Health and Safety Advisor (FTC)

British Transport Police (BTP) are recruiting a Health and Safety Advisor on a full time, 9 month fixed term contract paying £34,274.06 plus £2,700.10 London Allowance (if applicable) per annum to be based at any of our BTP HQ locations including, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Cardiff and Central London.

BTP are currently championing a flexible approach to working and will be supportive of a range of out-based and blended approach of home and office-based working however, there will be an expectation for the successful candidate  to travel to BTP locations across the UK; rail travel will be provided for travel to locations during working hours.

BTP is the national police Force for the rail network throughout Great Britain, including London Underground, across which we ensure the safety and security of nearly 3 billion passenger journeys and over 100 million tons of freight every year. The world in which we work is fast-paced, operationally and commercially demanding, and constantly changing. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced H&S professional to utilise their skills in a unique policing environment.

As Health & Safety Advisor with BTP you will provide and be a first point of contact for any professional Health, Safety and Fire Advice and guidance to mitigate risk and reduce incidents. You will work closely with BTP employee's operationally and non-operationally as well as other key stakeholders to ensure your recommendations are implemented and legally compliant with Health, Safety and Fire regulations. If incidents do occur you will investigate as required along with regulatory authority oversight (ORR, HSE and RAIB) to identify what happened, why and lessons learned.

As Health & Safety Advisor you will be required to:

• Provide H&S advice to relevant Division/departments in accordance with the H&S Strategy and legal compliance
• Conduct H&S audits with contractors on site.
• Undertake and review fire risk assessment in line with PAS79 across a variety of BTP premises
• Work closely with other departments/ teams to ensure that issued equipment, estates and risk assessment is fit for purpose
• Educate and hold to account managers on conducting risk assessments for operational events
• Conduct DSE assessments; offering advice tailored to individual requirements
• Attend major incidents as required to provide on-site health and safety support and advice
• Undertake accident investigations or advise managers on how to conduct them
• Own and update the policies for H&S including: DSE workstation, Expectant Mothers, Return to Work, Stress
• Liaise with the legal team regarding personal injury claims or when dealing with external bodies such as Solicitors progressing claims against BTP
• Review and advise on risk assessments for new buildings, premises and refurbishments
• Maintain up to date, accurate H&S records in compliance with GDPR record keeping and information management requirements
• Produce H&S reports as required

Please see attached job description for further information.

The successful candidate will be required to evidence the following skills:

• A recognised health and safety professional qualification (minimum NEBOSH certificate or equivalent in Occupational Health and Safety)
• Technical member of IOSH
• An approved, recognised certificate in Fire Safety and Fire Risk Assessments
• A successful track record as a H&S professional
• Audit and inspection experience
• Experience in investigating accidents
• Good knowledge of Health, Safety and Fire legislation across England, Wales and Scotland and its practical application within a public service environment

If you are interested in applying then please do not delay as interviews will be held as soon as appropriate candidates are highlighted. In return for your experience, we can offer you:

• Salary of £34,274.06 per annum
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pension Scheme
• Other benefits include a bespoke BTP rewards platform and various salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work as well as many high street and online retail discounts

BTP has undertaken a review of Police Staff pensions and as a result of this the Police Staff pension will be changing. The current police staff pension is a defined benefit scheme which is administered by the Railways Pension scheme. The new pension scheme which is launching is a Defined Contribution scheme which is administered by Royal London. The new pension scheme is awaiting formal approval and an introductory date is not finalised. The earliest this will be is June 2021. If you have any queries, please contact the recruitment team - recruitmentteam@btp.police.uk

How to apply:

Please submit a CV by clicking the apply button!

We want our organisation to be as diverse as the community it serves and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. In order to apply, you must have the permanent right to live and work in the UK and have been resident in the UK for the previous 3 years. You will be asked these and other questions to determine your eligibility to work for British Transport Police when you start your application and you must answer honestly.

Candidates internal to BTP must confirm that they are not subject to formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance, that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date, that a ‘Competent’ rating, or above, was achieved on the last reporting year PDR and they have completed their tenure period for substantive post.