Help get better trained personnel to the front line faster.
Looking for a role that combines instructing with hands-on safety responsibility? As a Confined Space Instructor / Safety Officer, you’ll train and assess learners in essential confined space skills while also playing a key role in supporting the safe delivery of Royal Navy firefighting training. It’s a varied role where your practical experience, safety knowledge and ability to engage with people can make a real difference.

Job title:

Confined Space Instructor/Safety Officer

Job Description:

🕒 Full-time role – 40 hours a week
📍 Whale Island - Portsmouth

🔐 Due to the nature of this role, you must be eligible for UK Security Clearance at SC level.

 

 What you’ll be doing

 

Confined Space Instructor

• Deliver high-quality Confined Space training, ensuring delivery meets Royal Navy, Capita and City & Guilds requirements.
• Instruct, coach and assess learners working towards recognised City & Guilds Confined Space qualifications and other relevant training programmes.
• Prepare and maintain the training environment, facilities and equipment, ensuring everything is ready and safe for training delivery.
• Work collaboratively with Royal Navy/MoD colleagues and the wider training team to support an effective, professional and engaging learning environment.

 

Safety Officer – Firefighting Training

• Act as a Safety Officer supporting Royal Navy firefighting training, helping ensure training activities are delivered safely and in accordance with relevant SHE policies, procedures and risk assessments.
• Support the management of health and safety across the training environment, including implementing control measures, reporting incidents and identifying or escalating safety concerns and training needs.

 

 

What we’re looking for

Essential Skills/Experience/Qualifications

• Experience of working in confined spaces – ideally within a marine environment
• Comfortable working in confined spaces and wearing breathing apparatus

 

Desirable Skills/Experience/Qualifications

• Defence Instructional Techniques or recognised equivalent
• Assessors qualification such as TAQA (Teaching Assessment Quality Assurance
• IOSH Working Safely or equivalent
• Experience of teaching confined space rescue and recovery

 

About Selborne

Selborne is a bold, £1 billion, 12-year transformation of Royal Navy training, led by Capita and a powerhouse consortium known as Team Fisher — including Raytheon UK, Fujitsu, and the University of Lincoln. Together, we're modernising military education with cutting-edge tech like simulators and data analytics, all under a collaborative "one team" approach with the Royal Navy. It’s a shared mission to deliver smarter, more effective training for sailors and marines across the naval enterprise. To learn more please visit: Royal Navy education & training Selborne | Careers at Capita

 

What’s in it for you?

• Salary of up to £35,000 depending on experience 
• Enjoy flexible benefits including extra leave purchase, paid volunteering days, enhanced family leave, lifestyle discounts, and access to inclusive employee networks — all designed to support your wellbeing and personal growth.
• Onsite, secure parking
• Catering facilities, Gym and shops onsite
• Rewarding role making a real difference to those joining and progressing within the Royal Navy
• Further qualifications can be gained

 

Unlock Your Potential with Capita

At Capita, your career can take you wherever your ambition leads. You'll become part of a diverse network of talented, forward-thinking professionals working across a wide range of disciplines and sectors. We’re committed to your growth — offering exciting opportunities to expand your skills, explore new paths, and advance your career. Join us and discover a career with purpose. #CareersWithPurpose

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What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

 

Equal Opportunities

Capita is committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process. We’re a Disability Confident employer and welcome applications from everyone. If you need adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected] or call 07784 237318.
For more on equal opportunities and available adjustments, visit the Capita Careers website.

For general queries, email [email protected].

Location:

Portsmouth

,

United Kingdom

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent