Principal Health, Safety and Fire Advisor

**Principal Health, Safety and Fire Advisor - 78364**
**£59,623 - £71,546**
**Stafford**:
**Overview of the job**

The job holder will report to either the Deputy Director of Custody or Senior Regional Manager.

The job holder advises at senior management level and leads on all HSF&L matters within region to promote and contribute to the delivery of national HSF&L plans and priorities within region. The responsibilities of the post cover public sector prisons and ancillary premises and services for which the relevant region is responsible, their employees, prisoners, contractors and visitors. The job holder manages a regional team of cluster leads and establishment HSF staff and will be expected to provide support for HS&F staff in relevant HMPPS (NPS) Probation Divisions. The post holder will also act as Litigation Lead for all litigation casework brought against HMPPS within their Region.

**Summary**

To advise the DDoC and regional management on the measures to be taken to meet legal and policy requirements on HSF&L matters and on the measures required to deliver, regionally, nationally agreed plans and priorities in HSF&L.

To manage a regional team of HSF practitioners and support staff covering relevant HSF issues and to provide leadership and support to various other staff groups including those within establishments who undertake duties critical to the operation of the HSF management system.

To lead, manage and co-ordinate resources and action within region to deliver an effective HSF&L management system aligned with national policy, plans and systems and to monitor and report overall regional performance across the HSF&L field.

To manage, control and allocate relevant budgetary provision relating to team and its resources.

To contribute actively to selected agreed national projects and workstreams in HSF&L and to lead nationally on particular fields of HSF&L.

To train, mentor or coach relevant staff, or to arrange such, as appropriate, in areas of HSF&L practice and HMPPS specific HSF&L processes and procedures.

The post holder will be organisationally based in Regional Office.

The post is non-operational but the post holder is expected to have a substantial understanding of the operational environment in order to provide an effective service.

The post includes line management responsibilities for:

- Cluster Lead - HSF who in turn line manages the BAS: HSF role;
- Regional Litigation Team resources.

**Responsibilities, Activities and Duties**
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

- Provide oversight, co-ordination and quality control of the advice and activities being delivered by the Regional HSF&L Team and to be accountable for same. To ensure that such advice and support is driven by, and aligned with, national strategic HSF&L priorities and plans.
- To provide a strategic regional interface with enforcement and advisory bodies on regional issues that could impact across policy boundaries with national implications particularly specialist issues, ensuring implementation of any HSF&L related remedial actions to prevent re-occurrence both locally and nationally and effective communication with HQ.
- To actively lead, research, and/or participate in development work in identified specialist HSF&L themes as agreed with Regional DDoCs and National HSF Policy Team.
- To chair and facilitate Regional HSF&L meetings on a regular basis ensuring a consistent approach, sharing of good practice and information, and promulgation of relevant associated information.
- Be accountable for the accuracy and timeliness of a range of reports being produced including the ‘NORCET’ HSF performance management returns and the timely and accurate submission of regional NORCET reports from establishments to region and from region to HQ.
- Oversee and provide quality control to the regular governance and assurance site visits undertaken by the Cluster Leads: HSF, focusing on HSF&L matters and ensure suitable reports and feedback are provided to Governors and H&S Sponsors. Identify critical performance and any associated issues from such visit reports ensure proportionate escalation and referral based on risk to Governors, DDoC or HSF Policy or National Litigation Team or HMPPS Directors if required.
- Plan, set up and oversee a program of internal peer audits of H&S for establishments in the region to be undertaken by Cluster Lead - HSF Advisors.
- Produce an annual regional HSF&L plan identifying local objectives and integrating regional approaches to delivering national HSF&L targets and priorities. Review and report on progress against the plan annually. To ensure these plans are agreed and authorised by DDoC and Regional Governors.
- Engage fully with the national development, consultation and implementation planning for changes in legislation and policy and ensure that HSF&L Teams are prepared to assist and support in the roll out of subsequ