HM Revenue & Customs
Regional Health & Safety Manager
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Job summary
Explore the world of HMRC Estates, where we lead the way in government property transformation. As a key player in one of the UK's largest property programmes, HMRC Estates offers safe, inclusive workplaces and exceptional career development opportunities. Our team is dedicated to delivering high-quality, user-friendly services that enable our colleagues to thrive in an environment where they truly belong. Watch the video below to meet some of our team and come and discover a career in your hands at HMRC.
Build a Career in Property with HMRC Estates
Are you looking for an organisation that cares about the work-life balance of its workforce? An employer who offers structured personal development, progression opportunities and outstanding training? Well look no further! At HMRC we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues; an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve.
We do this by taking equality, diversity and inclusion into account in everything we do.
Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success and we welcome and encourage applications from all people from all backgrounds with the relevant experience and skills. We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us and we offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you. What's more, most roles offer hybrid working where you spend part of your working week at home giving you even more control over your work-life balance.
Inside HMRC Estates: Meet our Workplace Operations team
As the Health and Safety Manager in Glasgow you will have responsibility for implementing Estates related health and safety policy and standards within the Region, including the Government Hub at 1 Atlantic Square and the Regions Specialist and Transitional Site at East Kilbride & Scottish Crime Campus at Gartcosh. You will oversee activities to ensure that our buildings and people are kept safe and lead on providing appropriate control measures for HMRCs Health and Safety Policy.
As part of the Workplace Operations team, you will build customer and stakeholder relationships within the Region on all aspects of Estates related health and safety requirements.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities of the role:
- Liaise with the Estates Health & Safety Specialist to identify building specific issues arising from a programme of building related H&S inspections.
- Resolve and implement solutions to any issues arising as a result of the inspections and ensure remedial works are completed.
- Provide H&S advice and support in respect of Estates issues to both HMRC and other Government Departments.
- Provide advice and carry out assurances to ensure effective risk assessments are in place.
- Investigate and respond to Estates related incidents recorded under the ACC1 Accident at Work process, reporting progress back to the HMRC Estates Health & Safety Specialist.
- Although the role holder has overall responsibility for providing Health and Safety advice and support within the Region, the post holder will often be required to reach across to support the wider Workplace Operations team, and carry out other tasks to contribute towards the day to day running of the Estate, including responding to customer enquiries, maintaining processes within the building, updating signage etc and any other tasks directed by the Building Manager or Head of Estate.
- Provide assurance at a Regional level for statutory compliance, liaising with FM Teams to ensure statutory compliance is being met and raising any concerns over levels of safety performance or statutory compliance to Head of Estate.
- Build and maintain effective and professional working relationships across Estates to identify and promote best customer service behaviours.
- Interpret and apply statutory legislation appropriately to inform required decision making.
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Person specification
Essential Criteria
Candidates must demonstrate recent relevant experience in applying Health and Safety policy and standards in the workplace.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of working within a building management / property / FM function.
- Membership of IOSH or other relevant Health and Safety Organisation.
- Operational Delivery Profession
You are applying for an Operational Delivery Profession (ODP) role. Please tell us about any ODP experience or qualifications you have on your application form. This is not essential for the role but may be considered by the vacancy holder where candidates have the same scores at sift or interview.
Qualifications
NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent NQF/QCF level 3 (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) / SCQF Level 6 (Scotland), in Health and Safety Management must be held on application. We are unable to accept applications from any candidates that do not hold this qualification.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Making Effective Decisions
- Seeing the Big Picture
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £37,682, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £10,916 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.
We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.
- Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
- Family friendly policies.
- Personal support.
- Coaching and development.
To find out more about HMRC benefits and find out what it's really like to work for HMRC hear from our insiders or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service
Things you need to know
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
How To Apply
As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:
- A name-blind CV including your job history, full qualification details and previous experiences.
- A 500-word personal statement, describing how you meet the Job Description and Essential Criteria
- Please also provide a statement (max 250-words) for the Desirable Criteria and ODP experience/qualifications, if applicable to you, on the application form. These are not essential for the role but may be considered by the vacancy-holder where candidates have the same scores at sift or interview.
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Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Sift
In the event of a large number of applications being received, an initial sift may be held on your Personal Statement.
At full sift your CV and your Personal Statement, will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.
We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.
Interview
During the panel interview, you will be asked a Behaviour question, and Strength-based questions to explore what you enjoy and your motivations relevant to the job role.
[This is an example of a strengths-based question]:
"It is often said that the customer's needs should come first. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?"
There is no expectation or requirement for you to prepare for the strengths-based questions in advance of the interview, though you may find it helpful to spend some time reflecting on what you enjoy doing and what you do well.
Interviews will take place face to face at Glasgow Regional Centre - Atlantic Square. Sift and interview dates to be confirmed. Please note that circumstances may arise that require the planned interview format to change. We will endeavour to provide you with as much notice of any change as possible.
Eligibility
Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. Mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days (Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we may not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, or have withdrawn yourself in error and need your application reinstated whilst the campaign is still live, please contact us via: unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk - Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example - 'Please re-open my application - [insert vacancy ref] & vacancy closing date [insert date]'.
To check that you are eligible to apply for this role, please review the eligibility information before submitting your application.
Sponsorship
We have assessed this role against both Home Office and HMRC criteria and we are unable to offer sponsorship for a Skilled Worker Visa. This means the vacancy is not open to applicants who require visa sponsorship.
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