DIO - Deputy Training Safety Officer Halton Camp
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Update day: 01-06-2024
Location: Lancaster North West
Category: Education / Training
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Job type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £27,080 a year
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Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and play a key role in keeping our country safe through caring for the Defence estate and those that depend on it? DIO manages the Defence estate, one of the UK’s largest and most diverse property portfolios, enabling the armed forces and Defence civilians to live, work, train and deploy. From net carbon-zero accommodation to runways for the F35 fighter jets, our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!
Learn much more about DIO in our Candidate Information Guide attached.
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Job description
The Deputy Training Safety Officer (DTSO) Halton Camp is responsible for assisting with the day-to-day delivery of a safe training environment for authorised users in order to support the endorsed and contingent training requirements of Defence. The DTSO assists with the safe allocation and management of Halton Camp. The post holder is to comply with DSA OME 03 Part 3. The DTSO must demonstrate a full working knowledge and understanding of the Safe System of Training. The post holder requires previous military experience to understand military procedures for live fire and dry training in order to ensure that users’ training objectives are met, and the use of the training estate is optimised safely. A detailed knowledge of, and experience in, military training, its planning and management, are deemed essential and this includes the SA(A) 90 range qualification. The DTSO WTA will be assisting with the liaison and correspondence with major units and formations and staff experience at this level is deemed desirable.
The DTSO assists with compliance assurance by monitoring the use of all ranges, training areas and training facilities to ensure the maintenance of a Safe Place. They provide advice and support as necessary to facilitate efficient and effective use of the training estate, if necessary correcting non-compliance. They assist in ensuring that site specific Standing Orders and Risk Assessments are completed and in date. They assist in allocating bids and authorising the use of training facilities using the BAMS, co-ordinating and de-conflicting user bids. They assist in providing the Senior Planning Officer (SPO) and Range Conducting Officer (RCO) with relevant site-specific information on hazards, template restrictions and best practice, enabling efficient and safe use of the facilities and implement the appropriate after-action process to report unauthorised intrusions by Air, Land or Sea. Reasonable overtime, on call and night working are required.
Fulfill the role of Assistant Unit Security Officer.
Person specification
1. Leadership and Management of UK Defence Training Estate
- Assist your Line Manager to deliver departmental goals.
- Demonstrate a personal commitment to the DIO Guiding Principles.
- Maintain effective liaison within DIO, IP, contractors and local stakeholders to foster collaborative working and safeguard the reputation of the MOD.
- Ensure local compliance with mandatory requirements e.g. H&S training, Fire Safety, Explosive Safety.
2. Management of Ranges and Training Areas.
- Assist in ensuring that ‘safe place’ is applied in accordance with JSP 375 (Safety in Military Training and Exercises).
- Assist in producing and reviewing Standing Orders, Risk Assessments and other range documentation, ensuring they remain current, across the region.
- Assist in maintaining the ecological and environmental sustainability of the training area, consistent with environmental designations; assist in providing advice to conservation bodies, interest groups and the public.
- Assist in ensuring inspections are conducted in accordance with current policy and initiate repair work as required, across the region, advising and assisting all of the regional TSO community.
- Liaise with, and facilitate access for authorised civilian users of Warcop Training Area e.g. deer managers, vermin controllers and sporting users
- Liaise with, and foster positive relationships with stakeholders, especially local communities and neighbours
- Liaise with, and foster positive relationships with the MOD’s farming tenants
- Assist in delivery and administration of safety and briefing courses.
- Where necessary, assist in allocating bids and authorise training using BAMS.
- Assist in briefing and advising users on safety procedures and conduct of training.
- Assist in monitoring compliance with Standing Orders and relevant legislation.
- Exercise sufficient control over users to ensure the ranges remains a safe place.
- Monitor and report Byelaw violations and unauthorised incursions.
- Ensure that all reasonable precautions are taken to safeguard the public.
- Manage and de-conflict applications for third party income generation; recommending as appropriate approval or rejection.
- Act as On Call Duty Officer where appropriate.
- Assist in advising users on how to achieve optimum training benefit.
- Assist in hosting user pre-training visits.
- Conduct Safety Briefs.
- Manage and de-conflict competing users’ aspirations for training to minimise conflict, maximise optimum training benefit and ensure users achieve their training objectives.
- Maintain effective liaison with DIO, the IP and local stakeholders in order to foster collaborative working, safeguard the reputation of the MOD and maintain consent to train.
- Contract monitoring
5. Any Other Tasks appropriate to Grade
- Assist in liaison with external Training Area and Range inspections across the region and advise the regional commander accordingly.
- Fulfil the role of Assistant Unit Security Officer including the allocation of user unit guard duties.
Desirable Experience & Skills
The DTSO must demonstrate a full working knowledge and understanding of the Safe System of Training. The post holder requires previous military experience to understand military procedures for live fire and dry training in order to ensure that users’ training objectives are met, and the use of the training estate is optimised safely. A detailed knowledge of, and experience in, military training, its planning and management, are deemed essential and this includes the SA(A) 90 range qualification. The DTSO Halton will be assisting with the liaison and correspondence with major units and formations and staff experience at this level is deemed desirable.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
- Leadership
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
Benefits
- Highly competitive Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%.
- Alternative working practices such as working from home.
- Opportunity to join one of our several D&I Networks. We value diversity and are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
- 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service.
- Enhanced Parental Leave.
- Most sites have free car parking, Sports & Social Clubs, Gym, on site shops and subsidised canteens.
To learn more about our full range of benefits, view our Candidate Information Guide attached.
Allowances
This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.
Please be advised the department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
Working Pattern
The post advertised is for 37 hours net, however the Ministry of Defence offers a range of flexibilities to enable a better work-life balance for employees. Flexible working patterns will be considered.
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Selection process details
Please ensure that at the application and interview stages of the campaign you review the Success Profiles Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience.
Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit.
At application stage you will be assessed against the following:
Behaviours:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
Experience:
- CV - Job History, Full Qualification details and Previous Skills & Experience
- Personal Statement - career history and any qualifications relevant for the DTSO role
At interview you will be assessed against the above PLUSthe following:
Behaviours:
- Leadership
- Managing a Quality Service
We want to offer opportunities to all who are successful at interview for our roles, but this isn’t always possible, so we do hold candidates on an active reserve list for 12 months. It is also possible that we may offer similar lower graded role/s to reserve candidates or, if no reserves are appointed, candidates that meet the lower grade criteria in merit order.
Application sifting is scheduled to take place on week commencing: 29/05/2023.
Interviews are currently taking place either MS Teams or Face to Face and will be conducted week commencing: 05/06/2023.
A minimum of 2 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews. We endeavour to stick to these dates, but these are subject to change around business needs.
To assist with your application please find attached below:
- DIO Candidate Information Guide
- DIO Candidate Information Guide Accessible Version
For help and support with your application check out our
Civil Service Careers Homepage and the How to apply section
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
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
Working for the Civil Service
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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Contact point for applicants
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Further information
Applicants should monitor their Civil Service Jobs application centre regularly for updates.
Some of MoD’s Terms and Conditions of Service (TACOS) changed from 3 February 2014. Those TACOS changes applied to Broader Banded and Skill Zone staff who were new recruits to MoD or who were appointed to a post on substantive promotion, progression or advancement. On the same basis, the TACOS for Departmental Retained Grades changed with effect from 01 September 2014. The document attached to this advertisement provides more information.
All employees joining MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Any move to Ministry of Defence 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 www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
If you need to contact Defence Business Services (DBS) regarding this vacancy, please contact the DIO Enhanced Recruitment Team on DBSCivPers-DIOResourcing@mod.gov.uk
Complaints
Please be aware that the selection and interviewing of applicants is the responsibility of the Recruiting Line Manager (RLM) and not the Defence Business Services (DBS) Resourcing team. DBS do not play any part in the selection and interview process.
Therefore, if you wish to discuss your feedback, or you are dissatisfied with your markings, you should in the first instance raise this with the Recruiting Line Manager of the vacancy.
If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address:
Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, PO Box 38, Cheadle Hulme, SK8 7NU
If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address:
Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ
Or by email: info@csc.gov.uk
Cabinet Office Fraud Checks
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 whose details are found to be held on the IFD will be refused employment
Civil Service Recruitment Principles
Please see the link below for the civil service recruitment principles.
https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-principles/
To find out a bit more about what it’s like working for MOD, visit the Civil Service Careers Website
https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/departments/working-for-the-ministry-of-defence/
Please see the MOD Privacy Notice link below which describes how we will use your personal data, explains your rights and gives you information you are entitled to under Data Protection legislation.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-privacy-notice/mod-privacy-notice
Travel Costs
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Nationality Statement
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Smoke-Free Working Environment Policy
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
Deadline: 16-07-2024
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