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Head of the ESTEC Health, Safety and Security Section
2015-11-20 12:04:58| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Directorate of Human Resources, Facility Management and Communication The European Space Agency is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women POST Head of the ESTEC Health, Safety and Security Section in the ESTEC Facility Management Division, ESA Facility Management Department, Directorate of Human Resources, Facility Management and Communication. This post is classified in the A2A4 grade band of the Coordinated Organisations salary scale. LOCATION ESTEC, Noordwijk Netherlands. DUTIES Under the direct authority of the Head of the ESTEC Facility Management Division, the postholder will be responsible for ensuring that security management procedures are properly implemented at ESTEC and will also provide security advice to the ESTEC Head of Establishment who, as appropriate, issues security instructions in compliance with relevant local legislation and ESA policy and procedures. Moreover the incumbent will oversee internal divisional Health, Safety and Environmental management and ensure its compliance with applicable ESA and Dutch rules and legislation. The Head of the ESTEC Health, Safety and Security Section will more specifically be responsible for ensuring the physical security of the ESTEC site and buildings this includes, in particular, the proper performance of the contracting company that provides guarding, fire prevention and firefighting services monitoring the compliance of the ESTEC establishment resources manpower, tools and standard operating procedures with ESA security regulations and policies acting as the ESTEC specialist focal point for security training, security awareness improvement and security advice required by establishment staff and contractors liaising with the national and local authorities for securityrelated matters in the field of business continuity, coordinating the implementation at ESTEC of the departmental business continuity policy ensuring the proper functioning of the divisional health and safety management system, in line with all relevant Dutch health and safety legislation and ESA health and safety policy developing and monitoring the structures and procedures necessary to promote safe working conditions within the Division responsible for the ESTEC general purpose infrastructure overseeing all aspects inherent to fire safety, or any other risk generated by facility management activities at ESTEC ensuring the proper functioning of a divisional environmental management system, which must be in line with the relevant Dutch environmental legislation and the ESA environmental policy working closely with the ESTEC Health Safety and Environmental Unit, which oversees the implementation of a Health and Safety management system for the whole ESTEC establishment acting as focal point for emergency planning relating to physical protection of the site, in case of accident or incident, of calamity response or of crisis management. QUALIFICATIONS Applicants for this post should have a Masters degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline, including substantial experience in a similar position. It would be an advantage to have a professional certification or membership of a professional association in one or more of the following fields security, business continuity, health and safety. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organisational skills, be resultsoriented and be able to drive change in a multicultural environment. Applicants should be able to establish effective working interfaces both within and outside ESA. Significant experience in management of security services and health, safety and environmental management in large establishments is highly desirable. For behavioural competencies expected from ESA staff, please refer to the ESA Competency Framework. The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these two languages is required together with a working knowledge of the other language. Knowledge of another member state language is an asset. CLOSING DATE The closing date for applications is 17 December 2015. Applications from external candidates for this position should preferably be made online at the ESA Web Site www.esa.intcareers. Those unable to apply online should submit their CV to the Head of the Human Resources Division, ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk ZH The Netherlands. The Agency may require applicants to undergo selection tests. Under ESA Regulations, the age limit for recruitment is 55. Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada. Priority will be first given to internal candidates and secondly to external candidates from underrepresented member states. In accordance with the European Space Agencys security procedures and as part of the selection process, successful candidates will be required to undergo basic screening before appointment.
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