Navy Command

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

- 388843

**Salary**:

- £36,530
- This post attracts a Market Skills Supplement, currently £7500 per annum.
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer
- C2

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- MOD - Navy - HM Naval Base Portsmouth

**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- HM Naval Base Portsmouth, PO1 3LT

About the job

**Job summary**:
His Majesty’s Naval Base Portsmouth (HMNBP) has been an integral part of the city since 1194. It is home to almost two-thirds of the Royal Navy's surface ships, including the new aircraft carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth; HMS Prince of Wales; the formidable Type 45 destroyers; Type 23 frigates; and mine countermeasures and fishery protection squadrons.

The base is a major employer and provides lodging facilities to RN personnel serving at the base and in Portsmouth based ships.

HMNBP is one of three naval bases providing enabling support as part of the nation’s defence strategy. In doing so, HMNBP seeks to improve through science and technology to strengthen its security and defence at home and overseas. This requires continuous improvements in building capacity, capability and resilience through its people. It is the home base for assigned ships and ship’s companies preparing for operations. A key component of achieving this support is the ability to deliver the full range of increasingly sophisticated engineering support services. The unique employment opportunities offered 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. Navy Command provides an open, flexible and supportive work environment and Civil Servants, Contractors and Armed Forces personnel work together in a wealth of interesting and challenging jobs in different disciplines.

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.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
The King’s Harbour Master (KHM) Portsmouth is the de facto harbour authority for the Dockyard Port of Portsmouth, responsible for the safe and effective operation of the port primarily for the benefit of the Ministry of Defence. The port also has a wide range of commercial and recreational water users, and KHM has a duty to ensure safety for all users. In accordance with published MOD policy, KHM complies with the provisions of the Department of Transport’s Port Marine Safety Code, and this guides the rules, regulations and safety guidance maintained by KHM.

The KHM Port Safety, Health and Environment Officer (PSHEO) is responsible to KHM, through the Deputy King’s Harbour Master (DKHM), for the delivery and operation of the Safety and Environmental Management System in accordance with the Port Marine Safety Code and supporting civil and MOD documentation. The PSHEO is to engender a positive safety culture through active collaboration and partnering with both internal and external stakeholders. Raising the profile of health, safety and environmental protection, offering a proactive, solutions focused approach, enabling stakeholders to understand and manage health and safety successfully, whilst maintaining legal compliance based on risk profile.

**Responsibilities**:
The PSHEO is responsible for the satisfactory performance of the following tasks:

- Administer, author, implement and review the Safety and Environmental Management System, ensuring that the health, safety and environmental protection requirements of the applicable legislation, regulation and policy are met.
- Generate, review and administratively maintain the Dockyard Port risk assessments.
- Report, investigate and review safety incidents and near misses within the Dockyard Port.
- Sponsor and review such health and safety documentation as necessary to maintain a safe, effective and efficient Dockyard Port. Such will include risk assessments/operations plans submitted to KHM for events within the Dockyard Port.
- Publish, amend and rescind Local Notices to Mariners maintaining appropriate documentation.
- Act as end customer for port safety related contracts, taking user actions in the Contracting, Purchasing & Finance system.
- Oversee the delivery of, review and update an Maritime and Coastguard Agency approved Oil Spill Response Plan. This includes, during core hours, the coordination