Border Force - National Operations Headquarters - Health and Safety Superintendent/Deputy Designated Person Ashore (Maritime)

☞ Home Office

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Update day: 07-05-2024

Location: Portsmouth South East

Category: Legal / Contracts

Industry: Government Public Administration

Job type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £30,817 - £33,899 a year

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Reference number

125154

Salary

£30,817 - £33,899
Allowances are applicable in this role (see further information for more details)

Grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HO - Border Force

Type of role

Operational Delivery

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Shift Working

Number of posts

1

Location

National Maritime Information Centre - Portsmouth

About the job

Summary

The Home Office is here to make the UK safer. Border Force is a Law Enforcement arm of the Home Office with primary responsibility for UK Border Security, including counter terrorism, immigration and customs matters.

We are responsible for handling the UK border control by implementing immigration and customs regulations and working with the wider Home Office on counter terrorism, organised crime, modern slavery and trafficking. Border Force has five operational regions in the UK: North, Central, Heathrow, South and South East & Europe. These regions have responsibility for securing the border 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at the UK’s 140 seaports, airports, 200+ general aviation ports, postal depots and international rail network. This includes the Eurostar from Brussels and Paris to St Pancras International and the Eurotunnel from Coquelles to Cheriton, where Border Force has juxtaposed controls.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a team that both protects and enhances the UK economy. Our work is varied and rewarding, attracting people from all backgrounds and walks of life.

Job description

The Deputy Designated Person Ashore position provides a specialist and central point of contact relating to all Health & Safety, accidents / investigations and fleet sea training requirements.

You will be required to implement, assess and feedback on emergency procedures and drills, promoting best practice in emergency response. You will also participate in "unannounced/Port State" type visits, as well as welfare, and International Safety Management (ISM) assurance visits. The post involves frequent travel, and as such is predominantly home based with occasional visits to Portsmouth for briefings/meetings etc. There may be a possibility of international travel. The successful applicant will be required to maintain a "touch down" desk within daily travel of home for IT Support purposes.

This is a full time position, however, applicants who wish to work alternative working patterns are welcome to apply. The preferred working pattern may or may not be available, agreement will be subject to business need, and any request to work an alternative working pattern should be made prior to your acceptance of the provisional offer.

The role has a flexible "out of hours on-call" element of approximately one week in four. This role attracts an allowance which is subject to change annually. For further information, please contact BFBPS- Businessmanagementunit@homeoffice.gov.uk

Please note you must hold a full UK manual driving licence in order to be eligible for this role due to the hours and remote location of the work.

Training:
  • NEBOSH General
(Note the Master 200gt/OOW 500gt or Small Ships Engineer <9000kW <3000gt does not have the educational content to satisfy the knowledge requirements of the DPA qualification). The successful candidate will be required to undertake and pass the NEBOSH General course before appointment can be confirmed and this is normally completed within 15 months of start date.

Responsibilities

As a Health and Safety Superintendent you will undertake the role of Deputy Designated Person Ashore — responding to reports from the fleet, identifying risks to personnel and business, making informed decisions and offering advice. Duties will include:
  • Act as Lead Auditor for International Safety Management (ISM) purposes;
  • Sea Training — Design, Implement and evaluate "Sea Training" serials (emergency drills);
  • Maintain continual professional development (CPD) membership of a recognised professional Institute - Nautical Institute, RINA, IMarEST or IOSH;
  • Provide expert knowledge/assurance to General Maritime, Commercial Vessel Rummage teams;
  • Undertake visits/audits to all parts of the business (including General Maritime teams) and report
findings;
  • Manage safety drills during sea training visits:
  • Undertake Accident and Investigation, prepare witness statement act as "expert witness’ ,
  • Manage Safety Management System/updates/Corrective Action Requests.

Essential Criteria

  • Experience in delivering training, offering constructive feedback and producing performance improvement plans;
  • Are flexible, adaptive and creative in solving problems and positive when dealing with change;
  • Must be able to maintain the highest levels of confidentiality have a strong sense of personal ethics and honesty;
  • Can effectively organise and plan;
  • Able to deal with conflict confidentially, can demonstrate sound interpersonal, communication and relationship-building skills and thrive working as part of a team;
  • Must be able to obtain an unrestricted ENGI medical certificate.

Desirable Criteria

  • International Safety Management Code Lead Auditor.
  • Designated Person Ashore.
  • Practical senior level experience in ship management operations.

Licences

Full UK Manual Driving Licence

Qualifications

STCWII/1 Deck Officer Of the Watch (unlimited) or STCW III/1 Engineer of The Watch (unlimited)

Behaviours

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

  • Managing a Quality Service
  • Seeing the Big Picture
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Working Together

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

  • Managing a Quality Service
  • Seeing the Big Picture

Benefits

  • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension
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Deadline: 21-06-2024

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