Senior Occupational Hygienist

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 274993**Salary**:

- £41,000**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Navy - Institute of Naval Medicine**Type of role**:

- Science**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Gosport, South East England, PO12 2DLAbout the job

**Job summary**:
If you would like to work within a small, multi-disciplinary team, conducting varied and valued Occupational Hygiene work, then this post could be for you. The vacancy is within the Environmental and Industrial Hazards Support Group, a small team providing the Royal Navy and wider Ministry of Defence (MOD) with occupational hygiene support and environmental protection advice.

The Institute of Naval Medicine (INM) is the Royal Navy's Centre of Excellence, bringing together scientists and medical professionals to improve the health of the UK Armed Forces. The unique opportunities offered within are varied, challenging and exciting and support Navy Command's role to generate and operate forces for today and to ensure we are ready for tomorrow by developing and delivering the Navy of the future.

In Navy Command, our civil servants work alongside their military colleagues in jobs that matter; jobs which often have a direct impact on the quality of the operational capabilities we deliver. Roles can offer great job satisfaction and there are many opportunities to develop and progress both within the Department and across the wider Civil Service. Navy Command provides an open, flexible, and inclusive work environment where civil servants and Armed Forces personnel work together in a wealth of interesting and challenging jobs in areas ranging from: finance; legal services; personnel and HR; project planning and managing contracts, to media and communications.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
The primary purpose of the role is to assurance safe systems of work through surveys, trials, advice, data analysis and the provision of reports, briefs and presentations.

The secondary purpose is to deliver the roles of: Hazardous materials & Environmental Protection Officer (HEPO); and, Submarine Atmosphere Trials Officer (SATO) and be a member of the Submarine Atmosphere team.

The main tasks include:

- Engaging with military customers to establish and deliver consultancy advice in accordance with statutory and MoD regulations
- Leading surveys and trials to establish safe systems of work
- Managing a small team of occupational hygienists
- Management of a Quantitative Fitness Testing Service run within the OH team
- On call response to incidents regarding hazardous materials
- At sea and alongside support to RN submarines to ensure safe control of the atmosphere monitoring systems
- Training of military teams in occupational safety and hygiene

**Responsibilities**:

- Provision of expert advice in accordance with statutory law and MoD regulations
- Management of two Occupational Hygiene staff within the team.
- On call duties within the secondary roles for submarine atmosphere monitoring and hazardous materials response teams.
- Development and training of occupational hygiene within the wider Naval Service to environmental and medical personnel.
- Membership of MoD Committees.

**Person specification**:

- We are seeking a member of the British Occupational Hygiene Society with a certificate of Operational Competence in Occupational Hygiene (CertOccHyg or ICertOccHyg) working towards their Diploma of Professional Competence in Occupational Hygiene (DipOH).**Licences**:

- This role requires frequent travel to other sites, often out of working hours and at weekends. It is essential that the incumbent can drive and has a UK driving licence.
- Certificate of Operational Competence in Occupational Hygiene (CertOH/ICertOH) or an IOHA-accredited professional qualification.
- A DipOH is desirable and working towards this status will be supported.**Qualifications**:
**Memberships**:

- Membership of the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS).**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Providing and handling evidence
- Regulatory knowledge
- Providing and handling evidence

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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