Health, Safety & Fire Manager

HEALTH, SAFETY AND FIRE MANAGER 

Oakhill (Children) Secure Training Centre (STC), Milton Keynes

Salary: £43,176.34 per annum, full-time (40 hours per week), permanent

Benefits: Company Pension, free on-site parking, uniform, on-site canteen, access to High Street Shop discounts and ongoing training and development

About Us

G4S Oakhill Secure Training Centre (STC) cares for children aged 12 to 18 years old who have been remanded or sentenced to periods of detention. The children in our care can be vulnerable and challenging, with a wide range of complex social and emotional needs. This is an environment that calls for high standards of social care and service delivery to provide a secure and stable environment for children to develop their life skills and address their previous behaviours. We aim to support change and learning.

We strive to help every child feel safe, giving them an opportunity to heal from trauma and feel supported in developing a more positive identity. We ensure our children have equal access and opportunity for change and are celebrated for their strengths. We want the children in our care to leave better equipped for life emotionally, mentally, physically, and socially. Our hope is that they will go on to make decisions and life choices that will lead to increasingly positive and productive lives. We aim to support the constructive resettlement and transition of our children, whether returning to the community or moving to other custodial settings. We are committed to working in partnership with them and their families, significant others and wider community organisations, to develop a quality regime at the centre.

About the Role

As an experienced Health, Safety and Fire Manager, you will advise the senior management team on implementing company policies and legislation to ensure the business operates in a safe, compliant manner. You will be responsible for planning and monitoring inspections, audits, and risk assessments, as well as investigating accidents and near misses to ensure continuous improvement and minimize future risks. Additionally, you will support staff development by assisting in the delivery of HSE training and driving a positive safety culture across the site.

This is an opportunity to make a real difference in a secure environment by ensuring the safety, health, and wellbeing of employees, those in our care, and visitors alike.

Some of the key responsibilities of this role are:

• Advise the senior management team on the implementation of company health and safety, and fire prevention policy, and other relevant legislation to ensure that the business unit/area is operated in a safe manner.

• Undertake, plan and monitor inspections, risk assessments and audits ensuring they are carried out for all areas of the business unit/area, to ensure the safety and wellbeing of employees, those in our care and others working or present within the business establishment/area.

• Investigate and report on all accidents, lost time incidents, RIDDORs and near misses including HPIs, ensuring that lessons learnt are acted upon, and that the risk of a reoccurrence are minimised.

• Assist in the development, implementation and delivery of Health, Safety and Environmental staff training programmes, to raise staff awareness of their responsibilities in respect of Health, Safety and Environmental practice.

• Liaise with internal stakeholders and external agencies to ensure best practice and effective co-ordination and co-operation on Health, Safety and Environmental issues.

• Monitor the environment on a daily basis, ensuring that appropriate health and safety procedures are appropriate and consistently applied.

• Act in accordance with security and operational instructions at all times to ensure the maintenance of security within the secure environment.

• Assist in the promotion of creating a positive Health and Safety culture across the site leading by example, this includes reporting accidents and near misses in a timely manner and follow the applicable safe systems of work for the role.

• G4S is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and the post holder must support these goals.

• The duties and responsibilities listed within this job description are not exhaustive and the job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary from time to time.

About you

You will have excellent communication and organisational skills. You will have a can do attitude, along with an attention to detail. You will work collaboratively and openly whilst being a key member of the team.

You will hold a NEBOSH Certificate (or equivalent, or be actively working towards it), backed by solid fire safety experience and a recognised Fire Risk Assessor or NEBOSH Fire Safety qualification. Possessing exceptional attention to detail, you bring proven experience in professional report writing alongside strong proficiency in data collation, analysis, and spreadsheet management. As a resilient and influential professional, you easily persuade stakeholders and drive safety standards forward.

Ideally, you bring experience in delivering classroom-based training and a proven track record of monitoring service delivery to meet short-term objectives. Familiarity with purchasing procedures and systems, specifically Safe Contractor accreditation is highly desirable, as is the demonstrated ability to champion and lead a positive health, safety, and fire culture across the organisation.

In return, you can expect to be rewarded by receiving a competitive salary, holiday entitlement, life assurance, company pension, comprehensive training and career development. 

Benefits

• 5 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays

• Flexible holiday scheme

• Free parking

• Contribution company pension

• Life Assurance Scheme

• Training programmes and study support

• Employee discount scheme

• Employee Assistance Programme

For more information on Oakhill Secure Training Centre please visit, https://oakhillstc.co.uk/

Equality and Diversity is an important part of G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and are a fully inclusive employer who aims to support all employees to be their true selves. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments for either the role or during the recruitment process.

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and each employee is expected to support these goals.

Safeguarding children and young people is our primary focus and the welfare of the child is paramount. Therefore we have a corporate responsibility to ensure that the safeguarding and our G4S values are at the centre of all we do.

To apply for this role, you must be eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. This role is subject to safer recruitment practices including a DBS enhanced level security clearance and will need to provide full details of your work and educational history covering the last 10 years as part of the screening process for the role.