Associate Project Manager

Our Operational Services Division have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Project Manager to join their successful team in one of our UK bases.

If successful, you will oversee a wide remit of responsibilities, ranging from Project Management to Change Control and Stakeholder Engagement. You will have autonomy over selecting the appropriate approach to your projects, managing it’s delivery and defining the work to be done. This is an ideal opportunity for an individual looking to make their mark.

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Procurement Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 4/HEO Procurement Manager to join our growing team.

The Procurement Unit aims to provide commercial focus in the procurement service it provides to the organisation and to implement a more consistent approach to managing strategically important contracts in accordance with the Government Commercial Function principles to help us meet the challenges we face and support the business in delivering its regulatory and commercial functions.

To achieve this we:

Deliver a centralised requisitioning and procurement function which, includes raising non-catalogue requisitions, sourcing, tendering and contract letting;
Provide a contract management function for HSE’s central services contracts; managing both the contractual arrangements and supplier relationships;
Provide support to Science Directorate in relation to its sales/commercial contracting opportunities;
Oversee a Contract Management structure and approach which ensures that high value and strategic contracts are effectively managed in accordance with Government Commercial Function principles;
The primary purpose of this job role is to deliver a contract letting and procurement function and manage one or more of the central services contracts.
We provide external contracts that provide value for money and are managed to deliver greatest operational effect in accordance with Government Commercial Function activities;
We document policies, processes and methodologies for commercial activities;
Ensure Service Levels, Service Standards and Key Performance Indicators within contracts are accurately measured and are met consistently to ensure effective service delivery.

Sharepoint and Website UX/Interaction Designer

We are currently recruiting for a Web/UX Interaction Designer within HSE’s Digital Web and Design Unit to work on our intranet and website. We want people who are passionate about users, happy to work in an agile way and have the skills to enable them to work well with our different groups of stakeholders.

This is a high profile position in the team with responsibility for helping set and driving delivery and performance of our SharePoint intranet and website, working alongside content designers, graphic designers, performance analysts and others. You will need to be comfortable working independently on a range of communication technologies.

You will need good influencing skills and the ability to cut through a variety of competing priorities. You will be experienced in building good working relationships in pressured environments and be an enthusiastic team-player with a proactive and collaborative attitude.

As part of the Civil Service, you’ll be expected to demonstrate leadership qualities, be inspiring about our work and confident in your engagement. You’ll encourage mutual respect, value diversity and our different skills, experience and specialisms.

You will work to ensure quality and accessibility (legal) compliance and general web standards are met. These roles are key in transitioning website to improve engagement with citizens, employers and workers.

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Senior Internal Communications and Change Manager

This is a high-profile position in a small team, reporting to the Head of Internal Communications.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative and proactive professional who is motivated to lead in a fast paced and collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities will include:

acting as a trusted advisor, support leadership engagement and organisational change
developing and delivering campaigns and/or communication programmes across multiple channels that deliver organisational priorities measured against key performance criteria evaluation and measurable communication outcomes
preparing copy and content for publication through internal channels, applying practical and creative digital skills and approaches where applicable (e.g. audio visual, use of imagery, desktop publishing, video editing) to prepare engaging content, taking into account current trends in communications channels
organising and facilitating internally facing events
monitoring performance and evaluating communication activity to demonstrate the impact of communications

Radiation Specialist Inspector

We have an exciting opportunity for a Radiation Specialist Inspector to join our growing team.

Our Radiation Specialist Inspectors help to ensure employers in Great Britain work safely with radiation across a range of sectors (e.g. industrial, medical, oil and gas). In this role, you can utilise your considerable scientific technical knowledge and practical experience to influence not only individual employers but whole industries and sectors.

Working as part of a unique national specialist team, you will carry out your own inspections and investigations, taking enforcement where necessary, including the serving of notices and completion of prosecution reports. You will also provide specialist support to other parts of HSE.

We are looking for experienced radiological protection professionals who can, under challenge, think strategically, identify underlying core issues, and engage at different levels with colleague and site technical staff, as well at the most senior levels within an organisation. You will be decisive and able to influence those organisations to bring about improvements.

IT Business Relationship Co-Ordinator

This is an exciting opportunity for a Business Relationship Coordinator to join the IT Service Management Team as a member of our Business Relationship Management Team in a growing organisation. Operating in a fast paced and varied environment, your team is at the heart of enabling much of what HSE does. You will establish and embed Business Partnering/Relationship Management best practice principles. This position provides an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic role at the core of HSEs Business partner/relationship activities.

Your role will be to establish and maintain a close working relationship between ITS and HSE divisions and be the conduit for requirements and reporting.

You will be involved in coordination, integration and continuous service improvement (CSI), ensuring our Service Management function is business driven, customer focused and value for money. This position provides an opportunity to further develop a mix of communication, prioritisation and planning skills. You will work for the IT Service Manager within Service Operations and be a member of the Business Relationship Management Team.

This post can be based in any of the advertised locations however, the team is based in our HQ in Redgrave Court, Bootle and there is the expectation that you will attend the Bootle office at least twice per week. HSE locations can be found here HSE Offices

Supplier and Contract Manager

Our Operational Services Division is excited to welcome a Supplier and Contract Manager to their growing team to manage strategically important relationships with partners to enable long-lasting partnerships. You will be monitoring spend against budget and leading supplier management meetings, in addition to coaching and mentoring junior members of staff.

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Senior Research Scientist: Building Safety & Risk Management

We are looking for 2 Research Scientists to join the Risk team based at the HSE’s Science & Research Centre in Buxton. This an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant team that delivers cutting-edge, challenging research, regulatory support, and consultancy for a wide range of risk assessment and process safety topics.

As part of the Government’s response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is establishing the new Building Safety Regulator (BSR). Working with residents and industry to make sure everybody has a voice, BSR will oversee changes to the safety and performance of all buildings and raise industry professional standards year on year. The roles will help deliver research and provide scientific evidence to help reduce the risk of similar tragedies occurring in the future.

Although these roles will be focussed on delivering research to support the new BSR function of HSE there will also be opportunities to contribute to other areas of research the team is involved with including innovative NetZero hydrogen and carbon capture technologies, aerospace technology, energy infrastructure, developments in nuclear fusion and other high hazard industries.

Business Analyst

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety. We are dedicated to protecting people and places and helping everyone lead safer and healthier lives

OSD’s Change Team sits within our Operational Services Division and is comprised of three key pillars: (i) Transformation Office, (ii) Programme & Project Management (“PPM”) and (iii) Change & Business Improvement (“C&BI”).

These last two pillars house practitioners who are deployed to projects and programmes within HSE. These two practitioner pillars are each led by a Head of Change, and supported by a Practice Lead.

The Business Analyst (Band 3) sits within the C&BI pillar and will report to the C&BI Practice Lead or a Change and Business Improvement manager. The Business Analyst (B3) will work alongside Digital, Data and Technology professionals as well as operational and subject matter experts from HSE divisions, in designing, building, and implementing new operating models and digital services.

Within digital and transformation projects, our Business Analysts articulate business and user requirements, design and implement new services, document and design processes, organisational structures and ways of working. Our Business Analysts also provide continuous improvement support to HSE’s operations.

You will grow your skills as part of our growing community of practice and will occasionally mentor or manage more junior Business Analysts.

Customer Service Team Leader

HSE’s Customer Service team is the heart of HSE’s operational delivery function. Customer Service’s is expanding, and the ambition is to create a true single point of access for HSE. This post will join an established operational team and provide additional leadership capacity as our service is growing. The post holder will work alongside the core leadership team and report directly to the Operations Manager.

Effective leadership of our Customer Service teams is of critical importance in the role, alongside performance management and driving a culture of excellence. The post holder will be responsible for leading a team of colleagues to deliver excellent customer service.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the team under your control to maximise efficiency and effectiveness.
Embed a high-performance culture across your team and support other leaders in achieving the same goal.
Support the Operations Manager in effective business planning.
Excellent communication skills to support teams and individuals through changes in service provision.
An ability to manage a front line, fast paced operation effectively despite conflicting priorities.
An ability to use data to drive service team improvements.
Ensure high quality work throughout the team.