Health, Safety and Fire Practitioner

A permanent Health, Safety and Fire Practitioner post within the National Service's Estates, Health, Safety, Litigation and Safety Group, working inside a prison establishment. The work covers incident investigation, fire risk assessments, DSE assessments and first-line health, safety and fire advice to managers, staff, prisoners and contractors. Hybrid working is available where business need allows, but only from within the UK, and cover at other establishments may be needed.

Fit depends on achieving a NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent within two years of appointment.

• Investigate and administer accident, assault, near miss and fire incidents, collating evidence and recording it on the Sphera system
• Produce, review and monitor establishment fire risk assessments, identifying significant risks and managing actions to mitigate them
• Manage and co-ordinate fire safety arrangements, including drills, tours, tactical exercises and liaison with the Fire and Rescue Service
• Deliver health, safety and fire training and assessments, provide peer quality assurance, and support RIDDOR referrals, immunisations, first aid and RPE compliance
• Conduct frequent health, safety and fire tours using a triangulated approach to verify compliance and report concerns
• Administer the DSE system, carry out DSE assessments and advise managers when ergonomic assessments are needed
• Monitor contingency planning and assist in developing and testing health, safety and fire contingency plans
• Work with MoJ Estates on high-risk audits, tripartite meetings, work requests and reporting of unsafe conditions
• Ensure all staff and stakeholders receive health, safety and fire induction and know the actions required in an emergency
• Advise senior managers on dangerous conditions requiring immediate action and give technical advice on projects and site visits
• Assist regional litigation teams by collating information and documentation to defend the service in complex cases
• Support the health, safety and fire risk register, PHASE checklists, and incident and compliance data for the establishment committee

• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent, within 2 years of appointment
• HMPPS Fire Risk Assessment qualification, within 2 years of appointment
• RPE Training Qualification, on appointment

• Associate membership of IOSH, within 2 years of appointment
• Technician grade of the Institution of Fire Engineers, within 2 years of appointment
• Engineering Technician (Eng Tech) grade through the Engineering Council
• Place on the Institution of Fire Engineers Fire Risk Assessors register

• Good IT skills, keeping electronic systems accurately populated
• Able user of MS Word and MS Excel
• Basic training and presentation skills
• Information collation and analysis
• Dealing effectively and assertively with staff at all levels
• Working to tight deadlines and prioritising workload

• DBS Standard check
• Security and identity checks before taking up post
• Eligibility under Civil Service nationality rules

• Annual leave, pro-rated for non-standard working patterns
• 9 days for bank, public and privilege holidays, added to annual leave
• Choice of two Civil Service pension schemes
• Hybrid working where business need allows
• Flexible working, subject to completing probation
• Season ticket advance after two months' service
• Training and development, including promotion programmes
• Security, diversity and individual induction training