Official Business Advisor

With a world-class reputation for safeguarding the health and safety of people at work, HSE is adapting and evolving to meet the new challenges ahead. A crucial part of our mission to protect people and places is our work engaging with external stakeholders, including Members of Parliament, duty holders and the general public. The successful applicant will support EPD colleagues in delivery of the EPD Official Business protocol (covering Parliamentary Questions, Ministerial and “Treat Official” correspondence).

Responsibilities

Identify recurring Parliamentary business matters and proactively draft lines to take that can be used to answer to Parliamentary Questions, Ministerial Correspondence (MC), and Treat Official (TO) correspondence.
Regularly draft responses to Parliamentary Questions, Ministerial Correspondence, and Treat Official correspondence.
Coordinate briefing for the HSE Chief Executive and Chair where EPD holds Senior Civil Service-level clearance, identifying appropriate contributors, managing contributions within tight deadlines, and redrafting lines as required to ensure coherence and well-drafted responses.
Monitoring the quality of Official Business responses in EPD, identifying areas of strength and for development. Work with DSU colleagues to provide guidance and training to EPD staff to improve the consistency and quality of Official Business drafts.
Maintaining an awareness of the wider policy context and to inform how EPD contributes effectively to HSE’s response to Official Business.
Contribute to the wider business of the DSU as required.

Senior Social Research Scientist

You will provide social science based evidence to support the Building Safety Programme. Social researchers support delivery through providing robust evidence and analysis such as on the effectiveness of policy interventions and programmes.

You will work as part of HSE’s Economic and Social Analysis Team (ESAT). This multi-disciplinary team of economists and social researchers work closely on a wide variety of projects addressing the full remit of HSE’s mission. The wider Analysis and Data Group includes statisticians, psychologists, epidemiologists, data science colleagues and Geographic Information System (GIS) specialists. You will work closely with these specialists and with policy and operational colleagues to ensure evidence can increase the effectiveness of the BSR programme in improving health and safety outcomes.

Planning & Monitoring Advisor

As part of the Planning and Monitoring Team within EPD DSU you will be responsible for working with new processes for planning and monitoring work across EPD. Working with colleagues across the Division you will continue to develop and enhance these processes to ensure all EPD work is allocated and tracked appropriately, providing senior leaders with up to date information on workload and delivery.

Senior Fluid Dynamics Specialist

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Scientist to join our Fluid Dynamics Team in the Analysis and Risk Capability Group of Science Division. The team carry out numerical analysis across a broad range of fluid flow problems using various techniques including Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Our main expertise lies in the analysis and modelling of fluid flows using approaches ranging from simple empirical and integral models to large complex three-dimensional CFD simulations. We apply mathematical skills to a wide range of health and safety-related applications such as gas dispersion, two-phase flows, fire and smoke movement, source terms and explosions. We are also involved in the development, evaluation and review of models.

The work carried out by the team is project-based and can vary greatly in nature. Projects may be internally or externally funded, research or support projects, or incident investigations. There is a strong emphasis on team working and collaboration, and you will be expected to work with specialists and technical experts across many other disciplines.

HM Specialist Inspector – Electrical, Control & Cyber Security

If you want a job that is a change from the norm, then consider a role as an ECCS Specialist Inspector where you’ll secure the future safety of the public and people in these industries. These roles offer an excellent opportunity for those who are looking to be an expert in the field of Electrical, Control and Cyber Security we will also provide you with the tools, skills and knowledge needed to be an expert HSE inspector in Cyber Security. These roles also offer you development in both your legal and technical skills.

We have 4 positions available. Sound interesting? Then please apply! We’d love to hear from you!

Pesticide Enforcement Officer

Within our Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) we are looking to recruit a Pesticide Enforcement Officer (PEO).

This is a frontline role where you will need to be able to influence duty-holders, identify material breaches of regulations, act to remedy breaches and check compliance with duties defined in a range of chemicals regulations. You will serve enforcement notices and provide advice and guidance to bring duty-holders back into compliance. You will work closely with other members of the CRD enforcement team and will also be expected to work independently upon demonstration of the required competencies.

You will be trained to support HSE’s work with the chemical industries and undertake primarily proactive control visits; there will be a need to acquire an understanding and knowledge of relevant operational procedures.
This role will provide you with significant opportunities to develop knowledge of enforcement practice and policy and working collaboratively with a range of internal and external partners and stakeholders.
The role of a PEO will continue to evolve and you will need to remain flexible to adapt to new challenges as the Intervention Team grows, including developing new online investigation tools and techniques.

For more information on this role and how to apply, please follow the link below.

Senior Statistical Officer

As a Senior Statistical Officer you will provide operational statistical support across HSE, with a particular focus initially on the Building Safety Division (BSD). Your work will help ensure HSE continues to protect people by preventing death, injury and ill health in Great Britain’s workplaces, while supporting the day-to-day delivery of BSD’s objectives.

You will be part of an analytical team working alongside health and safety and building safety specialists, producing clear and reliable evidence to support effective decision-making. You will also help maintain good practice in line with the principles of the Statistics Code of Practice.

The role involves responsibility for important aspects of statistical production, including managing data sources, producing high-quality outputs, and supporting colleagues — both analysts and non-analysts — in making appropriate use of evidence. You will be encouraged to further develop your own technical skills through training and experience, while contributing to a supportive and inclusive team environment.

Application Support Engineer

We have an exciting opportunity for an Application Support Engineer to join our growing team. As an Application Support Engineer, you will support, manage, and maintain applications running HSEs business. You will be a key member of the Application Support function, ensuring application support services are business driven, customer focused and provide HSE value for money.

Digital Operations Manager

As Digital Operations Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing digital service operations, both in Change and in Support, to ensure performance and utilisation of digital resources are analysed and optimised to ensure delivery of excellent service levels.

You will be responsible for developing performance data and management information reports that will assist line managers in effectively managing and assuring activities within the team, ensuring compliance with people processes. Including the analysis, implementation, and maintenance of workforce management processes, as well as planning and reporting, along with administrative support to ensure resource utilisation, performance and workforce optimisation.

Your primary focus will be to collaborate, engage, and, when necessary, challenge the capacity, capability, utilization, workload, and performance metrics of digital resources alongside peer functional leaders in the Digital Delivery and HSE Operational teams. Ensuring people are allocated to maximise efficiency, staff are supported in their day to day operational activity and, performance is constantly monitored and reviewed to facilitate adjustments for optimization.

Senior Enforcement Lawyer

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is recruiting for a Senior Enforcement Lawyers.

The role of Senior Enforcement Lawyer is a key one which will contribute directly to public confidence, both in HSE and wider justice system. The team covers a wide range of interesting and challenging work, including advising on policy, public law, statutory interpretation, drafting and engagement with other Government Departments, stakeholders and regulators.

As Great Britain’s Health and Safety regulator, our enforcement powers are key not only to enforcing compliance with the wider H & S regime but also to backing up our wider messages and ensuring that those responsible for causing death and serious injury are appropriately punished.

You will be either a qualified Barrister or Solicitor with significant post-qualification experience of advising on complex criminal investigations and prosecuting, experience of line management and leadership, and ideally, practical experience of assisting in the management of organisational change.