and Tribunal Service Centre’s.

Your role as the Senior Fire Safety and Health and Safety Business Partner encompasses several key aspects (but not limited to):

• Quality checking/continued professional development support of Regional Safety and Security Officers work

• Delivery of technical regional management system safety and security audits.

• Assist, when required, the HQ Safety and Security team with support, advice and delivery of Fire, Health and Safety organisational-level risk assessments, development of HMCTS Health and Safety policies and risk assurance arrangements.

• Provide professional Fire, Health and Safety engagement as necessary with other external stakeholders on safety issues as required, including CPFSI, HSE, Local Authorities and other government departments.

• Provide effective, active and dynamic leadership, communicating HMCTS safety and security requirements, objectives, plans and priorities with clarity, conviction and enthusiasm.

Who are we looking for? (Person Specification)

The ideal candidate for this position should demonstrate:

Essential

• A specialist H&S qualification (NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent working towards the Diploma or equivalent).

• Strong understanding of Fire Safety principles including a good knowledge of British Standards on fire safety (in particular, BS 9999 & BS 9997) and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, as well as having or a willingness to gain a recognised fire safety qualification to a minimum of NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety

• Strong understanding of the legislative requirements relating to fire safety and H&S in the UK

• Membership of IOSH, IFE or the IFSM would be an advantage, and an ongoing commitment to Safety and Security competence and CPD is essential

• Previous experience of working in a senior Health and Safety management role, delivering Fire and Health and Safety audits

• Previous experience in engaging with senior managers and stakeholders to develop and review policies and procedures and audit and assess the effectiveness of management arrangements, providing feedback and recommendations for improvement, when necessary, even when this proves unpopular

How to apply

Application Stage

Please submit

• An anonymised CV

• Statement of suitability demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria (up to 750 words)

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 will aim to sift the CV and Statement of suitability but, in the event of a large number of applicants, an initial short sift may be conducted on the CV only. Candidates who pass the initial sift of the CV will either:

• progress to a full sift where all application assessment criteria is then assessed.

• or progress straight to further interview.

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 the following 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.

Working pattern

This is a full-time position only due to the nature of the role.

Opportunities for development

HMCTS is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities, including, but not limited to;

• NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety working towards the Diploma or equivalent

• National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) Security Training

• PAS 79 Fire Risk Assessment

• ISO 45001 Internal Auditor accreditation

About our benefits

We reward our people for their hard work and commitment. We have a number of family

friendly and flexible working polices that will help you achieve a healthy work-life balance. In addition, we offer a range of employee benefits which include generous annual leave, a highly competitive contributory pension scheme, childcare benefits, season ticket and bicycle loans.

Proud to Serve. Proud to keep justice going.