Laboratory Managers (Safety Level 4)

Dstl; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job description

Dstl, Porton Down, Salisbury Wiltshire SP4 0JQ

This position will require 100% attendance on-site due to the nature of this role.

Job Summary

Have you got experience managing health and safety in high-hazard environments? Do you take pride in ensuring the safety of workplaces?

If So, Dstl Is Recruiting! Working Within Our Chemistry And Biological Teams, Dstl Has 3 Roles For Workplace Managers To Be Responsible For:

• Ensuring workplaces are fit for purpose, safe to operate meeting legislative and regulatory requirements.
• Ensuring the safety of our team, visitors and contractors.
• Planning and allocation of laboratory studies to enable delivery of projects.

Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.

Job Description

Laboratory Managers - Safety Containment Level 4. (Dstl can use the title Workplace/Laboratory Managers)

This Role You Will:

• Allocate appropriate space for work activities within a work area to operational users and ensure that the allocated space is fit for purpose;
• Ensure a safe and secure system of work within the allocated work place by fulfilling the WPM H&S Roles - Responsibilities and Accountabilities outlined. Key working interfaces with other roles at Dstl are mapped here and the ‘Working Safely at Dstl’ process to achieve the Safe and Secure system of work;
• Manage the workplace to ensure that the requirements of the safe system of work can be met;
• Verify with the user that the planned work can be completed within the defined operating envelope for the facility.

A full list of accountabilities/skills can be found in the candidate info pack at the bottom of this page.

You Will Have:

• Experience working within high-hazard environments, conducting risk assessments and identifying hazards.
• For the microbiology role you will have experience with high-containment ACDP levels 3 or 4.
• Effective communication skills.

Dstl will provide you full training on Dstl practices, processes and ways of working to enable you to confidently fulfil the post. You will also have the opportunity to work in unique environments, with friendly scientists who are delivering work for the benefit of wider UK defence and security.

Important Information

Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats. For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. If you are an international or dual-national candidate, and you think you have the skills we need, please consider applying to any of our government, security or defence partners.

This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

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

• Ability to critically assess safety aspects of work activities within workplace
• Development and implementation of a safe system of work for work area

Benefits

Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:

• Financial: An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution. In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme.
• Flexible working: Options include alternative working patterns such as; compressed hours, job shares and annualised hours.
• Working hours: Flexibility around your working day including the ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period.
• Where you work: Depending on your role, blended working may be available including remote working.
• Annual leave: 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.
• Family: Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay.
• Learning and Development: Dstl encourages and supports charterships, accreditations and provides employees access to fully funded apprenticeships.
• Facilities: Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.
• Pension: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory contributes a minimum of £10,941 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Sifting will take place week commencing the w/c 28th April 2025 with interviews to be arranged between the 12th and the 16th May 2025. Please allow 1.5 hours for the interview as this will include a tour.

• At the application stage we will be assessing the Personal Statement and CV.
• The interview will consist of a combined Behavioural and Technical interview questions.

Contact point for applicants

• Name : Dstl Recruitment
• Email : [e-mail]

Should you wish to raise a formal complaint about the Dstl recruitment process you should email [e-mail] stating the nature of the issue. We will respond within 5 working days.